Bhutan News

THIMPHU: Random samples of the pentavalent vaccine, which has been suspended following the deaths of eight infants, are being collected from across the country to be sent for quality tests to independent laboratories that are yet to be identified.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Palace Tashichoedzong in Thimphu yesterday during her four-day visit to the country.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact.

THIMPHU: Bhutanese youth bagged three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the first International Khomlainai championship held at Kokrajhar district in Assam yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Thmpu Friday afternoon amidst a red carpet reception on a 3-day bilateral visit to Bhutan.

This is her first visit to Bhutan and her first bilateral visit in the South Asian region since she was elected as Prime Minister last December.

Pentavalent Update 5 November, 2009 - Except for one case, the deaths of eight babies who received the pentavalent vaccine were 'coincidental' according to the preliminary findings by experts from the World Health Organisation .

Initiated by the Royal Society for Protection of Nature , the day was also observed throughout the country for better coordination and collaboration to address the urgent issues of waste and to bring about frameworks and measures to combat increasing waste streams in both rural and urban areas.

Chief Election Commissioner of India Navin Chawla and his wife Rupika Chawla with His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck at Dechencholing Palace in Thimpu over the weekend.

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited has lost some clients to Bhutan Insurance Limited , the only visible impact at the moment, with the two-month old company aggressively pitching the benefits of insuring with them at a more affordable premium.

With its epicenter in Mongar, close to the Trashigang border, the quake was also felt 180 km away in Thimphu.

Pentavalent Vaccine 29 October, 2009 - 29 October, 2009 - A day after a two-month old baby received the first dose of the pentavalent vaccine, she stopped feeding well and cried more often.

The team of 309 includes about 20 women Operation Thorthomi 28 October, 2009 - The water level of the Thorthormi lake, which has the potential to cause glacial lake outburst flood if not mitigated, was reduced by only 86 cm in two months during the operation Thorthormi.

THIMPHU: n additional to recreational equipment like swings and slides, computers, too, could soon become part of a childrena s playground in Bhutan.

Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla visits Bhutan Monday on the invitation of the Himalayan kingdom's poll panel chief to discuss election management in the new democracy.

THIMPHU: The agriculture ministry is recommending tripling the countrya s national food reserve from the current 1,658 metric tonnes to at least 5,850 MT, mainly in cereals, to cope with emerging food security challenges.

THIMPHU: More than two weeks after the weekly Bhutan Times , the first privately owned newspaper in Bhutan, declared a loss of Nu 5.39 million and underwent a change of management, its editor and six of its 12 reporters resigned yesterday, citing a oepersistent editorial interference from the managementa .

Tajikistan News.Net Friday 23rd October, 2009 London, October 23 : Reports indicate that the melting of the Himalayan glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan, the impacts of which will adversely affect the entire South Asian region.

THIMPHU: The body of a three-year-old girl, recovered from a bush in Jungshina, is suspected to have drowned in the reservoir tank of the Bhutan power corporationa s mini-hydel while playing with her two brothers.

The main factor that triggers this movement is education and employment, said the works and human settlement minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba.