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Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa, the latest political party to announce its intention to contest the 2023 parliamentary elections, held its first party convention in Paro today. The party president and vice president were also elected during the convention and the party charter also drawn and approved.

The private higher secondary schools in the country are worried about the government's decision to absorb all the class X graduates into government schools. Following the announcement of the Class X results last month, the government decided to stop providing new scholarships to private schools. Until last year, the government provides scholarships to more than 2,000 students to study in private schools after passing the class X exams.

The Dorji Lopen of the Central Monastic Body conferred dhar to appoint seven Lams and Lopons in various religious centres across the country, at the Punakha Dzong today.

Coinciding with the auspicious occasion of the Birth Anniversary of His Majesty The Third Druk Gyalpo, the De-suung National Service (DNS): Construction of Multi-utility Infrastructure has been concurrently launched today at the five Gyalsung Project sites. It will be implemented in partnership with Gyalsung Infra.

Almost half of the agricultural land in Pema Gatshel remains fallow. This means there are nearly 9,000 acres of fallow land in the district. According to the RNR census report 2019, people were compelled to abandon their farmland following human-wildlife conflict among other reasons. However, to combat such challenges, the government said it will provide wire mesh fencing to the farmers soon.

Life is never fair, and more often than not the unfairness gets in the way of living making life more miserable. When life becomes unfair, there are two choices; quit living or fight to live. This is the story of Ritesh Gurung from Samtse, who suffers from a cerebral palsy kind of disorder and cannot speak. Despite his condition, Ritesh has learned to fight for his right to live with joy and happiness.

The government is allowing incoming travellers to opt for home quarantine from tomorrow. All incoming Bhutanese, diplomats, expatriates, and foreign nationals married to Bhutanese are eligible to apply for the home quarantine. They will now no longer have to undergo the five-day mandatory facility quarantine.

After missing two deadlines, the contractors executing the construction of hostel and staff quarters at Kabisa Central School in Punakha are speeding up works to complete the structures within this financial year. The work got delayed by more than a year due to the pandemic.

With an increasing number of passenger buses travelling between Thimphu and eastern districts halting nights at Nangar of Chhumey Gewog in Bumthang, the need for a regular inspection and monitoring of the buses is becoming urgent. People say it would help if a Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) official is deployed at Chhumey. People also accuse RSTA of having a double standard in being strict with buses in Chamkhar while those in Nangar are left mostly unattended. 

If you have land in Kilkhorthang Gewog in Tsirang which has been left fallow, you will have to clear the bushes annually henceforth. This is one of the resolutions passed by the gewog administration during the recent Gewog Tshogde. It is to curb the human-wildlife conflict in the gewog.