Mar 29, 2002
An inspection of ongoing constructions in the country has pinpointed areas that are either overlooked deliberately or otherwise and which affect the overall quality of construction.The first survey of its kind to get an indication as to what was affecting quality carried out by the standard & quality control division (S&QCD) and the construction development board (CDB), ministry of communications, inspected 98 sites in 16 dzongkhags over a period of a month.
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Mar 29, 2002
In a crowded hotel room in Doksum, Phurbas family is coping with the busiest season of the year. The hotel serves about 100 customers an hour.
Doksum is busy once only a year
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Otherwise idle throughout the year, the small town of Doksum in Trashiyangtse becomes a beehive of activity once a year.
The three-day Gomphu Kora [... Read More]
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Mar 28, 2002
UPDATEThe cause of the fire that destroyed a two-storied house completely and left 58 people homeless, on the night of March 23 at Changangkha, is not known. The city police said that the investigation is continuing.The damage caused by the fire has also not been assessed. According to the city police, 13 families lost their properties.
Abi Kishore, living with his wife and two children, in a two-room flat paying a rent of Nu [... Read More]
Mar 27, 2002
Celebrating its Independence Day at the Bangladesh embassy in Thimphu the foreign secretary, Dasho Ugyen Tshering presented a kadha to the Charge d Affairs, Mr. Delwar Hossain yesterday (March 26).
Dasho Ugyen Tshering presents a kadha to the Charge d Affairs, Mr. Delwar Hossain
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Mr. Hossain said that Bangladesh and Bhutan enjoy excellent bilateral relations and added [... Read More]
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Mar 27, 2002
The member and head, department of foreign affairs, Nepalese congress party, Mr. Chakra Prasad Bastola who arrived in the kingdom on a four-day visit was granted an audience by His Majesty the King on Tuesday (March 26).Mr. Bastola, who has served as minister of tourism and agriculture and former ambassador of Nepal to India called on the Prime Minister, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk and the minister of foreign affairs, Lyonpo Jigmi Y. Thinley.
During his stay Mr. [... Read More]
Mar 26, 2002
The central monk body has begun teaching computer operations to monks in its bid to electronically archive Bhutans rich collection of Buddhist manuscripts, biographies and historical documents.
The first step to archive religious documents electronically has begun: monks learning computer operations
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Yesterday 20 monks of the central monk body completed a two-week (Level 2) computer operations course [... Read More] |
Mar 26, 2002
More than 80 Maruti owners have lodged complaints with the State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB) and the Shakti Trading Company about problems with the fuel pumps in their vehicles.But both the dealers claimed that the problem was caused not by defects in fuel pumps but by the quality of fuel supplied to Bhutan from India.
If the fuel pumps have defects, then the problem would be seen all over India and not only in the [... Read More]
Mar 26, 2002
Looking for a job? It could be only a click away. The department of employment and labor whose mission is to facilitate human resource development for economic development and to ensure gainful employment for all Bhutanese is now online.Found on www.employment.gov.bt the menu links still under construction is expected to contain information on the strategies for employment creation, lists of vacancies and job seekers and their statistics, announcements for important slots and available training’s, [... Read More]
Mar 26, 2002
Writing in dzongkha
Namgyel Wangchuk, a lecturer at the Royal Institute of Management has introduced the writing of applications and letters in dzongkha. The book A Guide to Standard Report and Letter Writing in Dzongkha has recently been published and is expected to be available in book shops soon.Speaking about the book Namgyel Wangchuk said he wrote the book after he found that people in different organisation wrote letters and applications in different ways, in [... Read More]
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