Bhutan: Grades vs Education
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Tomlax says: “those people who score more in exams are not really more educated.” Read the post at Kuzu-Bhutan Weblog to learn why.
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Stabilised Bhutan lake a climate change lesson: WWF
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
An international project that prevented a glacial lake in Bhutan from bursting its banks underlined how climate change can be tackled by adaptation, the environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said efforts by local and international agencies earlier this year reduced the risk of the brimming Thorthormi Tsho lake in the Himalayas flooding a valley. "The story...
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Stabilised Bhutan lake a climate change lesson: WWF
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
An international project that prevented a glacial lake in Bhutan from bursting its banks underlined how climate change can be tackled by adaptation, the environmental group WWF said on Tuesday.
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Bhutan: Stop Violance Against Women
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Bhutanese blogger Penstar raises voice against all forms of violence towards women.
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City cure for Bhutan villager
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A 63-year-old Bhutanese, who was suffering from breathlessness and coughing blood for two years, was diagnosed with a rare tumour in the trachea and successfully operated upon at a city hospital recently.
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Bhutan: Magazines Without Sponsors
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Passang Tshering at Passu Diary discusses the hurdles a magazine face in Bhutan in absence of sponsorship and advertisement. The blogger informs: “except for Tashi Delek (in-flight magazine of DrukAir) no magazine ever saw their second issue.”
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Bhutan: Independence Day
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
“Is Bhutan a free country or an Indian protectorate as claimed by an edition of the oxford dictionary'” -asks Freedom in Bhutan while discussing why Bhutan does not celebrate its Independence Day.
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Power ministry jittery on Bhutan investments
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The power ministry is in a quandary over the present investment model for hydel projects in Bhutan.
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Happy birthday King Wangchuck and other national holidays
Gadling (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Festivals and Events , Azerbaijan , Bhutan , France , Canada , United States , Travel Trivia Going to a far-flung destination and want to connect with the people and see something special? One easy way is through local and national holidays. These are often unique to a particular country and provide insights into its culture and history. But it can often...
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WFP restores food aid to Bhutan Refugees in Nepal
Global Food Crisis (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Reuters reports that the UN’s World Food Programme has resumed food aid to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, a month after withdrawing rations due to financial difficulties stemming from the global financial crisis. The shortage of aid available caused food assistance to be halved by the World Food Program in October. Approximately 90,000 refugees of ethnic Nepali [...]
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Bangladesh, Bhutan agree on trade, energy, focus on climate change
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Bangladesh and Bhutan Monday agreed to step up trade, explore cooperation in energy sector and focus on climate change at the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
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U.N. resumes full food aid to Bhutan refugees in Nepal
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The U.N. food agency has resumed full supplies of food rations to tens of thousands of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal with the help of aid from Australia, a month after the financial crisis curbed the programme. About 90,000 refugees of ethnic Nepali origin live in United Nations-supervised camps in southeast Nepal since they began fleeing Bhutan in the early 1990s, alleging human rights violations and...
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Dhaka to raise S Asia’s sufferings at Copenhagen meet: Hasina
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
BSS, Thimphu Bangladesh will prominently raise the issue of sufferings of South Asian countries including Bangladesh caused by global warming in the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Meet. "Bangladesh and many other South Asian countries are badly affected due to the climate change and I will raise the issue in next month's Copenhagen meet," said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Sunday....
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Bhutan, Bangladesh seek greater regional connectivity
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Bhutan may sell power to Bangladesh in return for more imports, including fruits and vegetables, as the South Asian nations discussed trade and tourism as well as cooperation in setting up industries.
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Bangla-Bhutan trade deal renewed for 5 years: Tamabil opened as transit point
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
UNB, Thimphu Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Y Thinley welcomed Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina's suggestion for introducing bilateral road communications between the two neighboring countries as Dhaka and Thimphu moved to enhance the two-way trade under a renewed deal. "We will be happy if we can set up land communications with Bangladesh," the host Prime Minister said when Sheikh Hasina...