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Laya Run, considered one of the most scenic high-altitude run in the world, has become a crucial part of the Royal Highland Festival. But the run’s popularity among the highlanders has been decreasing.

President of the Bhutan Paralympic Committee (BPC), Her Royal Highness Princess Euphelma Choden Wangchuck, attended the 19th general assembly of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at Bonn in Germany from October 24 to 27. 

With work progressing well, the much-awaited Denchi dzong in Pemagatshel is expected to be complete by June next year.

Yaks loaded with goods reach Sakteng from their Brangsa (temporary herders’ camp). Soon most of the highlanders will migrate to the warmer places with their livestock.

On August 4, a video of two men beating up a teenager and making him prostrate and kiss the shoes went viral enraging social media users.

Since the landmark agreement of 1994 in Cairo, Bhutan has come a long way in enhancing the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the country, according to the executive director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Natalia Kanem.

Wondering why some imported goods cost more than double the price?Hundreds of million of Ngultrum are spent on hidden cost since 2014 while importers pay abnormal charges when they are unaware of import norms.

About 50 farmers of Dzedokha chiwog, Logchina gewog have tapped their ancestral therapeutic ways of using zingiber cassumunar (locally known as phacheng) into developing two products, “zhinor balm and liniment (massage) oil.”

 More than 180 members of Duedro Rangwang Zhidey Tshogchung from 20 dzongkhags attended the first annual general meeting organised at Yangchenphu Higher Secondary School, Thimphu on October 26.

Quite often, we see people requesting for emergency blood donations online.

With mental health emerging as a major social issue, the interest in mental health services research is increasing. 

Here, in Ngawang Dramtoe village in Tading gewog, Samtse, there is an Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centre.The centre opened two years ago but it has remained idle ever since. There is an ECCD centre in Lingzhi, Thimphu too. There here never been a facilitator.