May, 2011
Bhutan is still ahead: World No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day 31 May, 2011 - In the last four months, 37 people have been caught for trying to bring in tobacco products illegally into the country. As Bhutan joins the world today to observe the “World No Tobacco Day,” its grip on controlling tobacco consumption is only ... [more]
SAARC muscles to compete
Thimphu to host arguably Bhutan’s biggest sporting event ever The recent conducted Mr Bhutan competition was a good warm up for the upcoming championship 8th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship 30 May, 2011 - Entertainment-starved Thimphu residents will be treated to, what sports authorities consider, probably, the nation’s biggest ... [more]
Agriculture: Lowest loans, highest defaults
The sector receives for obvious reasons low priority interest from banks Non performing Loans 30 May, 2011 - A major reason for commercial banks to ignore lending to the agriculture sector, which supports the livelihood of more than 60 percent of the population, has been the risk of ... [more]
How to fatten the lean season: TCB Workshop
Conjuring up special packages to attract tourists during these off times TCB Workshop 30 May, 2011 - That the nation’s main source of hard currency generation and employment is the tourism sector has been reiterated over and over. While tourism authorities, tour operators and hoteliers have been overwhelmed with ... [more]
Beekeeper traps bear
It was later fitted with a tracking device and released into the wild No where to run: Unable to free itself from the tree the snare was tied to, the bear decides to climb it instead Chumey, Bumthang 30 May, 2011 - A male Himalayan black bear that attacked ... [more]
ELECTIONS : Local Government
This time it’s for real! Having ironed out the wrinkles, the election commission is all set for a smooth poll ELECTIONS : Local Government 30 May, 2011 - With all the issues resolved and a fresh list of candidates drawn, following His Majesty’s kasho, the election commission is ready, yet ... [more]
The man who scooped the GNH story
28 May, 2011 - John Elliot is one of three foreign journalists to have interviewed the fourth Druk Gyalpo. The interview, which took place in 1987, resulted in an article that is believed to be the first news report on GNH. John was recently in the ... [more]
thimphu to get two movie theatres targeting the high income crowd
Movie producers in Thimphu need not worry about theatre shortage as two more are scheduled to come up this year. These theatres, to be opened by September, are part of the Lhaki Mall, a venture of the Lhaki Group of Companies. Tashi Tshering, the director of Lhaki ... [more]
video screens to replace across-the-table meetings in dzongkhags
Eight months after the success of the first online cabinet meeting using video conferencing, the department of information and technology and Telecom(DITT) is taking the arrangement to all dzongkhags. It is part of the government’s plan to use Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in rural areas as a ... [more]
two october weddings
This article is the second and the final part of the ‘Queens of Bhutan’ series Françoise Pommaret, PhD This is the story of another royal wedding in October. That was long ago, in 1951, in Paro. When the National Geographic published the wedding story of Prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and ... [more]