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15 May, 2008 - With a huge deficit in convertible currency trade, the trade department is exploring opportunities to link trade relations with the US and EU countries to narrow the deficit.
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15 May, 2008 - One place, always busy on weekdays in Trashigang, is the dzongkhag court. Trashigang may not be the dzongkhag with the highest crime rate, but officials in court are constantly kept on their toes with hundreds of people visiting the court for various reasons.
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Lowered dolam rate raises porter hackles
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15 May, 2008 - Civil servants and villagers in Zhemgang dzongkhag are resisting the dzongkhag’s revised ‘dolam’ (official walking distance covered by a porter in a day) rate, which has been shortened by almost half and subsequently reduces daily allowance claims payable to porters and officials.
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Two electrocuted, one dead
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15 May, 2008 - One man was electrocuted and another suffered severe body burns when they accidentally touched a live wire from an 11 kv transmission line on the evening of April 10 in Phuentsholing.
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Colleges showcased at Kelki
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15 May, 2008 - Some armed with resumes, some clueless and some with tenuous hopes of getting admissions in good colleges, about 3,000 class XII students turned up for the three-day career fair at the Kelki high school auditorium.
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Bhutan and India: History stays alive
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the Fourth Druk Gyalpo and His Majesty the King in New Delhi in 2004
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14 May, 2008 - Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh of India is visiting Bhutan in one of the most historic years of the kingdom’s modern history. Bhutan and India have planned a string of historical events for the two-day visit.
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The pros and cons of a pay hike
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14 May, 2008 - The first pay commission of Bhutan will have its hands full over the next four months in deciding a revised pay structure for government employees. Already rumours of a substantial hike are making the rounds. However, the commission will be facing a series of daunting issues like fund availability, performance improvement, inflation, fiscal health, effect on society and the corporate sector.
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14 May, 2008 - At a glance Ugyen Tenzin, 23, looks normal. He’s a tall, well dressed, good looking young man. But he is perpetually in a warped state of mind.
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How to spend Nu 54 billion
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12 May, 2008 - Construction and procurement activities, which take up almost 40 percent of total government expenditure, have always invited controversy, scams and corruption inquiries.
In fact, a recent Transparency International study shows that Bhutan in 2007 dropped 14 places in the corruption index from 32 in 2006 to 46 in 2007.
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12 May, 2008 - Hundreds of one-metre tall concrete blocks, used as road dividers along the widened Doebum lam, which stretches from the memorial chorten to Chubachu, has raised a lot of concern among Thimphu residents regarding pedestrian safety as well as its lack of aesthetic value.
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Prioritizing food production, the RDTC way
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| The rural development training centre: Towards uplifting farmers
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12 May, 2008 - When Pasang Wangmo dropped out of class 10, she stayed home to help the family manage its small dairy farm of three jersey cows and a few other local cattle in Kabjisa, Punakha.
As a daily routine, she fed the herd, milked them and sold the products at a local market. Three weeks ago, the 19-year-old went to Zhemgang to attend a course at the rural development training centre (RDTC).
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A conversation with the Hong Kong ‘chimi’
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| Dr Brian C J Shaw |
12 May, 2008 - Dr Brian C J Shaw, honorary research fellow at the centre for Asian studies, university of Hong Kong, has attended the National Assembly since the 1990s. Dr Shaw shares his views on the new parliament.
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Corporate culture set to change
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12 May, 2008 - CEOs of companies under Druk holding and investment (DHI) were told that they should focus more on customer services to develop a new corporate culture that can keep up with change.
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A shared vision for the future
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| The three visually-challenged sisters of Gomchu
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12 May, 2008 - The three small bamboo huts stand close to each other, their thin roofs shaking in the wind. The porous walls make it easy to see everything inside.
The single-room huts serve as a bedroom and kitchen. Tins and old clothes lie stacked in a corner while water boils in an aluminum kettle on a mud stove at the other end.
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12 May, 2008 - The first batch of ten Thai volunteers will be in the country by the end of the year to provide technical support in agriculture, public health, tourism and vocational institutes.
The duration will be for a year which can be extended for another year.
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US $ | 40.95 |
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British £ | 80.05 |
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Sing $ | 29.90 |
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Euro € | 63.35 |
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Swiss Franc | 39.30 |
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Hongkong $ | 5.25 |
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Canadian $ | 40.60 |
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Australian $ | 38.55 |
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Jap. Yen(100) | 39.75 | |
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Source: BNB, Thimphu
Updated for May 12 2008
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