A few kilometers from Kanglung in Pangthang chiwog, all the farmers are busy as it is summer and time to plant paddy. The air is filled with grunts of a power tiller that’s preparing the fields for paddy transplantation. Pangthang is considered one of the rice growing chiwogs in Kanglung gewog in Trashigang but today […]
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Villagers of Lalaykha village, one of the remotest under Chhukha Dzongkhag is still waiting for a farm road. The village which borders with Denchukha, under Samtse takes almost a day’s walk from Phuentsholing town. Residents say that absence of road has been a major hurdle in the development of the village which, they claim is […]
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Gone are the days when horses were the only means of transportation in the rural pockets of the country. Rural eastern dzongkhags like Trashigang has seen rapid development in the last few decades. The blacktopped highway, farm roads, and government infrastructure prove that the rural backwaters are fast caught up in the whirlpool of change […]
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Villagers attempt to revive the dying bamboo craft that is fast losing popularity in Orong The dying art of bamboo craft is set to get a fresh lease of life with the formation of Philuma Potala Non-Wood Forest Product (NWFP) Group that comprises 42 skilled craftsmen from Philuma village in Orong in Samdrup Jongkhar. Two […]
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Sachilo Chiwog is one of the remotest chiwogs of Wangphu gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar which lacks major facilities like road and electricity. Wangphu gewog is 24km away from the Samdrup Jongkhar – Trashigang highway, while Sachilo chiwog has a total of 46 households with a population of 321. People walk for more than two hours […]
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As dawn breaks in the remote community of Khotakpa in Pemagatshel, Memay Penjor turns on the radio which he borrowed from a neighbor a few years back and tunes into KYD 91.1 FM. He is hooked onto the broadcast that includes songs, local beliefs, customs and traditions. Since the villagers hardly get to listen to […]
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Though Ayeshwini Lamal is studying civil engineering, she is an inspired writer. Writing is a passion for the 21-year-old final year student of College of Science and Technology who recently published a novel called “Two Ends of the Sky”. From her school days she started writing poems on the back of her notebooks and she […]
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Also one of the winners of SAARC Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 She creates mesmerizing products like bags, containers and dust-bins from waste. Chogyal Lhamo, 42, from Nubi Gewog in Trongsa is an entrepreneur who collects waste to turn it into useful items for sale. A mother of three and based in Bumthang, she […]
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The Chairperson of the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), Dasho Karma Tshiteem, talks to Business Bhutan reporter Dechen Dolkar up on the successful completion of five-year term as the second commissioner and his achievements and challenges. Q. Upon the end of a successful term as the second commissioner, what are the most satisfying memories that […]
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Football and singing. These are the two things in 24-year-old YesheyChoden’s life that keep her going. These two fuel her passion for life. YesheyChoden became Bhutan’s first YouTube sensation in 2012 when she was a young student from Mongar. Her song NgaCheluGa turned viral and she gained instant recognition. In 2014, she debuted in the […]
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