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A 23-year old woman who works in one of the Drayangs in Bumthang has been admitted in Wangdicholing Hospital on Thursday after police rescued her from a suicide attempt.

Housing crunch is a major problem in most of the towns in the country. And Monggar town is not an exception.  To address the issue, local leaders during the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu call on the need for a housing colony in the town.

To promote tourism in the eastern region, local leaders during the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu again proposed a need for a domestic airport at Pema Choling in Monggar.

Upland paddy cultivation was once widely practised in the eastern region as well as in a few districts like Zhemgang and Sarpang. But farmers slowly stopped the cultivation. But there is one man in Lamthang under Goshing Gewog in Zhemgang who still cultivate upland paddy.

People of Lingzhi Gewog in Thimphu say they can preserve their Zhay only if they get platforms to perform their age-old folk dances. From around 13 Zhay in the past, now the number has decreased to five. A group of elderly people from Lingzhi shared this during the recent Jomolhari Mountain Festival in Soe gewog.

The government will now take a circuit based tourism development approach for its tourism flagship programme. This means all 20 districts will receive an equal opportunity unlike the earlier plan of having only four districts in the programme. The government approved this change following a proposal from the Tourism Council of Bhutan(TCB) and the Gross National Happiness Commission(GNHC).

Providing and getting healthcare services in remote villages of Thangye, Mangdephu and Jongthang under Nubi Gewog in Trongsa is still a challenge. The frequent roadblocks and lack of officials in the gewogs' Basic Health Unit (BHU) aggravate the situation.   

Bhutan is hosting the first Regional coordinating Mechanism meeting of the Global Fund South-East Asia Region constituency in Thimphu. The two-day meeting, which ended today, created a platform for member countries to come together and fight against HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the region.

As Bhutan advances towards promoting low emission urban transport, a separate number plate for Electric Vehicles was introduced on October 31. Its background colour will be green recognising the vehicle as environment-friendly.

The solar electric fence in Mancheri village of Orong Gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar has remained defunct for more than a year now. As a result, they continue fighting a losing battle against wild animals in protecting their crops.