It is emphasized that more works need to be done for women’s equality and empowerment While a lot is being done to empower women and narrow down the gender inequality gap both within Bhutan and globally, more emphasis and efforts have been called for women’s equality and empowerment during the launch of the State of […]
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Over 2,100 volunteers collected 3,997 sacks of trashes in the mega #trashtag challenge in Bhutan from 12 different dzongkhags The #TrashTag Challenge is currently going viral among the Bhutanese teenagers and millennials on social media like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The #trashtag challenge requires people to pick a place full of trash, clean up the […]
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The school was closed after it didn’t have the required number of students in 2016 Bepam residents of Udzorong gewog in Trashigang are hoping that Udzorong’s first community primary school, closed in 2016 due to fewer students to meet the extended classrooms, will be reopened. The community school was started with more than 70 students […]
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As part of their assignments, the teams have developed a solar powered vehicle, solar powered water heating system, and paver blocks from plastic waste The undergraduate students of civil and electrical departments of the College of Science and Technology (CST) at Rinchending in Phuentsholing have come up with three projects, which are new in the […]
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The Secretary of Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC), Thinley Namgyel, talks with Business Bhutan’s senior reporter Dechen Dolkar on the roles and mandate of GNHC, five year plan drafting process, Bhutan’s graduation from LDC and challenges, and the incorporation of political pledges into the five year plans. He was appointed as Secretary of GNHC on […]
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“Sometimes it might take us a little longer to get where we want to go, but keep at it and the world is your oyster” is the message Ugyen Dema has for those wanting to pursue a career in aviation Donning a black pant and a neatly ironed white shirt with four stripes on the […]
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Most women in Radhi weave buray textiles when the agriculture season is over Leading a village life as a single mother of two school-going children is difficult for 33-year-old Tshering Dema from Radhi gewog in Trashigang. She has been a single mother for the past eight years after she divorced the father of her children. […]
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The two-roomed center, near the Amochhu, accommodates recovering addicts and has been operational for a little more than a month The rain has just stopped. Heavy dumpers roar at the nearby riverbed outside, waiting to load dredged boulders. And inside a small and simple room, Bhup Dhoj Ghalley flips through his daily activity logbook. Few […]
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Jyotshana Gurung’s nursery today has over 60 varieties of flowers, some rare and exotic, making her a connoisseur in the field With the onset of the spring season, local florists are gearing up with their gardening tools to once again prepare their nurseries for planting the next batch of exotic flowers and plants, which has […]
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With silky, black hair left open to accentuate a smiling face, glasses perched on her nose, 23-year-old Karzin Choden, manager at Bhutan Art Gallery and would-be art curator, is the girl-next-door with the most amiable personality. Sitting quietly; reading, doing art, listening to music or simply showing around customers and selling artwork at the art […]
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