His Holiness consecrates choeten in Samdrup Jongkhar His Holiness the Je Khenpo, Trulku Ngawang Jigme Chhoedra, consecrated a Dre-Maed Nam-Nyi choeten in Samdrup Jongkhar on Sunday. Located in the district town and built by the S.D Eastern Ferro Silicon Private Limited Company, the choeten is expected not only to be a place of worship for […]
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In what are truly mammoth achievements for COMO Hotels and Resorts, COMO Uma Punakha was awarded the third best hotel in the world, while COMO Uma Punakha and COMO Uma Paro in Bhutan were awarded the first and second place respectively in the ‘Best Hotel in Asia’ category. This is as per the results of […]
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ShaMa foundation, an international, non – profit organization dedicated to social welfare, education, and health care, which has been active since 2015, and was incorporated in 2018 initiated Shudh Program in Bhutan last year, in June 2017. The program aims to provide access to safe drinking water in remote and challenging geographies and also strives […]
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In the picturesque village of Khoma, 10km away from Lhuentse town, girls as young as eight are initiated into weaving. Young girls are seen near their mothers, learning how to weave intricate and colorful patterns with handlooms. Khoma village is known for weaving Kusuthara, the most famous and expensive attire for women in the country, […]
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In the remote eastern village of Jalang under Minjay gewog in Lhuentse, a dark shroud of mystery covers 48-year-old Tsheringmo who has been labeled a poison giver, popularly known as dug-bekhan. A sickly mother of four children whose husband works as a farmer, she is ostracized by the villagers who believe that eating or drinking […]
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Informal records with the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community in the country revealed that of the 18 transgender women who came out, 17 of them dropped out of school at a very early age. LGBTQ community in Bhutan is an informal group with 87 members. The members consists of two lesbian, 45 MSM […]
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After Business Bhutan ran a story about an ill couple who were fated to meet by chance and made their home, a shanty, by the Thimphu River earlier this year, they have received donations in cash and kind from many sympathizers. The story which was posted on the paper’s Facebook page had hundreds reacting, commenting […]
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Lucky Wangmo from Thimphu Early this month, the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) issued a notice stating that Indian rupee bank notes of denomination 500 and above will not be allowed use in the country. The Deputy Governor of RMA, Yangchen Tshogyel, said that it is not the decision of RMA to not allow the use […]
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Alka Katwal from Sarpang What remains of Sarpang’s temporary makeshift town are the remnants of the recent flood. And a memory! The old town is gone. And the new one is not there yet. In between, people living in proper Sarpang are a little more exasperated every time they need to travel to Gelephu, some […]
Read MoreDechen Dolkar from Thimphu Bhutanese living, working or studying abroad can now remit their earnings to their personal foreign currency accounts or that of their family members in Bhutan. The central bank, Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), launched Foreign Currency Account facility for Non-Resident Bhutanese (NRB) on Thursday. This facility would allow Non-Resident Bhutanese (NRB) to […]
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