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Are Bhutanese good drivers?

30 March 2009

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Briefly

28 March 2009

The five-day annual Paro Tshechu will be held from March 30 to April 3 during which all government offices and institutions will remain closed. No stalls or fairs will be allowed at Dheyangkha but handicraft stalls will be allowed at Tshongdue acrchery ground, but no gambling will be permitted. “In the current year alone, the Office of the Attorney General has received 40 cases of corruption involving...  Read the story »

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Shedra expansion going slow

28 March 2009

The expansion work of Pema Shedrup Choeki Gatsheling Shedra, the nunnery of Tang in Bumthang, is past its deadline. The 59 metres long and 40 metres wide building was started in 2004 with the plan to complete it in 2008. Now, the deadline has been extended by three years. Occasional volunteers from the village and about 15 volunteers from the hotel industry, including Amankora, help construct the shedra. Sangay,...  Read the story »

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Gomtu going thirsty

28 March 2009

The 10-year-old water supply system from Suktikhola in Gomtu, Samtse, constructed by Penden Cement Authority (PCAL), is grappling to meet the demand of the residents. According to PCAL officials, due to population increase, the present water source is unable to meet the demand. The cement factory needs continuous water supply for its operation. PCAL has identified a source at Khanapathi, 10 kilometres...  Read the story »

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Bumthang youth go for video games

28 March 2009

During the day, Kinzang Tshering’s video game parlour in Chamkhar town in Bumthang is empty and deserted. After 4 pm though, it is pulsating with life. School children aged between 12 and 25 years and a few young monks throng the place until 8.30 pm. The four PlayStation sets excite the children into a cacophony of yelps and whoops. Kinzang Tshering said, “I haven’t received any complaint from...  Read the story »

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Children learn to meditate

28 March 2009

While most children in Thimphu spend Sundays watching television or visiting video game parlours, some are into a serious mental training. Tandin Pem reports. A group of young children sit on cushions in a circle in the lotus position. Lama Shenphen Zangpo, their spiritual master, rings a bell, and all of them straighten their backs and close their eyes. Lama instructs them to think that they are a...  Read the story »

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Lunch at Karma’s home

28 March 2009

For most farmers in Lhuentse, His Majesty the King’s visit to their villages and granting land kidu marked the end of share-cropping and years of heartache. But it meant much more than that. Tempa Wangdi reports. As His Majesty settled for packed lunch, Karma Yangzom from Magar had an opportunity to share His Majesty’s lunch. “Never did I dream that His Majesty would visit my house and have his...  Read the story »

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BAFRA steps up for bird flu

28 March 2009

Following the continuing and widespread outbreak of bird flu across the border in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, Bhutanese authorities have stepped up their effort to curtail its spread into Bhutan by setting up improved disinfecting facilities along the border towns. The border town of Phuentsholing was the latest to possess one at its main gate where over 800 vehicles ply each day, to...  Read the story »

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Viewers choose different artistes

28 March 2009

Out of 10 categories for the viewers’ choice awards, only three went to the same artistes who won the film awards in the seventh national film festival organised by the Motion Pictures Association of Bhutan (MPAB). Singye Galem was voted the best film and Tshering Wangyel, the best director. Chencho Dorji won the award for the best male lead role and Karma Choden, the best female lead role. Kinley...  Read the story »

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Bars boom in Bhutan

28 March 2009

If a person in Bhutan wants to get a drink, the person is lucky. For, though Bhutan is a small country, it has a large number of bars. There are different kinds of bars. You see them everywhere, from tiny ones snuck in some dark corner of a shady building to the posh bars. People different ages from both the sexes frequent numerous these bars. According to the Department of Industries under the Ministry...  Read the story »

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