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A long line of huts, which housed 13 families, was razed to the ground in Changzamtog, Thimphu, at 4 PM, today. Two cylinders also exploded, leaving shattered splinters on the road.

Team Eastern United wins this year’s Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Archery Tournament played with traditional equipment. Team Eastern United, with drivers as most of the players, defeated team Druk Green Power Corporation in the continuing match today.

A weeklong bike Expedition, organised by the members of Bhutan-India Friendship Association’s local chapter in Sarpang, started in Gelegphu, today.

Twenty six Bhutanese, stranded in Nepal following the earthquake, arrived in the country early yesterday by road.

(Update): The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) managed to recover the full amount, Nu 3.6 M, from the ministry’s accountant who is alleged to have misused the money through fraudulent practices.

The Journalist Association of Bhutan (JAB) conducted Annual Journalism Award 2015, coinciding with the World Press Freedom Day, yesterday. Journalists from various media houses in the country were awarded in recognition of excellence in journalism in five different categories.

(Update): The third suspect, allegedly involved in the murder of a 50-year-old taxi driver, surrendered to Thimphu Police on Saturday. “Soon after the announcement in electronic and print media, RBP received inputs from an informer that the suspect is at Kakarvitta in Nepal with his distant relatives,” said the Chief of Police, Brigadier Kipchu Namgyel.

Bhutanese stranded in Nepal will be brought to the country by road. They will be dropped at Kakarvitta in Nepal which borders India. From Kakarvitta, officials from Phuentshogling will mobilise buses to transport them to Bhutan.

Petrol and diesel prices were revised upwards by Rs 3.9 and Rs 2.3 a litre in India yesterday midnight. The revision in Bhutan will happen midnight today with more or less the same rate of increase.

The restoration of Wangdue Phodrang Dzong is likely to be slightly delayed. The work was supposed to be complete by 2018.