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The recent incident at the Supreme Court left many people questioning the security in the court. An ACC official was left injured after the former Trongsa Dzongda, Lhab Dorji, stabbed him with a knife outside the courtroom. It happened just after the Supreme Court passed the judgment in the Trongsa Land Scam case last Friday.

To encourage the formation of more football clubs and to give an equal opportunity to everyone, the Bhutan Football Federation is currently organising district tournaments.

If you have farmland in Samtse but it remains fallow with no one to work on it, you need not worry. There is an answer. Thanks to the Dzongkhag administration. With the motive to revive fallow lands and achieve food self-sufficiency, the Samtse district administration is encouraging youth to take up mass commercial farming in abandoned farmland.

With the increasing population and economic growth at Marlung village in Thedtsho Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang, the residents are facing an acute water shortage. The existing source is drying up. And despite trying, the worried residents have failed to secure a resilient drinking water supply. They now say the government needs to invest in finding other sources to resolve the issue.

More than two months of waiting, the residents of Tingtibi town in Zhemgang continue to grapple with erratic water supply. The people have been fetching water from the nearby stream. And with the onset of the rainy season, people live in constant fear of being affected by water-borne diseases.  

With the Asset Declaration filing opening to the public beginning yesterday, Anti-Corruption Commission launched the Enhanced Asset Declaration System. According to the Commission, the new system aims to ease the burden on users and reduce unintentional human errors with automated and effective verification. The new system is expected to benefit more than 26,000 public servants from more than 200 agencies.

The first batch of monks who underwent PhD in Buddhist studies from Dorden Tashithang Buddhist University in Thimphu graduated today. It is the first time the Central Monastic Body offered the three-year PhD program to the monks in the country.

After a hiatus of more than two years amid the pandemic, the Gelephu Tsachu started operating on 1st May. The visitors can now experience better facilities compared to the past as the hot spring got a facelift amid its closure.

Medicinal water or Menchhu usually pull a crowd due to its ability to cure a variety of ailments and diseases. Today, the rise in popularity of outdoor recreation because of the pandemic has Menchhu overwhelmed with visitors. In Dagana, Drujeygang Menchhu sees an average of hundred people in a week.

Running a futsal ground is emerging as a new business in Bumthang. The district will soon have two more futsal grounds in addition to the two grounds that are currently under operation. With the facilities, the mini-football game is becoming a new craze amongst the youth in Bumthang.