Dzongkha boring and difficult: students

DDC officials talk to Rinchhen Higher Secondary students on the standard of Dzongkha

9 November, 2009 - Dzongkha is a difficult subject, it is boring and there are no job opportunities for Dzongkha graduates. These were the responses from students of Rinchhen Higher Secondary School after officials from the Dzongkha Development Commission spoke to them on Friday.
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9 November, 2009 - The Bhutanese taekwondo team won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the First International Khomai and Martial Art championship organised by Bhutan- India friendship Association in Khorajar, Assam
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Local eggs expensive, vendors enjoy monopoly

9 November, 2009 - With authorities still strictly monitoring the import of poultry products, local poultry products in Phuentsholing are enjoying a monopoly in the market.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Rising to feet with thagchung in hand
Tandin Wangchuk, a shopkeeper in Gyalpoizhing town, Mongar, is a popular figure in his neighbourhood not only because he weaves, but also because of his affable nature.
Originally from Wamrong, Trashigang, Tandin says weaving had come to him naturally. He had never taken any lesson on weaving. As a year-old toddler, he first rose to his […]    [read more]

Group lending starts
Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), for the first time, will serve as a guarantor for those who avail the group lending scheme of Bhutan Development Finance Corporation Limited (BDFCL).
A loan amount to the maximum ceiling of Nu 100,000 to a group member will be given at 10 percent interest a year for three […]    [read more]

Farmers’ group to export forest products
After diseased mandarin trees stopped fruiting, the farmers of Lhamoizingkha turned to mother nature for cash income. About 139 households in Lhamoizingkha Dungkhag in Dagana Dzongkhag will harvest non-wood forest products (NWFP) and export them to India from this year. The group –Farmers’ Group of Lhamoizingkha – has already explored the market in Siliguri, West […]    [read more]

The other side of the ban
If ‘seeing is believing’, then certainly something is gone awry somewhere with banning of things. Just look at how many ‘bans’ we had and how effective they are.
It started with the plastic ban on April 20, 1999. Selling and using of plastic bags were banned. Shopkeepers were told that they would be fined if they […]    [read more]

Travel constraints affect tourism
The flight schedules and network strategies Druk Air, the only national airline, follows are affecting the tourism in the country, according to tour operators. Accessibility is one of the main constraints affecting the growth and expansion of tourism. According to Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (Abto), about 82 percent of dollar-paying tourists use Druk Air.
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First film magazine ready
Bhutan’s first film and entertainment magazine, Druk Trowa, will hit the book stands in Thimphu on Monday.
Druk Trowa will be a biannual magazine this year but starting next year it will be a quarterly magazine. The purpose of the magazine is to promote the film industry and to create a stronger interaction between the people […]    [read more]

The birth of samudaya
The bestowment of legal status to the Hindu Dharma Samudaya of Bhutan (HDSB) by the government has brought a lot of hope to the Hindus in Bhutan.
One of the reasons why people born to Hindu parents convert to other religions is due to a shortage of Hindu priests, and expensive religious rituals during, birth, marriage […]    [read more]

Another tremor, more damages
Another earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale that struck on October 29 caused further damage to properties in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag.
According to Dzongda Gholing Tshering, while some homes sustained damages, the damages this time were minimal. The inspection teams reported that while some homes sustained minor cracks, the cracks caused by earlier quake had widened […]    [read more]

Farm road construction on track
Sir,
This is in response to the article “Farm road construction needs rethinking” by Jigme Tshering that was published in your October 30-November 6, 2009 Issue. I would like to thank him for sharing his concerns on farm road development programme.
Realizing that that there are many issues related to farm road programme we organized a workshop […]    [read more]

Saarc trade info to ease regional trade
Trade-related information of Saarc countries is just a click away now. This was made possible with the launch of Saarc trade info portal last month in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The portal, www.saarctrade. info, provides easy access to trade database by connecting trade databases within the Saarc countries to a common Saarc entry point for trade information.
Data from […]    [read more]

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