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Waste management in urban areas has been a continuing problem. To further educate the people on this, students and youth volunteers got together, creating something out of nothing. With assistance from the Thimphu City Corporation and other stake holders, they organised an Art Festival featuring products made from wastes.

In order to remove the gang culture amongst Bhutanese youth, the Chief of Police is visiting schools introducing the strategies taken up by the police to curb the problem. One such visit was made at the Dechencholing Middle Secondary School in Thimphu yesterday.

A six member Thai delegation from Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) is in the country to finalise the Thai-Bhutan Cooperation for the next three years. Once the co-operation is finalised, the Agency will provide 270 long and short-term scholarships for Bhutanese students to study in Thailand.

With almost over 50 years of construction activities in the country, construction sectors still need to improve their techniques and technologies. The construction companies still lack enough skilled people to work. This was revealed during the 6th Annual Engineering Conference in Thimphu yesterday.

Climate induced disasters are occurring with increased frequency and magnitude around the South Asian region. However, the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) has yet to put in place a mechanism to facilitate co operation on ground during such natural disasters.

As Bhutanese construction sector experiences an unprecedented boom across the country, they feel the need to strengthen the policy when it comes to labour recruitment. Though guidelines for recruiting foreign workers have been circulated, people expressed doubts on the implementation.

A village of about 30 households in Zhengosa, Punakha has been treading on a dangerous path. Falling under Geonshari Geog, the only suspension bridge connecting them to the main highway was damaged by the flash floods last summer. With their only source of connectivity disrupted, residents have no choice but to cross the swollen Mo Chhu to get to Punakha.

The first thing that strikes a person on hearing the sport of body building is a healthy physique and a sound mind. This is true as proven by the health researches. However, for some, body building means beyond a healthy physique and a sound mind. For them, it is this sport that revived them when they were actually down in life.

Sonam Kuenphen Higher Secondary School claimed the title of the 5th Chumey Open football Championship. They defeated the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) in the final played on Sunday by four goals to on.

Finance Ministers from the SAARC member countries have arrived in the capital for the meeting of the SAARC Finance Ministers which will take place today.