March, 2010
CULTURE EMPHASIZED AT CONFERENCE
Preservation and promotion of culture and tradition took the limelight at the opening of the sixth annual conference of the chairpersons of Dzongkhag Tshogdu and Gewog Tshogde underway in the capital. The home minister, Lyonpo Minjur Dorji, said culture and tradition have kept the Kingdom unique and independent, besides being the ... [more]
Spring art exhibition
“Everything in life is watched and seen beyond the strength of the naked eye,” says Passang Tobgay describing his painting “Under the Watchful Eye”. Passang, who graduated in traditional painting from the Institute for Zorig Chusum, is a member of VAST. He taught traditional painting before exploring modern art to communicate ... [more]
A portfolio of innovations
Two U.S. entrepreneurs come up with an initiative for Bhutan 22 March, 2010 - Using potato starch to make plastic bags, instead of just harvesting the tuber for sale or consumption, and building structures from glass powder rather than just using them to manufacture windows. Who even imagined of such wonders? Well, ... [more]
Empowered Joint Group
The minister for Economic Affairs, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, left today for New Delhi to attend the third meeting of the Empowered Joint Group (EJG), established by the governments of Bhutan and India to fast-track the development of 10,000 MW of hydropower projects. A press release from the ministry stated that during ... [more]
SAARC UNIVERSITY MAY BE THROUGH AT THIMPHU SUMMIT
The upcoming SAARC summit in Thimphu in April 28-29 is expected to ratify the draft statute of South Asian University (SAU) to make it operational by August this year. The statute was finalised during the 6th meeting of the Committee of Heads of Universities of the eight member countries recently held ... [more]
Jica to help develop horticulture in the east
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will provide training on horticulture along with machinery, equipment, and other necessary materials to the people of six eastern dzongkhags. Tomoki Nitta, Resident Representative of Jica Bhutan Office, Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of GNH Commission (GNHC), and Chencho Norbu, Director of Department of Agriculture, signed the ... [more]
Bathpalathang Domestic Airport
Swiss cattle breeding farm to lose a chunk of prime pastureland Airport Strip Site: A landscape soon to be changed for air travel Bathpalathang Domestic Airport 21 March, 2010 - The cadastral survey for the Bathpalathang domestic airport in Bumthang, which was completed last week, identified 118.47 acres of land. Despite ... [more]
Empowered Joint Group Meeting
21 March, 2010 - The economic affairs minister, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, is leading a Bhutanese delegation for the 3rd meeting of the empowered joint group (EJP), formed by the two governments of Bhutan and India to fast track the development of the 10,000 MW hydropower project. The group will discuss ways ... [more]
Thai help to fight drugs
Human resource training is basis of bilateral project 21 March, 2010 - The Thailand international development cooperation agency (TICA) has agreed to commit about USD 157,454.98 to support Bhutan narcotics control agency (BNCA) through a three-year Thailand-Bhutan drug control cooperation project. The project, which mostly focuses on human resource training, was finalised ... [more]
SAARC Summit
200+ volunteers enlisted SAARC Summit 21 March, 2010 - More than 200 Bhutanese have registered with the royal civil service commission to volunteer for the SAARC summit, one of the biggest events that Bhutan is hosting for the first time. Volunteers for the two-day summit include students from classes eight, ... [more]