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The City Bus Service of Bhutan Post will soon submit a proposal for 40 additional city buses to the Information and Communications Ministry. This is to provide transport services to schools within the Thimphu Thromde.

A 37-year-old man was immediately airlifted to Thimphu National Referral Hospital, after he was hit by an arrow yesterday.

Two men died on the spot when the machinery trailer they were travelling in went off the road and fell approximately 60 metres below the road. However, a driver escaped with relatively minor injuries.

Villagers of Gonong-Zangthig Chiwog under Lauri Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar want a motor-able bridge to be built over a Betsheling River.

In order to sustain their future programmes, the Royal Textile Academy (RTA) will lease 30,000 square feet office space and will earn Nu. 18 M rent annually from the fully-leased complex. The building, which is a phase three project of the RTA, will be ready to lease in April.

Six Bhutanese junior tennis players are preparing for the upcoming International Tennis Federation (ITF) under-14 Asian Championship to be held in Vietnam.

The Dorji Lopen of Central Monastic Body appointed four new Lams at the Machey of Punakha Dzong, today.

Roads in and around Thimphu Thromde are getting a major facelift after the Thimphu Roads Improvement Project was rolled out in June last year.

Like those living in the south, human-wildlife conflict is not a new phenomenon for the people of Lingzhi Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag. Wild animals, especially bears, have been creating problems in the community. Locals say the animal appears mostly in summer and autumn.

The implementation of online services for supply of POL products (Petroleum Oil Lubricants) in Thimphu from the 1st of this month, which many described as ‘abrupt’ created much confusion.