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Keeping parties alive is pivotal to democracy
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| Prime Minister is greeted by dzongdags at their conference in Thimphu |
11 March, 2010 - Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley asked dzongdas from 20 dzongkhags yesterday to take party coordinators on board in the development process at the local level to strengthen democracy.
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Foreign ministry vies with tourism industry for limited hotel space
SAARC Summit 11 March, 2010 - With just over a month remaining for Bhutan to host the SAARC Summit, the government is stuck in its process of ticking off the list of preparations lined for the national event.
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Trashigang Fire Update 11 March, 2010 - The Trashigang fire, which wreaked havoc in the dzongkhag within hours, was brought under control by late yesterday evening, according to Trashigang dzongrab, Dorji Sangay.
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11 March, 2010 - In what could be a rare case, a 31-year old man from Samtse died of rabies at the Thimphu referral hospital, without any obvious history of animal bite, both wild and domestic, in the last year.
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| The prime minister with the Indian ambassador Pavan K Varma and co-organiser Malvika Singh at the opening ceremony |
11 March, 2010 - In an engagement that goes beyond the usual bilateral relations between the two countries, an academic delegation from India will meet with Bhutanese counterparts for a two-day seminar on GNH, which begins today in Thimphu. “We’re here to learn from Bhutan,” said India’s ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, at an opening ceremony last night. The ambassador pointed out that this is the first such kind of engagement between the two countries. It went beyond the mechanics of bilateral relations by engaging in the realm of ideas, he said.
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Kuensel’s Tashi Dema spent a night with villagers in Tashiling, Sarpang, in her quest to find out how living on the edge is
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| Living On The Edge:Tashiling, Sarpang, fell prey to cross-border banditry this year |
11 March, 2010 - It’s 10 pm and the night is calm and still except for the shrill chirping of the crickets outside.
Astamaya Rai, 54, lies awake in her one-storey hut in Tashiling, Sarpang. Her husband is half asleep in the other corner. A rattle alarms the couple. The husband gets up to check, but Astamaya stops him. Even a slight disturbance around her house is a matter of concern for the mother of nine. The couple has already been robbed and traumatised once last year. Since then, they never had a peaceful sleep.
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Last day focus on transfers
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18th Annual Dzongda’s Conference 11 March, 2010 - Ministries are taking unilateral decisions in transferring dzongkhag sector staff, even if they are directly under the administration of the dzongkhag, say dzongdas.
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Additional aircraft for Drukair
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To meet growing demand, the national airline may need another Airbus and a small plane
11 March, 2010 - As the country prepares to accommodate more tourists in another year or two, and with more and more Bhutanese able to afford trips abroad, Bhutan’s national airline, Drukair, is also gearing up for the challenges.
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Three chortens desecrated in one day
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11 March, 2010 - Two Namgay Khangzang chortens, measuring about seven and nine feet, and a Jangchub chorten, measuring 12 feet, were vandalised at Khelwongzor, Trashigang on March 6.
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Forest fire wreaks havoc in T/gang
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| The fire below Drametse, Mongar as seen from Kanglung
Photo : Pankaj Thapa, Sherubtse College |
10 March, 2010 - A forest fire, which started yesterday afternoon from Chenari, near Chazam in Trashigang, has burnt down an automobile workshop, three cars and 25 two-wheelers kept for repair there, as the fire spread, fanned by fierce wind.
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A new look at an old threat
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Japanese project to develop a glacier and glacial lake inventory
GLOF Assessment Project 10 March, 2010 - There is a new twist in the story of the threats looming large high up in the mountains. Ten of the 25 glacial lakes, identified by ICIMOD as most dangerous, could be excluded from the category, according to Koji Fujita, who is on a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) assessment project in Bhutan’s Himalayas.
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Continuing education goes nationwide
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| Improved Prospects: More than 1,000 in-service Bhutanese can avail of the programme |
10 March, 2010 - The continuing education programme, for in-service Bhutanese to upgrade their qualification, has spread its wings across the country, creating opportunities for more than 1,000 civil servants, corporate and private employees this year.
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130 illegal workers repatriated
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Immigration Update 10 March, 2010 - Following a month-long raid on private homes, immigration officials have repatriated more than 130 illegal workers from the country and collected a fine of over Nu 500,000.
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The Wagon-R Saga 10 March, 2010 - While some cabinet ministers admitted that the Wagon-R had to be used for multiple purposes, given the volume of work they had at hand, others claimed that it was being used only for official purposes.
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Jamyang Norbu – yak herder to quality carpenter
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In the woodcraft trade for forty-plus years, he now runs his own successful business
10 March, 2010 - Sundays are agonisingly slow days for Jamyang Norbu. He actually dreads the approach of the holiday. He doesn’t know what to do with his free time. It bothers him when he can’t do what he loves most.
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