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Bhutan News archive for 28 March 2010 March 28, 2010 at 11:31 PM International Sources Gross National Health - Common Dreams Consider the country of Bhutan that has organized their whole government around the intention of creating happiness for its citizens. A New York Times interview quoted Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley, Bhutan’s home minister and ex-prime minister as saying, “We …    [read more] Top 10 scariest runways - Regina Leader-Post SYDNEY - Nervous fliers, stop reading! Travel website Travel + Leisure has come up with a list of the world’s scariest runways that can make even the most relaxed travelers grip their armrest. 1. Paro Airport, Bhutan Tucked into a tightly cropped …    [read more] A garden of 1,000 Buddhas - Daily Interlake After he was released, Rinpoche finished some projects, then left Tibet for Bhutan, India and then a monastery in Nepal. “I stayed at the monastery for 14 years,” he said. “I studied and help build the monastery.”  In the early 1990s …    [read more] Colorado areas vary widely in rate of returning census … - Denver Post Census partnership specialist Peter Lee said the low-income area has a large number of new immigrants from Burma, Bhutan and east Africa and a high turnover in apartments. “It is up a little bit, but not as much as we hoped,” Lee said. ”    [read more] Coffee with Indira Gandhi - Kuensel Online 28 March, 2010 - As you drive by Paro airport’s runway, you might … travelled to 17 countries, including Iran, at a time when only very few Bhutanese had the privilege to step outside the borders of Bhutan. “It was a very hot place,” he says …    [read more] 5,000 more PIT taxpayers - Kuensel Online The largest number of e filers, 1,055, were from Thimphu and the least, 25, from Samtse. Thimphu also had the highest number of taxpayers with 10,436 PIT filers, which is a third of all PIT payers in the country.    [read more] Slow Travel - Manila Bulleting Online As destinations once off the beaten track go mainstream, it’s only a matter of time before places like Antarctica, Patagonia and Bhutan begin sprouting chain hotels and fast food restaurants. Serious (and snobbish) travelers take this as a …    [read more] Have a grrr…ate birthday! - The Sun There are about 2,100 Bengal tigers in the wild, including 1,411 in India, 450 Bangladesh, 150 in Nepal and 100 in Bhutan.    [read more] IGNOU plans ICT education cluster for five countries - Thaindian.com The varsity, has already given a presentation outlining the details of the plan to parliamentarians of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka at the first ever contact group meeting of parliamentarians on education organised by the …    [read more] Private motion propaganda - Trinidad Express Senator Merhair didn’t only quote a poem from Pakistan, but also travelled as far as the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to support her argument that this fortunate and prosperous country owed a debt of gratitude to these four ’gentle giants …    [read more] Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper Odd/even number traffic plan Feel At Home: A SAARC banner is hung on the Thimphu - Babesa double lane road link SAARC Summit 28 March, 2010 - Come the SAARC summit, the royal Bhutan police will be introducing a government approved traffic system, whereby only odd or even number vehicles will be allowed to ply in Thimphu on alternate days (see box) during the summit week.    [read more] Coffee with Indira Gandhi Lam Tshering reminisces about his mask dancing days Globetrotter Grounded Â"A poor villager able to travel the world free of costÂ" 28 March, 2010 - As you drive by Paro airportÂ's runway, you might have passed by Lam Tshering tilling his paddy fields. Nothing about the 59-year old sunburned farmer strikes one as exceptional. But ask him a little about his past – and itÂ's a bagful of surprises, including an incident involving having coffee with Indira Gandhi.    [read more] Dust Settler 28 March, 2010 - An Atsara demonstrates another use for a firefighting water bag during the Gomkora tshechu in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag    [read more] Taksha–Sili gifted a stretcher From Vermont To Wangdue: Catherine Wilcox with gup Wangchuk (R) and mangmi Nado 28 March, 2010 - When gup Wangchuk of Daga gewog in Wangduephodrang returns to his gewog from the annual gupÂ's conference, he will have a surprise package for his people.    [read more] Situation under control 3D action does the trick Bird Flu 28 March, 2010 - After culling 4,683 birds, disposing 778 eggs and burning and dismantling 533 coops between February 13 and March 25, the bird flu situation is finally under control.    [read more] Man commits suicide 28 March, 2010 - A 40-year old man has committed suicide by hanging himslef from a tree at Tsehndendapsa, Thimphu on February 25.    [read more] Chorten vandal gets life 28 March, 2010 - Trashigang dzongkhag court sentenced a 24-year old man to life imprisonment for vandalising a Jangchub chorten in Bartsham last year.    [read more] 5,000 more PIT taxpayers 28 March, 2010 - With the government salary increase at the beginning of last year, the number of taxpayers subject to personal income tax (PIT) could increase by 5,000 for the 2009 income year, say tax officials.    [read more] Test run for LG elections Biometric Voter ID System 28 March, 2010 - If budget is not a problem, the election commission of Bhutan (ECB) is ready to use the biometric voter identification system by the next general election in 2013.    [read more] First READ library in Ura, Bumthang A self help venture that the NGO hopes to replicate nationwide GupÂ's Office Refashioned: A library and womenÂ's centre with a children section and an audiovisual room 28 March, 2010 - BumthangÂ's Ura community will soon have a rural community library and resource centre (CLRC). The centre is being set up with the help of rural education and development (READ) Bhutan.    [read more] Bhutan Observer Trashigang gets one more milk processing unit The construction of the second milk processing unit (MPU) in Trashigang in Buna under Samkhar Gewog is complete. It will become operational soon, according to the dzongkhag livestock officials. The MPU will produce processed dairy products like cheese and butter after collecting milk from dairy groups from different gewogs. Funded by Support Livestock Sector of the Government […]    [read more] Unhinged spending syndrome? Bhutanese are consuming more than their income, according to Daw Tenzin, the MD of Royal Monetary Authority (RMA). Without consuming, the economy is left stale, but we are consuming more than what we can afford, he said. He said Bhutanese love to drive expensive cars and build fancy houses whether they could afford them or not. […]    [read more] Phuentsholing businesses hire illegal workers Many Bhutanese traders in Phuentsholing employ foreign workers without proper work permits, according to Chhukha dzongkhag officials. “When we inspect shops, we come across Bhutanese traders employing foreign workers without work permits claiming that they have been hired as day workers,” said Chhukha Dzongda Tshewang Rinzin. Employing foreign workers as day workers is inappropriate as it is […]    [read more] Students showcase Bhutan in Australia Bhutanese students in the University of New England in Australia participated in the Armidale Autumn Festival from March 19 to 22, which brought together thousands of people. Dressed in gho and kira, the students walked the streets waving the national flag and banners. They sang Bhutanese songs and danced to showcase the unique culture of Bhutan […]    [read more] School observes world TB day To commemorate the World Tuberculoses Day, students and teachers of Chhukha Higher Secondary School organised a symposium in the school. Senior Medical Officer of General Hospital in Tsimalakha, Dr Tej Nath Nepal, addressed the symposium on the origin, forms, causes and symptoms of the disease. Students also took part in the programme by sharing their knowledge […]    [read more] As the annual gups’ conference this week brought together 199 gups to the capital, our reporter Namgay Tshering caught up with two of them The first woman gup Chengmari gup Meena Thapa is the first woman gup in the country. She studied up to Class VIII. The 37-year-old had served as a chimi before she was elected […]    [read more] Gawai Charo and Mahakali reach semis Gawai Charo won the fifth quarter-final match of the ongoing five men style archery tournament held in Phuentsholing on March 24. Gawai Charo displayed an impressive show which Sharchhokha and Thaobakha could not contain. The team hit an impressive 40 kareys and went on to win unprecedented four games of seven points each in a match. […]    [read more] Transport United thrash Changzamtok Transport United FC thrashed Changzamtok 5-1 on March 24 in the ongoing C division football championship at Changjiji ground in Thimphu. Ugyen Phuntsho of Transport United scored an early goal in the second minute of the first half. Changzamtok responded within seconds with a goal from Tashi Dorji to level the game 1-1 in the third […]    [read more] Bhutan’s cricket team leaves for ACC Elite tournament Bhutan’s senior national cricket team left for Kuwait yesterday to compete in the prestigious ACC Trophy Elite tournament, which will be held from March 31 to April 9. The team, which comprise 14 players and three officials, is representing the nation for the first time in the tournament. The event has 10 nontest playing nations participating. […]    [read more] The journey must be made, but the fuel is low…    [read more] No Tags