Cement plant to make Nganaglm a business hub
8 March 2010
The construction of mega Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited (DCCL) in Pemagatshel is in full swing promising many economic opportunities for the local communities. As part of the project, the 15-km road from Indo-Bhutan border to the project site at Chenkari is being broadened to two lanes. Broadening of the road, which is expected to be complete by mid April this year, has been delayed by a few... Read the story »
Nganglam finally gets a bank
5 March 2010
Opening of a Bank of Bhutan (BoB) branch in Nganglam in Pemagatshel last month is expected to benefit civil servants, business community and the public of the dungkhag. After repeated requests by the public and dungkhag administration for more than two years, BoB opened the branch coinciding with the 30th birth anniversary of His Majesty the King on February 21. According to a civil servant,... Read the story »
Keeping customers pouring in for 25 years
23 February 2010
About two hours drive from Gelephu to Samdrup Jongkhar on national highway 31C at Chapaguri in the Indian state of Assam is Hotel Himalaya, an eatery exclusively for Bhutanese travellers. The 80-seater hotel is packed with travellers, and most of the time customers have to eat standing. The 25-year-old hotel caters to over 1,000 Bhutanese travellers every day. It was started when Bhutan Post... Read the story »
Dungsum cement to borrow Nu 4.1 billion
21 February 2010
The cabinet this week approved Dungsam Cement Company Limited’s (DCCL) proposal to borrow Nu 4.1 billion to finance the biggest cement project in the country at Nganglam in Pemagatshel targeted to be complete by March 2012. Nu 2.1 billion will be borrowed from Bhutanese financial institutions and Nu 2 billion through a syndication of public sector banks through the State Bank of India Capital... Read the story »
Ginger yield slumps in Pemathang
19 February 2010
Over the years, a strange disease has hampered ginger yield in Pemathang Gewog in Samdrupcholing Dungkhag, Samdrup Jongkhar. The gewog was once famous for ginger production. In the past, Pemathang farmers would sell over 20 truckloads of ginger in a season but last year, the yield decreased to only four truckloads. This year, the farmers are hoping for a moderate yield. A mon (40 kg) of seed... Read the story »
Jersey cows to reduce poverty
15 February 2010
Forty-four poor farmers of Ngangla Gewog in Panbang were provided a milking Jersey cow each at a heavily subsidised price through the Rural Livelihood Project in October last year. The farmers paid only 30 percent of the cost while the remaining cost was borne by the government. The rural livelihood project, which was aimed at reducing rural poverty, bought the cattle for the farmers to enable... Read the story »
Mind your language in business
13 February 2010
If language is the key to communication, what would happen when a Dzongkha-speaking man from western Bhutan sets foot in the Tshangla-speaking east, that too on a business venture? When Ap Dorji (name changed), a seasoned mandarin businessman, took to the east for the first time, language barrier came as a big impediment. After surveying an orchard, Ap Dorji met the owner and inquired about... Read the story »
Branding khamti rice
12 February 2010
Bangtar Khamti rice, considered to be the finest rice in the country, will be soon available in five and 10 kg packets in Samdrup Jongkhar. Initiated by Sonam Wangdi, a local businessman from Phuntshothang Gewog in Samdrupcholing Dungkhag, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the branding is expected to expand the market of Khamti rice and boost the income of Pemathang and Phuntshothang... Read the story »
Hazelnut promise excites farmers
7 February 2010
Come summer, and some of the barren, fallow and eroded land in the eastern dzongkhags will come under hazelnut plantation, which has the potential to change the lives of the subsistence farmers. This was revealed by Daniel K Spitzer of Mountain Hazelnut Venture (MHV), a US-based company, during his visit to potential hazelnut growing areas in Pemagatshel this week. The hazelnut project intends... Read the story »
Rural Panbang meets its own bank
6 February 2010
The opening of Bhutan Development Finance Corporation Limited (BDFCL) branch in Panbang Dungkhag in November last year has eased financial transactions in the dungkhag. The dungkhag’s close proximity to the Indian border and frequent strikes in the neighbouring Indian states create problems for financial transactions, and carrying cash across the Indian states is risky. The need for... Read the story »
Loading ...Zakar for Saturday March 13 2010
28th Day of the 01st Month - Iron Male Tiger Year
Auspicious for: Carrying out daily chores and offerings.
Inauspicious for: Construction of new ten-sung, conducting consecration and blessing ceremonies, lue-cho, starting construction of houses, sowing seeds, planting flowers, entering new houses, shifting houses, calling upon superiors, starting business, doing charity work in the name of the deceased, taking death body out of the house, paying grain debts and undertaking a long journey.
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