Performing the best among 14 participants selected for final round, Prabin Diwali, 11, of Beldangi-I camp and Sancha Maya Tamang, 12, of Beldangi-II became male and female child start 2009 respectively yesterday. Similarly, Indra Prasad Gazmere from Khudunabari and Nirmala Sanyashi from Sanischare Pathri ranked second in the Inter-camp Child Song Competition

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Nov 30: Resettled Bhutanese in Arizona performed Satyanarayan puja on November 28. According to Ganga Neupane, around two dozen of resettled Bhutanese including senior citizens participated in the puja ceremony. It was such a nice feeling to be able to perfom puja here, Neupane told Bhutan News Service, “I myself felt well about it since [...]

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Nov 28: Bhutan has pulled out from the 2009 Philippine International Mathematics Competitions (PIMC) to be held December 1 in Iloilo City following the massacre in Maguindanao on November 23.  Worried for their safety, contestants from Russia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka also decided to back out from the contest. Young math wizards from these countries [...]

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Nov 28: The first phase of an international project to reduce the risk of growing and increasingly unstable glacial lake bursts in Bhutan has started.  In a joint effort by the government, communities and WWF, supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Austrian Coordination Bureau this year [...]

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Caritas Nepal are organizing a concert 'Music for Relief' in Damak on November 28, with the famous Nepali rock band 1974 AD joining in to promote awareness of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS

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Nov 27: Bimal Gurung, the president of Gokha Mukti Morcha, denied that the party has not imposed dress code on Bhutanese students in the hill districts, according to Kuensel. Gurung, however, admitted that they wanted the Bhutanese students to support their movement on humanitarian grounds. “If they feel insure, they aren’t imposed to wear their [...]

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Nov 24: Bhutan has started importing electricity poles and electrical equipment from three Nepalese manufacturers required for two of its hydropower projects. Bhutan had selected Mainabatti Steel Industries, Hulas Steel Industries and Bhagwati Steel Industries of Nepal to supply poles worth NRs. 1.11 billion in global tender. The three manufacturers had jointly bid to supply [...]

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Nov 23: One of the endangered species of birds – the Black Necked Cranes – began to arrive Phobjikha, their winter home. Phobjikha already saw around 150 birds this winter. Last year, the locality had sheltered over 320 birds compared to 200 five years ago. Villagers say crane population is increasing in the valley every [...]

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Nov 23: Penden Cement Authority (PCA) beings initiative to downsize its employees’ size, especially targeting to lay off lower level staffs. The company says, lay-off of staffs was important for improving efficiency of the company and make it more economical. The company had formally decided to downsize last October however had not taken action. PCA [...]

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Nov 23: Right to Food Assessment conducted jointly by Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in 2008 said that one in four Bhutanese households is undernourished in terms of daily calorie intake. For Bhutanese, minimum daily energy requirement is 2,124 kilocalories per person. National average daily adult caloric intake was 3,112 kilocalories. [...]

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