Food has a direct impact on a person’s performance and productivity. According to international research and studies, not only can healthy foods provide energy but also can make a person happier, more engaged and more creative. So, to inculcate and implement healthy eating practices in the workplace in the country, the health ministry organised a sensitisation workshop yesterday involving ministries, agencies and corporations among others.

The former Trongsa Dzongda, Lhab Dorji, will probably face an attempt to murder charge for stabbing an Anti-Corruption Commission official last month at the Supreme Court. The police forwarded the case to the Office of the Attorney General yesterday after completing the investigation.

An individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression have not always been an open subject in the country. Members of the LGBTQ+ community have stood firm against social discrimination and saw hope when the Parliament decriminalised homosexuality in 2020. Riding on this hope, there are now many individuals coming out in the open revealing their gender identity. It was not a smooth ride prior to this.

The week-long Zhabdrung Daknangmai Drupchen, held at Dorden Tashithang Buddhist University in North Thimphu ended yesterday. The sacred ritual was held to commemorate the 400 years of the Central Monastic Body, and to pay tribute and homage to its founder, Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel.

Bhutan will be taking part in the upcoming Four-Nation Cricket Tournament which will be played in Malaysia. The Men’s senior national cricket team will compete against opponents from the Maldives, Thailand and Malaysia. The team is currently in Sarpang practising at the country’s first and only international standard cricket ground.

Maintained and blacktopped in 2016, the 13-kilometre Martshala Gewog Centre road in Samdrup Jongkhar is in need of major maintenance today. The road connecting the Martshala Gewog with Samdrupcholing Dungkhag town was the first GC road to be blacktopped in Samdrup Jongkhar.