Monthly Archives: March 2013

The institute of management for job seekers

The Bright Life Institute of Management a well known training center in Thimphu is opening up new admissions for the job seekers who at first will have to undergo the training for commercial accounting at the national level. The institute was established on 9 April in the year 2009 under …

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Tagged crane from Bhutan landed in Tibet within two hours

The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) in collaboration with the Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany yesterday tagged a crane and freed it from Phobjikha under Wangduephodrang dzongkhag. Its safe landing has been confirmed. The crane which was tagged with state-of-the art GSM was released from Phobjikha …

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Six Takin calves born at the Takin Preserve

Half a dozen new Takins born within a month at the Takin Preserve in Motithang, Thimphu, has increased the population of the National animal at the Preserve to 22. All healthy calves were born in the month of February and the first calf was born on 3 February. Another calf …

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PDP reveals 25 of its hopefuls for 2013

  PDP  introduced 25 of their candidates for 2013  and also confirmed that it has 40 candidates so far. The majority of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates are the former candidates of the party. Just like the 2008 candidates the candidates for the upcoming election are mostly qualified, experienced and …

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Speaker to re-contest for the 2013 elections

PM says he is happy to accept the Speakers nomination In an exclusive interview with The Bhutanese the Speaker Jigme Tshultim has announced that he will be re-contesting his seat for the 2013 General Elections. “Given the choice I would like to retire from politics but as a public figure …

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‘Dirty politics’ and the 2013 race

In the 2008 electoral race while candidates had mainly diplomatic words for each other in the media, the real electoral battle was what was whispered by party members in villages and towns or half suggested by party leaders. It was only occasionally that party candidates or workers made official allegations …

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Parliamentary Entitlement Act Shelved

The proposal by the National Assembly to amend the Parliamentary Entitlement Act has been shelved. “The entitlement bill has been shelved because we could not reach an agreement,” said the Speaker, Jigme Tshultim. National Assembly MPs until recently had been discussing with National Council MPs on the possibility of amending …

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