Three people were killed and another two injured in an accident yesterday. The Land Cruiser they were traveling in fell about 150 metres below the road at Pakchina on the Pasakha-Manitar road. The accident took place around 10:30 am.
There were five people in the car including the driver. The driver was killed on the spot. […]
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25th Feb, 2010
An accident kills
24th Feb, 2010
Maruti Suzuki, India’s leading carmaker, is recalling 100,000 A-star hatchbacks to fix a fuel leakage problem.
Maruti Suzuki, India’s leading carmaker, is recalling 100,000 A-star hatchbacks to fix a fuel leakage problem.
The recall is for cars produced between November 2008 and August 2009. The company said it is repairing the fuel pump gasket free of cost.
In Bhutan, Zimdra automobiles- the sole Maruti dealer in the country has sold between 60-70 A-star […]
22nd Feb, 2010
Bhutan Media Foundation
His Majesty with representatives of the print and broadcast media at Lingkana palace
Coinciding with His Majesty’s 30th birthday anniversary, His Majesty the King issued a royal kasho (charter) formally establishing the Bhutan media foundation.
The media foundation is being established to support the development of mass media, so that it can carry out its roles and […]
22nd Feb, 2010
His Majesty the King celebrates his 30th birthday in Paro
His Majesty the King celebrates his 30th birthday in Paro
21st Feb, 2010
The Three Justices of the Supreme Court of Bhutan
The three justices of the Supreme Court are the former Zhung Kalyon Dasho Rinzin Gyaltshen, Drangpon Tshering Wangchuk and Attorney General, Rinzin Penjore. Their names were announced today.
Dasho Rinzin Gyaltshen served as the Zhung Kalyon prior to his present appointment. He was one of the members of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
Drangpon Tshering Wangchuk, worked as […]
21st Feb, 2010
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa Party coordinators threaten to quit
The bankrupt state of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party has spawned new problems. Its coordinators are rethinking their decision of being a part of the party.
About 160 party coordinators, from across the country, who met yesterday in Thimphu, said that they felt left out when local government bodies do not “invite” them to attend […]
20th Feb, 2010
Thimphu housing crunch
Every year several new houses are constructed in Thimphu. But it has not been able to live up with the growing population leading to a housing crunch.
Population in urban areas in Bhutan sees an annual increase of around seven percent every year.
With the current population growth and the rural urban migration, Thimphu alone requires additional […]
19th Feb, 2010
Mothithang Ministers’ Enclave
Almost done: The enclave in lower Mothithang
The drone of an excavator, its long metal arm cutting into stones, fills the tranquility of lower Motithang, Thimphu. Workers, covered in dust and paint, span the 31-acre area on which the ministers’ enclave is taking shape.
Some smoothen doors and windows made of wood imported all the way […]
The education and labour ministries signed performance compacts with the prime minister yesterday on 17 key initiatives to be undertaken by 2013, which will bind them to their targets.
The education ministry committed to raise the percentage of teachers satisfied with the profession from 24 in 2009 to 70 percent in 2013 through changes in […]
17th Feb, 2010
2010 Bhutanese School Begins
Shakespeare’s ‘creeping like a snail, unwillingly to school’ doesn’t seem to apply here. Source: Kuenselonline
