31 August, 2010 - A high level delegation team led by the foreign secretary, Daw Penjo, will be in New Delhi, India, for the annual Bhutan-Indo development cooperation talks on September 1 and 2.During the talks,...
While India struggles to open up its education sector, traditionally insular Bhutan is pursuing a bold new plan to become an education hub in Asia. As part of an ambitious effort to transform the remote Himalayan Kingdom into a globalised economy, Bhutan wants to build...
Part 6: Condensed from Dasho Karma Uras forthcoming booklet PERSPECTIVES22 August, 2010 - Wonphu Taktshang I ended my last article on the note that Jomo Tshogyal left Paro Taktshang for Wonphu Taktshang in Tibet. Tshogyal and five of her companions that included Monmo...
Arya Dhwaja: First illustration of Flags of Bhutan, 1922 Photo: India Office Library 22 August, 2010 - The national flag of Bhutan came into being only in 1947. It was flown for the first time in New Delhi on March 23 that year, when the late prime minister Jigme Palden...
PERSPECTIVES 22 August, 2010 - Larceny, domestic violence, battery, murders, rape the crucible of modernization has precipitated a rise in each of these criminal enterprises in Thimphu, so much so that Kuensel has unceremoniously hailed the city as a crime capital....
Five on one: An easy win for Bangladesh Under-16 Team16 August, 2010 - A randomly selected Under-16 Bhutanese basketball team (Thimphu juniors) was soundly thrashed by the Bangladesh U-16 national team yesterday, in a friendly game before the summer basketball...
ZURICH -- Bhutan is one of the world's most reclusive and remote countries, but the Museum Rietberg in Zurich is offering an entertaining shortcut to the Himalayan kingdom, giving a lively impression of its rich and active Buddhistculture. Shuzo Uemoto 'Buddha...
Officials in Bhutan say a man found dead in forest near the town of Trongsa may have been killed by a tiger. If confirmed it would be the first tiger attack in the remote Himalayan kingdom in 15 years....