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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Himalayan bear killed by tiger Is it effect of climate change on habitat? 11 November, 2009 - In the first recorded incident of its kind in Bhutan, a Himalayan black bear was killed and eaten by a royal Bengal tiger in the Jigme Dorji national park. The carcass of the bear, with only its head, skin and paws remaining, was discovered by a team of foresters in Domenda, two days walk from Dodena in Thimphu,...
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
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....
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
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...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Two Indian and one Kashmiri-born novelists compete against Chinese and Filipino authors for $10,000 prize The final for this year's Man Asian literary prize is dominated by writers from the Indian subcontinent. Of the five shortlisted authors, two are Indian and one is Kashmiri-born, with the field completed by one Chinese and one Filipino author contending for the prize, which was conceived "to...
The 3rd world view (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
This salary purchasing power parity rank comprises cost of living indexes for each of 276 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). The latest salary purchasing power parity ranking, together with the overall cost of living index,...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
After the 6th border meeting in Thimphu on September 12, India and Bhutan have agreed to scale up efforts to secure their borders. India and Bhutan share a 669-km-long border, manned by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from the Indian side and by the Royal Bhutanese Army on the Bhutan side. Most of the insurgent camps are located along the Bhutan-Assam border, which comprises of 267 km of the Indo-Bhutan...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Bhutanese dancers take part in the annual Tsechu festival in Thimphu Sept. 28, 2009. The biggest masked dance festival of the year, features fancifully costumed dancers performing masked dance-dramas celebrating events in the life of Guru Rimpoche, who introduced Buddhism in its Tantric form to Bhutan in the eighth century. REUTERS/Singye Wangchuk
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Thimphu, Bhutan (AHN) – A dozen dead people were found Tuesday near the epicenter of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in eastern Bhutan, local officials said. Five people, including three women and a two-year-child, were among the dead victims found in the Munggar region. Three other dead victims were found in Trashigang district. Also dead were four Indian [...]
Rashid's Blog (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Bhutan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The strong quake was centered 104 miles (168 km) east of Thimphu, Bhutan, at a depth of 4.5 miles (7.2 km), USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. source
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
Calling for the creation of independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam, based on Vaddukkoadai Resolution (VR) was the last spontaneous and definite mandate by Eezham Tamils in a totally free and democratic atmosphere. As the need for democratic political organisation unfolds afresh, Tamils have to take up the thread directly from the VR. The Thimphu principles and all the other formulas put forwarded subsequently...
Jan Ford's World (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Friday 11th September 2009 I left the Punakha lodge at 9.00 a.m. and we made the three hour drive back to Thimphu. Land slips are quite common and at one point the road was completely blocked by an excavator shifting away fallen rocks. We were only delayed a few minutes. A little further on, a series of lorries blocked the road. They appeared to be being loaded with the fallen rock. After a short delay,...
Religion News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Reuters) - Bhutan has warned its citizens over cutting down thousands of young trees every year to make prayer flags, a threat to the tiny kingdom's lush scenery and the government's duty to bring " Gross National Happiness ". Himalayan Buddhists put up prayer flags for good luck or to help the dead find the right path to their next life. The more flag poles put up for the...
Jan Ford's World (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Wednesday 9th September 2009 We left my new friends at the Gangtey Lodge about 9.00 a.m. but we’d arranged one more visit before leaving the district. We parked by Beyta Community School (where yesterday’s horse ride had finished) as a brief visit had been arranged to see the work of the school. The school covered grade 1 to 5 but the headmaster (who oversaw the building of the school a...
Jan Ford's World (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Monday 7th September 2009 After two very comfortable nights in the Amankora Thimphu, on Monday it was time to move on, to the Amankora Gangtey. A couple from Tokyo who had been staying were making the same trip but with their own car, driver and guide. Before leaving, the three of us were invited to take part in a simple ritual outside adjacent to three prayer wheels. A young monk intoned the payer...
Jan Ford's World (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Sunday 6th September 2009 I've already described the morning jaunt when I was a little unwell. Recovered in the afternoon, we set off again for Thimphu town, this time to look at the huge Dzong. In Bhutan, the religious and the secular are combined in the Dzong which is both monastery and the seat of civil power combined. The Dzong in Thimphu is special in that the present King has his offices in this...
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