Exporters who are engaged in the mining sector feel the importance of involving the community in mining activities in the country. This was evident when the Member of Parliament’s economic affairs committee met with the Exporters Association of Bhutan (BEA) and the Association of Bhutanese Industries for suggestion and feedbacks on the Mines and Minerals […]
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The media industry in Bhutan is facing challenges with journalists leaving their profession. The economics of market sustainability has tested journalists to the core. The attrition rate of journalists has been alarming though a study has not been done. Various reasons like pursuit for greener pasture, work load, family problems, no career progression and sometimes […]
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With the rapid growth of internet connectivity, online business has become rampant over the years. E-commerce refers to transactions of goods or services through the internet, mobile devices or other information networks. In Thimphu, there are 15 licenses for e-commerce businesses so far. However, there are no applicants for e-commerce business from other regions so […]
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It is 10 am. A skinny boy in a faded T-shirt and half pants is dressed for the day. Nim Dorji, 19, is in gear to protect himself from the summer heat.He is working at a construction site in Khasadrupchu, 24km from Thimphu, during the summer break. After appearing for class XII mid-term examination in […]
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Prompted by the fact that Bhutan History textbooks for classes VII to XII are riddled with grammatical and factual errors plus redundancy, and have not been revised for the past two decades, a major curriculum reform is in the offing. To resolve the issue, a team from the Royal Education Council (REC) is working ona […]
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Though pre-construction work at the Kholongchu Hydro Energy Limited (KHEL) project is completed, Trashiyangtse residents are worried that there are no signs of any major activities. Some residents said they had high expectations from the project but in the last four years, there are no signs of any development. However, residents in Yangtse said that […]
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An overwhelming smell of urine and scabbed dogs greet you as you enter the iron gate of the Karuna shelter, home for dogs located near the landfill site at Saa-Tshalu, some 3km from Trashigang town. The dogs seem friendly, at least friendlier than the stray dogs that prowl the streets. But most of them are […]
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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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Samphelling gewog and Pasakha, which falls under extended Phuentsholing Thromde is reported to have been hit hard by hailstone last week. The hailstone which hit the area in May 12 has destroyed both houses and crops. Around 125 households and more than 15 acres of maize fields were reportedly destroyed by the disaster. Ahalley village […]
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