The oldest woman in Lhuentse
Sonam Tshering, Lhuentse
Jul 16, 2019Living well and happy, Kunzangmo from Lhuentse is probably the envy of many of those much younger than her. But as much as that, she is a source of inspiration as well. Born in 1917, Kunzangmo is still going strong and claims to be the oldest living woman in the district.
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Druk Pici, Bhutan’s first pencil factory
Passang Dorji, Thimphu
Jul 7, 2019Bhutan will soon add another product to its tag of ‘Made in Bhutan’. And this time, it will be pencils. Today, works are in full swing to establish its production unit in Guma Gewog of Punakha. BBS met with its founder and brings you this yet another story of an aspiring and a promising young entrepreneur.
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Shabei Goenchu, an income generator
Changa Dorji, Punakha
May 29, 2019Cucumbers, locally known as Shabei Goenchu is flooding the market these days and people from Punakha are making good incomes from selling it. 35-year-old Daw is one among others from Mendagang, Dzomi Gewog, Punakha who do mass cucumber plantation.
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The Last Shepherd of Thakhorling village in Tsirang
Namgay Wangchuk,Tsirang
May 16, 2019Seventy-eight years old Dhan Maya Tamang serves breakfast for her 74 years old husband Phurba Tamang in the morning and restlessly waits for him to finish eating because a flock of over twenty sheep were bleating in the lush cardamom field. They are calling for their old shepherd to untie them.
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