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Punakha 13 October, 2011 -

Punakha school children help pack food for the crowd

 

Punakha 13 October, 2011 -

The king and queen pose for the press

 

13 October, 2011 - For the international media, the royal wedding, taking place today in Punakha Dzong, is a quaint little story happening in the world’s youngest democracy, a remote isolated nation, hidden in the folds of the eastern Himalayas.

Punakha 13 October, 2011 - At the purification ceremony with His Holiness and the fourth Druk Gyalpo on either side of the royal bride

The royal nuptials are to be conducted in a ritual steeped in traditional spirituality

Royal Bride Jetsun Pema is welcomed with a traditional Chipdrel in Wangduephodrang yesterday

13 October, 2011 - The youngest reigning monarch of the world’s youngest democracy, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, will today wed Jetsun Pema, 21, in a rich and solemn traditional religious ceremony fulfilling the wishes of the Bhutanese people in the Punakha Dzong that sits where the Pho chu and Mo chu rivers meet.

13 October, 2011 - His Majesty and the Royal Bride Jetsun Pema attended a cultural program at the India House on Monday, organized to congratulate the Royal Couple on their wedding

Across the kingdom, people will enjoy the occasion in some way or the other

13 October, 2011 - Seventy-five-year old Kencho Dorji of Tshojo village, 4,000 m above sea level near the northern borders, will walk three hours downhill to Lunana gewog centre in Lhedi today.

The family will be protected in the event of the party’s demise or disability

Quendue Ngensung 13 October, 2011 - Starting today, a new life insurance policy scheme will be available with the royal insurance corporation limited (RICBL) that has been designed to provide insurance against an event, if or when a loan applicant dies or is disabled before repayment, and has to compromise their mortgages to the lending financial institutions.

Bhutan biogas project (BBP) will train people to construct and operate 1,600 plants in Tsirang, Sarpang, Samtse and Chukha from 2011 to 2014

Sarpang Dzongda Kinzang Wangdi inaguarates the first biogas stove

Royal Wedding 13 October, 2011 - When he turned on the gas stove, TP Homagai had already calculated the benefit of switching to biogas for cooking at his home in Dargaythang, Sarpang.

The Golden Bumpa 13 October, 2011 - In Bhutan, four moments define the royal union and all take place in the Punakha Dzong. While the first three events transpire in the shrine of the Machhen lhakhang, the last one is held in the Kuenra or the Great Hall. Parts of the first three ceremonies are personal experiences of the royal bride and the groom, witnessed only by the fourth Druk Gyalpo and the Je Khenpo. The last one is held more publicly, but restricted to family members and important guests and office bearers.

13 October, 2011 - Tsirang Lam neten, Wangdi, launched a book with essays on the royal wedding on October 11

The thrompon envisages a building erected at the present site in a year or two

Thimphu Public Library 13 October, 2011 - The Thimphu public library may get a new and bigger building within the next two years, according to the thrompon (mayor), Kinley Dorji.

Bhutan National Bank 13 October, 2011 - The Bhutan National Bank closed last week its first issue of bonds worth Nu 700M at a six percent coupon rate, floated two months ago, with only half of it subscribed by one investor.

Though the suspect denies the crimes, the evidence seems stacked against him

Galing, Trashigang 13 October, 2011 - Trashigang police have detained a 19-year old man yesterday, suspected of having broken into five houses in Galing gewog on the evening of October 10 and 11 and stealing cash and jewelry.

Crude Traditional Herbal Medicine 13 October, 2011 - A 42-year old clinical officer of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck national referral hospital recovered two nights after he was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) for aconite poisoning.

Punakha 13 October, 2011 - The royal bride is escorted into the dzong from the mochhu  zam in a ceremonial chipdrel procession

Phuentsholing Bomb Blasts 12 October, 2011 - A few pieces of 8mm metal rods, blades and a watch battery have been recovered from the sites, where two improvised bombs exploded Monday evening in the border town of Phuentsholing.

Gross Domestic Product 12 October, 2011 - Bhutan’s gross domestic product registered double-digit growth last year at 11.7 percent, after a moderate 6.7 percent the year before.

Photo: Karma Dupchu

12 October, 2011 - The portrait of the royal couple is fixed to the street lamps on the highway leading to Thimphu last evening in preparation for October 13 royal wedding in Punakha.

Gasa Tsachu 12 October, 2011 - Dzongkhag staff and residents in Gasa are looking for a 37-year old woman, who went missing from Gasa tsachu (hot spring) since October 10.