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Electric cookers save fuelwood

Bumthang Bukhari's electric cookers The use of electric oven and cooking pots has consider­ably cut down the emission of harmful gases. Institutes and organiza­tions using electric ovens and cooking pots have saved 20 to 30 truckloads of firewood yearly, reducing demand for firewood. Bumthang Bukhari, which makes electric ovens and cooking pots, has supplied the products to 15 monasteries and...  Read the story »

Gewog submits drastic proposal

In view of the grav­ity of water problem in Pemagatshel villages, Shumar Gup proposed to the dzongkhag to have a stricter measure in place to protect water sources. He proposed that, in the interest of the larger community, all the water sources and catchment areas be mapped separately from individual landholdings during the upcoming cadas­tral survey and handed over to beneficiaries for improve­ment...  Read the story »

Car buyers feel tax hike heat

The State Trading Corpo­ration of Bhutan Limited (STCBL) has written an ap­peal to the finance ministry asking exemption from the revised taxes for active ve­hicle orders after their clients wanted to cancel orders. Dorji Namgay, the Manag­ing Director of STCBL, said the revision of taxes had caused serious problems with their clients as most of them are unable to meet the increased cost of vehicles. “This...  Read the story »

Bhutan wins bronze in bodybuilding

The Bhutanese bodybuilding team returned home with a bronze medal from the 7th South Asian Men’s Bodybuilding Championship held in Nepal from June 17 to 20. From the four Bhutanese participants, Tshering Dorji, Mr Bhutan, won a bronze medal in the under 75 kg category. Some 75 contestants from the South Asian countries participated in nine different categories. The competition witnessed world and...  Read the story »

Industrial estate pollutes villages

Before the establish­ment of Pasakha Industrial Estate, people of seven villages near the industrial estate were so happy as if heaven had fallen on them. They were happy that they would be connected to road which will ease their travel and cash crop busi­ness. They thought that it was the end of isolation for them. They thought they could send their children to school and avail medical facilities....  Read the story »

Tobacco users and the ban

Sir, History recorded Bhutan as the first country in the world to ban tobacco in 2004. Since then, the government has initi­ated a lot of activities ranging from advocacy campaigns on the ill effects to the enforce­ment of stringent rules in en­suring the ban in the country. Despite all these, black mar­ket started to flourish in the country. After six years of ban, the issue recently came back...  Read the story »

Lack of financial access impedes SME growth

Lack of access to finance is one of the key impediments to various small and medium sized firms in the country, according to the World Bank’s Investment Climate Assess­ment (ICA). Out of 250 firms surveyed, 27.7 percent of the firms reported access to finance as one of the key obstacles in doing business. 37 percent of the firms had not applied for loans in 2008 though they needed them. Out of that,...  Read the story »

Youth and Technology in Bhutan

The youth of today are fond of using gadgets like mobile phones, walkmans, iPods and mp3 players. Urban youth have more access to them unlike the youth in the rural areas. Technology, one of the branches of science has become a crucial device for the urban population which com­prises of mostly youth. Technology is not only in terms of electronics and gadgets but it also plays a vital role in modernization,...  Read the story »

Could we not make the best of our wastes?

Up until now, we have blamed the lack of alternative for plastic bags as the cause of failure of the plastic ban. Now that the alternative has finally come, in the form of reusable jute bags, we will have one less thing to blame. Although it will give us some measure of relief to see people using the alternative, the amount of plastic refuse disposed at the Memelakha landfill may remain pretty much...  Read the story »

Halam Chi wins veteran basketball championship

Halam Chi trounced Re-Unit­ed in the final of the ongoing Veteran Basketball Champion­ship. The usually quiet Swim­ming Pool Complex’s basket­ball court buzzed with cheers and shouts from the pavilions occupied by the veteran players’ families, friends, and basketball enthusiasts who had come to witness the finals on the evening of June 22. The veterans ran the court for the entire four quarters...  Read the story »

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