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Roads and drains in Thimphu city will be now cleaned by a sweeping machine. The road sweeping machine, the first of its kind to be introduced in the country, can sweep 10 kilometres of road in an hour.

Samcholing Middle Secondary School in Trongsa is worried after cracks were noticed on the walls and floors of its hostel and buildings including staff quarters.

Schools in Thimphu will now be forbidden from allowing its students to wear tracksuits during morning assembly and classes. The decision was made at the 11th annual education conference of Thimphu Thromdey held earlier this month.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the annual Moenlam Chenmo or the Great Prayer Ceremony in Pema Gatshel, which began today.

Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother, Ashi Kesang Choeden Wangchuck graced the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the national eye centre in Thimphu, yesterday.

Bhutan’s national debt stands at a worrying US$ 2B, said Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. Lyonchhen who was on a tour to the east of the country was speaking to the students of Sherubtse College yesterday.

An outbreak of Chilblains has been reported in Drametse Central School in Monggar. Around 79 students are suffering from this disease. Most of them are class nine students.

Police are looking for a prime suspect, alleged to have been involved in a series of auto-stripping cases in the capital.

Police in the capital arrested two men for alleged drug traffic trafficking case at Dechhenchhoeling, on March 16. Police arrested them after receiving information about it.

Like many other thromdes in the country, Gedu under Chhukha also lacks some urban amenities such as proper road and parking spaces.