More people in the capital are using the city bus services amid the growing number of vehicles and traffic congestion. The fluctuation in fuel prices with more hikes than drops, and the availability of city buses throughout the day have encouraged more people to use the city bus services. According to the City Bus Service, the number of city bus users has increased by two folds.

“We lost to Nepal by three goals in the past. We also played against Sri Lanka and lost the away match but we won the home game in the past. We are confident against Sri Lanka and we will equally give our best against Nepal..."

Getting a formal education is not all over for the monks of Tamzhing Dratshang in Bumthang. They now get a second chance at education through the monastery’s Pema Lingpa Central School initiative. The initiative is aimed at providing formal education to monks who have once lost the opportunity. Just as any other students, the monks go to the same school and attend the same classes but in their sacred monk robes.

A fire incident at Yadi left eight families homeless last year. Local leaders said that the properties would have been saved if the fire-fighting service was available.

Eight families have been spending the last seven nights in temporary shelters. The villagers moved to safer locations after a landslide buried a woman and her daughter along with their house last Monday.

The health ministry issued an advisory about hand-foot-and-mouth disease on Sunday. This comes after an outbreak of the disease was reported in different schools in districts like Wangdue Phodrang, Punakha and Zhemgang. According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease is a mild, contagious viral infection in young children. The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical centre focused on integrated health care, education, and research.