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Rapists of 60-year-old sentenced |
12 February, 2010 - Gelephu dungkhag court
yesterday sentenced two men for raping a 60-year old married woman in
Umling in November last year.
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The Year of the (threatened) Tiger |
12 February, 2010 - As we welcome the Year of the Tiger, the new
year is not about roaring celebration. It instead calls for more
conservation actions.
Among the 13 tiger range countries in the world, Bhutan, which
is best known for its conservation policies, is launching postal stamps
of tigers as a sign of commitment to the global effort in saving tigers
from becoming extinct.
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Chairman of the Tata Group, Mr Ratan N Tata
shares his plans and areas of interest in Bhutan.
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| Tata Group Chairman, Mr Ratan N Tata and DHI Chairman,
Om Pradhan |
12 February, 2010 -
What’s the reason for your visit?
We’re making an investment in one of your hydro projects (Dagachu),
however, after coming here, we are struck and inspired by Bhutan. I
realise that the Tata fraternity could play perhaps a very contributory
role in the development of Bhutan.
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Suspended between approval and action |
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| Amochu (Toorsa): The over Nu 5bn project needs a
systematic approach which will take even more time |
Amochu Land Reclamation
Project 12 February, 2010 -
Two years after the Amochu (Toorsa) land reclamation proposal was
approved in principle by the cabinet, the much-awaited project, aimed at
protecting Phuentsholing from flooding and to reclaim eroded land for
sustainable use, is yet to take off.
“It’ll take a while,” said the works and human settlement
minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba. “It needs a lot of planning as it’s a
huge project, with the total cost estimated to be over five billion
ngultrums.”
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Weighing national cons against global pros
WTO Accession 11
February, 2010 - Bhutan is ready to join the world trade
organisation (WTO) any day, but prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y
Thinley has his reservations.
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‘Inadvertent’ human rights violations |
11 February, 2010 - “In promoting the
rights of our people, we must be receptive to our mistakes and
accessible to corrections,” said the chairperson of the national
assembly’s human rights committee, MP Damchoe Dorji. While instances of
human rights violations have occurred in Bhutan, the government is
committed to the promotion and protection of human rights in the
country, he said.
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Tata interested in Bhutan’s development |
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| Courtesy Call Ratan Tata, CEO, Tata group meets Prime
Minister Jigmi Y Thinley during his visit to Bhutan. |
11 February, 2010 - Tata group would like
to increase its presence in Bhutan in areas beyond hydropower projects,
and not necessarily for money, the chairman of India’s industrial and
commercial giant, Tata group, Ratan Tata, told Prime Minister Jigmi Y
Thinley.
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McKinsey’s proposal worry builders, ACC |
Construction Industry
11 February, 2010 - Bhutanese construction companies and a few
government entities are worried over the McKinsey’s proposal to the
government to revive the point system to award projects to contractors.
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| Grab It While It’s Going: Thimphu meat shops experience
bumper sales before monthlong closedown |
11 February, 2010 - As in past years, there
is pandemonium at all Thimphu meat shops, besieged by residents rushing
to stock up their pantries and freezers with meat, which will be banned
for a month starting tomorrow.
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Land transactions to go online |
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Reduces time from a month to a week and there’s
no paperwork either
11 February, 2010 - ‘E-Succour’ in the near
future will allow Bhutanese to make buy, sell and also inherit land at
the click of a button online.
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