Feb 1, 2002
Auditors described 22 cases of misappropriation, loss due to wilful malpractice by public functionaries including embezzlement and revenue collected but not deposited, amounting to Nu 2.67 million, in the annual audit report for 2000.The ministry of home affairs had 17 cases involving Nu 2.11 million. The report stated that the form of misappropriation was mainly the non-accountal of revenue collected or what was accounted was not deposited into the government revenue account in time.
For example the [... Read More]
Feb 1, 2002
The vision that Bhutan has is very close to the charter of the United Nations, according to the new resident coordinator for the United Nations System in Bhutan, Ms. Renata Lok Dessallien, who presented her credentials yesterday to the foreign minister, Lyonpo Jigmi Y Thinley.Ms. Dessallien referred to the emphasis on environmental sustainability, finding a balance between the best of traditional culture, and the approach to development which is basically the approach that puts a [... Read More]
Feb 1, 2002
The 32-kV sub-station at Kanglung, Trashigang, which was commissioned this week will supply electricity to places as far as Trashiyangtse, according to power officials.One of the biggest in the east, the sub-station steps down the 132-kilo Volt Kurichu power to 33 kilo Volts and 11 kilo Volts respectively.
Far off villages in Trashigang and Trashiyangtse will be electrified with the 33-kV line as soon as the houses are wired, while Kanglung, Yonphula and the nearby villages [... Read More]
Feb 1, 2002
The residents of Yangtse are finally receiving the green signal from the dzongkhag authorities to start constructing houses.Two years after the Council of Ministers approved the development of a planned town in Trashiyangtse, about 10 acres of land has been demarcated for the new town. The new town will include a government housing colony and a residential and a commercial area. Some 26 houses are to be built in the first phase.
Funded under the World [... Read More]
Feb 1, 2002
UPDATEIn his Republic Day address which
was read out to the Indian community by the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, Mr. K. S. Jasrotia, President K. R. Narayanan reminded the citizens of India of numerous issues which represented the successes and challenges faced by the largest democracy in the world.India had achieved a stable system of governance for one billion people of every religious and cultural diversity through peaceful means, by tolerance [... Read More]
Feb 1, 2002
The people of Khaling and Brekha in Trashigang say that the Brokpas of Merak and their livestock are
encroching on their pasturelands.
For three winters in a row, 40-
year old Norbu of Merak,
Trashigang, had been facing the same
problem: not enough feed for his 400
or so sheep.
The grazing land for his cattle and
sheep in the lower areas, he said, was
diminishing.
The seasonal migration of the
semi-nomads of Merak, commonly
known as [... Read More]
Jan 30, 2002
There is no question that Lam Kunzang Dorjee nurses the most virtuous hobbycompassion, an unparalleled virtue in Buddhism.
Lam Kunzang Dorjee
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In two years, Lam Kunzang Dorjee, 32, who heads the oldest Bhutanese monastery Jangsa Gompa in Kalimpong, India, has saved more than 100 bulls and other similarly ill-fated animals from being killed in slaughter houses.
He told Kuensel that his compassion was kindled when, [... Read More]
Jan 30, 2002
The Field Museum (the natural history museum in Chicago, USA), the royal government of Bhutan and the World Wildlife Fund are combining forces to save one of the most pristine and biologically important places on Earth.According to a press release from The Field Museum, the minister of agriculture, Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji, signed an agreement between the three parties on January 22. The agreement calls for joint scientific studies of Bhutans wildlife, training programmes for Bhutanese [... Read More]
Jan 30, 2002
For the first time the Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC) is coming up with a comprehensive Dzongkha-English dictionary.
The experts are, among others, dealing with some 15,000 new Dzongkha words
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The editorial board comprising of experts in Dzongkha and English attended a meeting in Phuentsholing from January 9 to January 24 to discuss, debate and decide on appropriate [... Read More]
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Jan 28, 2002
Government offices in the capital were closed today ( January 28) as Thimphu received its first snowfall of the year.Pictures by Tenzin Namgay
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| Spraying salt to clear the highway |
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| "Hit and run" |
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| Doma seller cuddling for heat |
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| Snowman in progress |
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| Daring for a snow fight |
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