Lack of funds and approval has kept the works on hold for two years «The remains of Kenchogsum lhakhang, which is still visited by locals and tourists Financial constrains and approval from the home ministry has kept on hold restoration works for the last two years on the historical Kenchogsum lhakhang in Bumthang that got [...]
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17th Feb, 2012
Kenchogsum lhakhang in Bumthang
14th Feb, 2012
The Royal Thimphu College and the Bhutan Olympic Committee will jointly provide six sports scholarship
The Royal Thimphu College (RTC) and the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) will jointly provide six sports scholarship every year to students who have established the highest levels of sporting achievement and sportsmanship. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between the College and the BOC today. The scholarship will be provided from [...]
13th Feb, 2012
Bhutan has more traditional healers than doctors
… against 183 modern doctors Bhutan has more traditional healers than doctors, nurses, health assistants, drungtshos and menpas all put together. Records with the health ministry show that there are 1,683 traditional healers across country against the 1,593 “modern” healers. This means, the number local healers, shaman (pows/pams) and astrologers (tsep) that comprise the “traditional [...]
12th Feb, 2012
Bhutanese Ara
Traditionally, Ara or locally brewed alcohol has played a significant role in Bhutanese culture. According to a research carried out by one of the psychiatrists in the country, use of alcohol dates back to the pre-Buddhist Bon religion. Alcohol was then used to appease deities. Alcohol is still served in most of the occasions in [...]
31st Jan, 2012
Phuentsholing experiences Cellular, cyber network choked
That, service providers say, will be coughed out once the crowd, the town is inundated with, disperses This time around, it is usual to find a deluge of people from various parts of the country crowd Phuentsholing town. This year, however, that crowd has swelled with more people having flocked to the border town for [...]
A Drukair aircraft experienced a bird strike during approach to New Delhi, yesterday. The damage suffered was enough to ground the airbus aircraft and to cause the return flight to Paro airport to be cancelled. The damage could be repaired by today, in time for a return flight to Paro, according to Drukair. But the [...]
26th Jan, 2012
The kudung (body) of His Holiness Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche will be brought to Bhutan in February
The kudung (body) of His Holiness Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, who passed away on December 27 in the United States, is scheduled to arrive in Paro on February 1, where the purjang (cremation) ceremony will be held. The final rites will take place on March 3 on a plot of land in Lango facing taktshang [...]
26th Jan, 2012
Living standard survey starts in March for 2012
Results will be out only at the end of the year In the next three weeks expect someone to knock your door and ask about your place of birth and previous place of residence if you live in town outside the capital. A total of a 130 enumerators are already out and about in 19 [...]
25th Jan, 2012
Winter basketball coaching camp
About 120 students between 8 -16 years across the country are attending the winter basketball coaching camp at Changlimithang in Thimphu. The camp is organised by the Bhutan Basketball Federation and BOC with the help of voluntary coaches from abroad. Source: Kuenselonline
24th Jan, 2012
Australian aid to Bhutan
There are also initiatives to provide practical dimensions to academic work on GNH and its nine domains Australia’s assistance to the country has been mainly in human resource development through scholarships for higher studies in Australian universities it provides for Bhutanese every year. Leader of the Australian delegation, former deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer said [...]
