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Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway closed

April 2, 2009 by Editor

The Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway remained closed for third consecutive day due to the landslide cause by heavy rain on Tuesday night

Categories Main News Tags apfanews, bhutan, bhutan news, highway in bhutan, landslides in bhutan, phuentsholing, road accidents in bhutan, thimphu 1 Comment

A strategy to tackle stray dogs

March 30, 2009 by Editor

For decades in the past, the government of Bhutan stayed a mute spectator to the stray dog problem in the name of not harming animals as prescribed by Buddhism philosophy.

Categories Main News Tags apfanews, bhutan, bhutan news, Humane Society International, stray dogs, thimphu, thimphu city corporation

ACC’s new strategy to tackle corruption

March 30, 2009 by Editor

Amid the increasing instances of corruption and bribery cases across the country, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched its strategies on March 26 on how to combat the corruption in the country

Categories Main News Tags anti corruption commission, bhtan, corruption in bhutan, good governance in bhutan, jigmi thinley, thimphu

Building parliament-media relations

March 28, 2009 by Editor

The government once again has reiterated its commitment to improve the relation between the parliament and the budding media industry in the country

Categories Media Monitor Tags Add new tag, bhutan, Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, bhutan parliament, kinley dorji, media in bhutan, national council of bhtan, sonam kinga, thimphu

Bhutan proposes to host SAARC summit

March 25, 2009 by Editor

For the first time, Bhutan has expressed its willingness to host the 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit after the Maldives declined to host citing global recession

Categories Main News Tags afghanistan, bhutan, maldives, Nepal, pakistan, SAARC, south asia, thimphu 6 Comments

Bhutan-Danish scouts join hands to serve community

March 25, 2009 by Editor

Bhutan Scout Association (BSA) in collaboration with Danish Scout Association has started a three-day seminar on community based scouting (CBS)

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, Bhutan Scout Association, bhutan scouts, Danish Scout Association, thimphu

A journalist in hunger strike

March 9, 2009 by Editor

Shantiram Acharya, former reporter with The Bhutan Reporter, published by Association of Press Freedom Activists Bhutan in exile, has started hunger strike in Chemgang central jail from Monday

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, chemgang jail, druk national congress, hunger strike, repatriation, shantiram acharya, thimphu 11 Comments

HUROB irked by inept responses on Katwal’s strike

March 9, 2009 by Editor

Human Rights Organization of Bhutan has expressed serious concern over the inept responses from the government to address the demands raised by N. L. Katwal who has been in hunger strike in Chemgang central jail, Thimph

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, bhutan govetnment, chemgang jail, human rights, hunger strke, HUROB, ICRC, katwal, thimphu, thiphu jail

Car rally arrives Thimphu

March 7, 2009 by Editor

The Indo-Bhutan Friendship Car rally, that started in Siliguri in India reached Thimphu on Friday afternoon

Categories Main News Tags Dechen Yangzom Wangchuk, india, Indo-Bhutan Friendship Car rally, phuentsholing, siliguri, thimphu 1 Comment

Docs force Kawtal take glucose, UN is mute spectator

March 6, 2009 by Editor

Bhutanese doctors have forcefully administered glucose to N. L. Kawtal who has been in fast unto death in the Chamgang Central jail, Thimphu since last week

Categories Main News Tags bhutan, hunger strike in bhutan, NL. Katwal, political prisoners, thimphu 2 Comments
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