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January 2009

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January 30
10 million hazelnut to be planted in Bhutan
Fuel price drops
   
January 29

Man detained for alleged rape in Dagana
Class XII results declared
One killed, two injured in accident in Monggar
Man hit by arrow succumbs to injury
Armed force officers promoted
Government to take in 277 graduates

Young leopard killed
   
January 28
Man critically injured by an arrow

Paro police arrests FCB manager

Border districts coordination meeting begins

Chorten robbed in Dagana
   
January 26
Paramyxo infection in pigeons in Samdrupjongkhar
Indian Community in Bhutan celebrates its 60th Republic Day
   
January 25
Shifting cultivation giving way to orange plantation

Television: changing lives of rural Bhutanese
Villagers in Bumthang consume infected meat
CSCE results declared
Customs officials seize tobacco products in Phuentsholing
Police launches Complaint Response Mechanism

Farmers in Bumthang face loan repayment problem
   
January 23
His Majesty sends message wishing speedy recovery of Indian PM

Foreign Ministry appoints Ambassadors
National Strategic Plan for Prevention and Control of STIs and HIV/ AIDS launched

Hundreds head for the Moenlam Chenmo prayers in Bodhgaya
   
January 22
His Majesty the King graces the closing of the second session of the Parliament
Bhutan-Belgium diplomatic relations established
   
January 20
Pay revision should be implemented from July 2008, say NC members
Pay revision for corporations to be worked out separately
   
January 19
Civil Servants to get 35% pay hike as proposed
Trade officials monitor price of commodities following pay hike announcement
   
January 18
Dzongdas deliberate on their roles and responsibilities in a new democratic set up
10 licenses seized for selling tobacco products in Thimphu

No parking for taxis in Phuentsholing core areas affects taxi business
   
January 16
Final pay hike proposal released, 35% for civil servants
First ever medical college by February 2011
   
January 15
BICMA fines BBS
   
January 14
Department of Local Governance re-established, DCC reconstituted
All quarries leased out by Agriculture Ministry under Mines and Minerals Management Act 1995

Media Impact Study reveals significant change in which Bhutanese view media
   
January 13
Judiciary sees 23% drop in registered cases in 2008

NA discusses education related issues from school curriculum to up gradation of schools
Council members discuss the need for a relief fund

Bhutan hosts the 3rd SAARC Technical Committee meeting on Environment and Forestry
   
January 12
NA discusses security protection for MPs and designs for road construction

Bhutan’s Permanent Representative to the UN presents his credentials to the UN Secretary General
   
January 11
Armed men loot a house in Dolungang, Sarpang

Final pay revision proposal to be released soon
3 women killed on the spot in an accident

Saving tourism from global economic downturn
   
January 9
Granting constituency development fund to NA members unconstitutional, say NC members

NA members divided over geog entertainment allowance
   
January 7
 NA discusses appointment of geog caretakers

Council members discuss compensation for loss of crops and livestock
   
January 6
NA discusses the status of industrial development in the south
Global economic recession hits the Bhutanese tourism industry

Cabinet approves construction of synthetic track for Bhutanese athletes
   
January 5
NA discusses sub-contracting and fronting in the construction industry
Other financial institutions should also provide rural loans, say NC members
   
January 4
We were taken by surprise, say foresters who survived brutal attack
   
January 3
 United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan claims responsibility for Sarpang blast
   
January 1
His Majesty awards Druk Wangyal medals to PM and Chief Justice of Bhutan
NA discusses concerns related to mining operations in the country
High Court passes judgments on education officials
Sale of greeting cards on the decline

Sonam Yangden bags the Bhutan Star title

   
   

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