Bhutan Observer

Organic is not necessarily green
Wealthy housewives are loading their shopping trolleys under a cringing weight of organic produce sold at twice the price its non-organic version.
I am talking here about the wide spectrum now available from beautiful, humble, red tomatoes to exorbitantly expensive organic hemp denim jeans pinned to their shapely bottoms by a bespoke tailor on her last […]    [read more]

Funeral site proposal comes through
The government has approved the construction of multi-religion funeral facilities at Hongtsho after receiving report from Thimphu Dzongkhag on the feasibility studies at Pungshi in Mewang Gewog and Hongtsho in Chang Gewog.
The report found Hongtsho more feasible as there is no human settlement nearby and the site has been used for the last 40 years. […]    [read more]

Dipping business in Gedu
More than seven months after Tala hydropower project was handed over to Druk Green Power Corporation on April 8 this year, shopkeepers and house owners in Gedu town say their business has become cold.
Most businessmen say they did well when Tala hydropower plant (THP) staff worked at Gedu headquarters as they were their main customers.
Now […]    [read more]

Khandro Drowa Zangmo’s reincarnation?
Ugyen Cheki Nima, five, from Trashiyangtse is at once different and precocious for her age. She has been wearing a nun’s robe since she was six months old.
At three, she started talking about her past life. She said that she is the reincarnation of Khandro Drowa Zangmo, a legendary divine queen, and that she has […]    [read more]

Sewing a living
More than 60 people in Lingmithang, Mongar, know how to use a sewing machine, and almost every household owns a sewing machine. That could be the reason why the two tailoring shops there do not run well. All thanks to Lopoen Phuntsho who is a tailoring master.
Three years ago, Lopoen Phuntsho, 55, started tailoring classes […]    [read more]

OL visits disaster affected areas
Opposition Leader Tshering Tobgay is visiting the earthquake affected areas in Mongar and Trashigang Dzongkhags.
In Mongar, he visited some of the worst affected areas in Walaktang, Thangrong, Dramtse and Narang Gewog. In Trashigang Dzongkahg, he visited Yangnyer Gewog and Durung village where almost all the houses were damaged by the earthquake. According to the Opposition […]    [read more]

It is gold for Yurung school
On a cold December day in 1958, a group of 23 children and their parents from Dungmin village was summoned to the residence of Shumar Dungpa, Babu Tashi (Chief Justice Sonam Tobgay’s father).
Among them was a boy who nursed a better chance of receiving kidu to bypass mandatory schooling that was being introduced for the […]    [read more]

Mental health training in field
As an initial step to fill in the gap of trained mental health workers in the country, 21 primary health workers in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag were given a five-day training on mental health care at Pemagatshel Hospital last week.
Dr Damber Kumar Nirola, a psychiatrist from Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu, who trained the […]    [read more]

Migration, difficult but unavoidable
Phuentsholing town might be a commercial hub, but away from the glitz and glamour, by the banks of river Toorsa, are tales, not of business moguls but of ordinary people who have migrated from remote hamlets of the country to live their urban dreams. Pema Tshering and Dechen Dema from Gakiling Gewog in Haa have […]    [read more]

Regulations address workers’ concerns
The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources on Tuesday released a set of 14 regulations on employment conditions.
The regulations are aimed at implementing the provisions of Labour and Employment Act effectively.
The regulations for private and corporate enterprises prescribe minimum standards for internal service rules, employment conditions, provident fund accounts, and gratuity, among others. The regulations […]    [read more]

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