Recent News from Kuensel
Packed to no purpose
Thimphu Centre Box 8 March, 2010 - Miscommunication between the district courts and police is causing an unnecessarily high number of citizens to be arrested and detained at the detention centre (centre box) here in Thimphu, Kuensel has found.
Backlog builds on empty bench
Appeals to the High Court continue to increase in absence of judges
High Court 8 March, 2010 - The hunt for nine high court judges, including the chief justice, has not even begun even as appeal cases continue to inundate the high court.
200 million to the good
National Revenue Report 8 March, 2010 - Domestic revenue in the first year of the 10th plan, 2008-09, amounted to Nu 14.049 bn, a Nu 1.7 bn rise from the previous year, and exceeding the revised target by more than Nu 200 mn, according to the national revenue report.
Blueprint for ICT-literate society
Total Solutions 8 March, 2010 - The Nu 2.05 bn total solutions project will see 7,200 civil servants, including the prime minister, cabinet ministers, government secretaries and dzongdas attending specialised ICT courses to improve the ICT capacity of the government.
Thimphu to Paro run against domestic violence
8 March, 2010 - Calling attention to advocate against domestic violence in Bhutan, Ms Robin Martz, an American living in Bhutan will run the 50 km highway between Thimphu and Paro, as Bhutan joins the world to observe International Womens day today.
Alcohol: Catching them young
Therefore, the state of our youth today determines what becomes of the country in future.
Home fires with a vengeance
Mystery: The fire burns even inside locked boxes
8 March, 2010 - Norbu Wangdis two storeyed traditional house in Tsangpo village, Thrimshing, is famous in the area for a unique reason mysterious fires that spring up from nowhere inside their home.
Raising the dropout census issue
Dzongdas Conference 7 March, 2010 - The government should review the cases of people, whose census were dropped after the nationwide census registration. Dzongdas voiced this concern during the 18th annual dzongdags conference, which began yesterday.
Traffic fines get stiffer tenfold
The pink elephant in the room
Feature 7 March, 2010 - Bhutanese down 12.5 million litres of alcohol a year and a staggering 54 percent of the countrys total 56 percent youth population below 24 years are the main consumers.
Private schools take up the slack
Lowering the plot size ceiling
Glad To Be Back
Picture Story 17 February, 2010 - Shakespeares creeping like a snail, unwillingly to school doesnt seem to apply here.
Absconder nabbed in Bumthang
What to do at Indias Buddhist holy sites
Possible death by overdose
Human capital
While Samtse stagnates, house-owners do great
17 February, 2010 - Payden works in Bhutan and resides in India. This is what the 42-year old corporate employees friends say when they discuss the housing crunch in Samtse town.
Picture Story
17 February, 2010 - Parents in Pangthang, Kanglung, help children to wear the school uniform for the first day of school on February 16
