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Real estate values keep going through the roof
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Spiralling land prices will stabilise only if generally opened to development
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| FROM LAND TO SKY - Boom time now but will the bubble burst? |
28 August, 2008 - The government has revised the urban land rates by more than 100 percent, but a closer look at the actual rates of land transactions today reveals an altogether different story.
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The mithun move – From Chukha frying pan into Zhemgang fire
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Habitat loss has driven this ‘cash cow’ into wild dog terrain
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| SOFT TARGET – Since its relocation in late 2005, the farm has lost about 20 calves |
28 August, 2008 - The mithun breeding farm in Wangdigang, Zhemgang, has literally jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
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Labour Act yet to take hold
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Inspection visits reveal
gap between provisions
and practice
28 August, 2008 - The Labour and Employment Act, which was endorsed in 2007, was not being followed by most private and corporate agencies despite many awareness workshops, according to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR).
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Defamation case not decided on merit, claims attorney general’s office
28 August, 2008 - The office of the attorney general (OAG) has appealed to the High Court against the defamatory suit judgment passed by the Thimphu district court on the grounds that the case was not decided on merit, an unlawful decision was made and evidence arbitrarily dismissed.
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Major makeover for museum
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28 August, 2008 - The 40-year-old national museum in Paro will get a major makeover by the end of 2013 if the government endorses the master plan for the extension of the museum worth Nu 350 million this year.
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Sentenced for manslaughter
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28 August, 2008 - The Paro district court sentenced a 20-year-old construction worker from Naja gewog in Paro to a prison term of five years and ten months for accidentally killing his friend, who fell off a cliff during a fight.
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Centenary Youth Village Inaugurated
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28 August, 2008 - With a mission to support young people during their transition from adolescence to adulthood and to achieve their potential as empowered individuals, the Centenary Youth Village inaugurated on Saturday hopes to attract youth and help reduce youth-related problems in the city.
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Double con over doubled-eyed dzee
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28 August, 2008 - In a case very similar to the conning theme of the Bhutanese comedy, “Bjop Zenchay and Gau Mangkhey”, Zhemgang police are investigating a swindle involving four men and a dzee (cat’s eye).
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Explosives thieves linked to Communist Party of Bhutan
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Sikkim’s hydro power projects become source of gelatin sticks
27 August, 2008 - Sikkimese police have identified a man they arrested last week carrying 20 improvised explosive devices (gelatin sticks) as Bhudiman Bhujel, a member of the Nepal-based Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist).
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Post accident driver missing
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| HILUX LEFTOVERS - Strewn on the path to destruction |
27 August, 2008 - A search team of police and Royal Institute of Management (RIM) staff are combing the Wangchhu banks - the union of Thimpchhu and Pachhu - for the body of an RIM driver who went missing after the Toyota Hilux he was driving plunged into the Pachu, about 3 km from the Chunzom checkpost on Sunday, August 24.
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HEHE – No laughing matter
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‘Green’ agriculture ministry initiates Tuesday – No Vehicle Day
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| WITHOUT WHEELS: Lyonpo Pema Gyamtsho with staff walk to work to save the environment
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27 August, 2008 - At around 8:30 yesterday morning, staff of the agriculture ministry hit the road to go to office as usual. But this time, for a change, they walked.
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| GROOMING ‘EM YOUNG – Perfecting their pugilistic skills at Lungtenphug
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27 August, 2008 - With his bare fists below his chin, the 9-year-old Dorji Nima strikes a fighting pose as do other boys beside him. A tough looking soldier bellows an instruction. Dorji double punches the air with his right hand and moves into position for the southpaw shot.
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Yangphel’s first K/O stage
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27 August, 2008 - The road is still not clear for the 54 teams who made it to the knock-out stage of the Yangphel archery tournament yesterday.
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27 August, 2008 - The royal civil service commission has appointed the director general of law and order, ministry of home and cultural affairs, Dasho Tshering Wangda as the Consul General of the royal Bhutanese consulate in Kolkata with immediate effect.
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The Legal Deposit Act – Almost shelved in effect
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26 August, 2008 - The Legal Deposit Act, endorsed in 1999, is a classic example of many Bhutanese laws that remains on paper and stacked in old shelves.
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US $ | 43.20 |
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British £ | 79.75 |
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Sing $ | 30.45 |
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Euro € | 63.60 |
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Swiss Franc | 39.45 |
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Hongkong $ | 5.55 |
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Canadian $ | 41.35 |
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Australian $ | 37.20 |
| Jap. Yen(100) | 39.70 | |
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Source: BNB, Thimphu
Updated for August 28 2008
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