Bhutan

Tony and Carina’s wedding photos

yeinjee.com     23 hrs ago          

Hong Kong showbiz couple Tony Leung and Carina Lau have tied their knots in a Buddhist inspired ceremony in Paro, Bhutan on July 21. The wedding was attended by Bhutan’s royalty and celebrities-friends like Kenny B, Cecilia...                

Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan

blogcritics.org     19 hrs ago          

An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future. In this next interview in the "Ending World Hunger" series, we will look at school feeding programs in Bhutan. Located between India and China, Bhutan is often...                

LTTE's ceasefire: Public relations or more?

rediff.com     yesterday   5 related          

The Sri Lankan government is justified in suspecting that this ceasefire may also be meant to enable the LTTE to re-group its cadres if the ceasefire offer is reciprocated by the government so that when the fighting is resumed...                

Gross Happiness Product - a different view of success

ipopin.typepad.com     yesterday          

Most countries focus on their Gross National Products (GNP) as their measure of success. The GNP is the total of value of goods and services sold in a certain time frame. A little country in the Himalayas, Bhutan, decided to...                

Bhutan king to be coronated on November 6

irna.com     yesterday          

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk will be coronated as Bhutan's fifth king on 6th November that will officially place him as the head of the country's constitutional democratic set-up. "We, the Bhutanese, are indeed a truly blessed...                

The Making of Buddhist Bhutan's Constitution

buddhistchannel.tv     Jul 24, 2008          

Bhutan's new constitution signifies its transformation from a dynastic monarchy to a constitutional democracy Timphu, Bhutan -- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan came alive on the morning of July 18. As His Majesty the...                

POLITICS: SOUTH ASIA MAPS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT DESTINY

tmcnet.com     Jul 23, 2008   12 related          

UNITED NATIONS, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Ernest Corea, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States, draws a similar political parallel between India, a potential Asian superpower, and the 23-year-old South Asian...                

Abu Hamza extradition to go ahead

asianage.com     Jul 23, 2008   40 related          

London: Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has been refused permission to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the United States, reports our London correspondent. Fifty-year-old Abu Hamza al-Masri, of Egyptian...                

Actor Tony Leung marries in Bhutan

cnn.com     Jul 23, 2008   22 related          

HONG KONG (AP) -- Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and longtime companion Carina Lau have held a wedding ceremony at a resort in the Himalayan nation Bhutan. Hong Kong actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau pose with...                

South Asia News in brief: 11–23 July 2008

scidev.net     Jul 23, 2008          

Below is a round up of news from or about South Asia for the period 11–23 July 2008. Bangladesh science education 'in dire straits' Bangladesh's science education is in need of a major overhaul, according to an editorial in The...                

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