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The third conference on Vajrayana Buddhism began yesterday at the new library of body, mind and sound in Thimphu. More than a hundred participants from over 15 countries are attending the conference.

The Government of India (GoI) will refund Bhutan an excise duty claim of Nu 2.6bn for the year 2017. The agreement was signed in Thimphu yesterday.

Despite the government willing to buy unsold cardamom, not many farmers of Sarpang turned up to sell their leftover harvest at the auction yard of Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) in Gelegphu.

The much-awaited bridge over Omchhu in Phuentshogling opened to the traffic on April 17. The first four-lane bridge in the town is expected to ease traffic congestion in the core town area.

Bhutan is one of the 12 countries in Asia that is home to snow leopards. However, due to human encroachment for poaching and retaliatory killings, the endangered big cats are losing their habitat.

The largest animal feed manufacturing firm in the country, Karma Feeds, has not been able to meet its normal production for the past few months affecting the poultry farmers and agents.

Bhutan will face Guam in the 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifiers Round 1. The official draw was held at the Asian Football Confederation house in Malaysia yesterday.

The Losel Rigpai Jungney Lobdra at Bajo Lhakhang in Wangdue Phodrang is now upgraded to a Shedra. Her Majesty the Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Her Royal Highness Sonam Dechan Wangchuck and Vairotsana Rinpoche Ngawang Jigme Jigten Wangchuck graced the inauguration of the new Shedra yesterday.

In response to the Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) Hospitality and Entertainment (HE) expenses report of 2015-2016, the former Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay says the inclusion of in-country travels under HE expenses was one of the reasons for the huge amount.

 Children of Lungo, a remote village in Laya now have access to early childhood care and development (ECCD) centre. It is for the first time that such a centre has been established at the highest altitude.