Business Bhutan Newspaper

September 26: The country’s fifth newspaper, Business Bhutan, hits the newsstands today. Bhutan’s first financial paper is a 40-page weekly, tabloid size, 252 by 355 mm, costing Nu 15, and will be published every Saturday. “There is a lack of focus in business and analysis on business stories,” said Business Bhutan editor, Tashi Dorji. “We’ll attempt to simplify business news so that everyone will be able to understand.” Eight of Business Bhutan is in Dzongkha. The Dzongkha edition,... Read more

Thimphu Domchhoe

September 24: Government offices, schools and institutions in Thimphu dzongkhag will be closed today to observe Thimphu Domchhoe. The Lham Tsom dance, dedicated to Palden Lhamo (goddess Mahakali) will be performed in the courtyard of Tashichhodzong today. The sacred ceremony, dedicated to appease the protecting deity Pelden Lhamo, was instituted between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, son of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. According to legend, Pelden Lhamo appeared... Read more

Bhutan seismic hazard status

September 24: The Indian institute of technology in Rourkee, India, has done a seismic hazard map of Bhutan showing, for the first time, hazard zones in the event of an earthquake. According to the map (see image), Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Bumthang and Trongsa valleys fall in low and moderate hazard areas, while Haa, Chukha, Trashigang, Mongar, Lhuentse and Trashiyangtse and the southern dzongkhags are in high and very high risk areas. Bhutan so far lacked a seismic map and earlier it was thought... Read more

Biking expedition to cement bilateral relationship

September 17: A four member team called “Kewkradong Bangladesh,” a youth based organisation in Bangladesh is in the Kingdom on a cycling expedition. The team was flagged off at this morning from the Clock Tower Square. The team will ride from Thimphu to Trashigang. The theme of the expedition is “Friendship-cross country Bhutan on Bicycle.” According to the press release from the foreign ministry, such event was being organized to further establish people to people contact... Read more

Thrue Bab on September 22

September 16: It is not reflected in the calendar, but September 22 will be a national holiday, says the home ministry. The Cabinet yesterday approved the home ministry’s recommendation to reinstate Thrue Bab, which, along with the much-celebrated national holiday Nyen Pa Guzom, was cancelled in 2007 from the national holiday list. The latter, however, has not been reinstated. Home minister Lyonpo Minjur Dorji said that, though the recent Assembly session discussed reinstating Thrue Bab and Nyen... Read more

Belgian ambassador presents credentials

September16: His Majesty the King accepted the credentials presented by the new Ambassador of Belgium to Bhutan, Jean Marie Deboutte, at the Tashichhodzong yesterday. His Majesty also granted an audience to the Ambassador after the presentation of the credentials. While in Bhutan, the Ambassador will make courtesy calls on Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley and the officiating foreign minister Daw Penjo. He will also visit some important historical places in Bhutan. Formal diplomatic relations... Read more

HM grants audience to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India

September 15: His Majesty the King granted an audience to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India Mr Vinod Rai today. He arrived in the Kingdom on a four day goodwill visit on Monday. Mr Rai took over as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in January last year. Prior to that he served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He was responsible for managing the financial services sector, including banks and insurance companies. Mr Rai was instrumental in setting up the India Infrastructure... Read more

Bhutan and Laos to learn from each other

September 16: Bhutan’s progressive promotion and continuous assessments in primary grades is an exemplary program that can be replicated in Laos, according to a high level delegation from the Laotian education ministry. The delegation, which is in the country to learn about the teaching approaches in urban and rural schools in Bhutan, commended certain programmes of the Bhutanese education system. “Laos, a developing country, can’t afford to have high repetition rates in schools, which costs... Read more

PM talks with the Graduates

The prime minister advises graduates to look beyond the govt. for jobs September 15: Speaking to 1,330 graduates yesterday the prime minister, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley, said jobs in the government were shrinking every year and urged them to look outside the government for employment. “The government is already very big, it can’t expand and therefore, the job opportunities you must look for are not in the government but in the private sector,” he said, responding to employment concerns of... Read more

Japanese film festival comes to Bhutan

September 15: Film lovers are in for a treat next week because the Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, in coordination with JICAICA Bhutan Office will conduct the 10th Japanese Film Festival in Thimphu, Punakha and Paro. A ccording to a press release from the embassy, the latest award winning films will be screened for the first time in Bhutan for children and film lovers. On September 15, the animated film, Summer days with Coo and Tokyo Tower will be screened at the Youth Development Centre (YDF) in Thimphu... Read more

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