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Alcohol liver disease (ALD) continues to be the top killer in the country. As per the Annual Health Bulletin 2021, on average, 14 people die in a month due to ALD. The report stated that ALD has been claiming the highest number of deaths in the country since a decade ago.

Almost everyone owns a smartphone today in the country, and some spend most of their time playing games online. While many consider it a waste of time and money, there is a group that thinks otherwise. They believe online gaming is the future of sports. Taking it a step further, they have formed an official group, calling it  ‘Mobile Gaming Community’. The group aspires to recruit and help train skilled gamers to take part in international tournaments.

In line with the Royal Kasho on education reform, Monggar’s education sector will implement transformative pedagogy in schools more effectively. The decision was taken during its annual education conference. Transformative pedagogy is a teaching method that focuses more on engaging students in the learning process rather than a teacher giving lectures.

For some years now, seasonal spring water has been bothering the school authority as well as the parents of the students of Rangthangling Primary School in Tsirang. Due to the underground water, the school’s ground is filled with stagnant water. The concerned parents are now asking for the district administration’s support to resolve the problem and create a safe learning environment for their children.

The search team found the two missing boys from the forest, about three hours from Raidangra village under Gelegphu gewog in Sarpang. The boys were trying to find their way back home. They are reported to be in stable condition.

Celebrating a significant milestone in the De-suung National Service Water Project, the Pilot Project in Guma Gewog in Punakha was inaugurated on 25 September 2021.

An increasing number of landowners in Samtse want to exchange their land with the government reserve land. Today, some of them live in constant fear of flash floods washing away their homes and land.  There are others unable to grow any crops as their land have turned barren due to erosion.

The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the lower courts on the Zangdopelri land dispute in Samdrup Jongkhar. The judgment was passed on 20th September.

The Bhutan Power Corporation Limited suspended the director who was involved in the alleged sexual harassment case. According to the company's Chief Executive Officer, the suspension order was issued yesterday and he is suspended until the case is resolved. However, the director will receive 50 per cent of his basic salary.

The people of Toedpaisa Gewog in Punakha are facing difficulty in extracting rural housing timbers. Today, they have to travel about 50 kilometres to fetch such timbers. And so, during the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu, the Toedpaisa Gup proposed to allow the gewog’s people to fell trees from a forest located closer.