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Unlike the 2013 elections, the incumbent National Council (NC) members who wish to re-contest in 2018 will not face confusions.

To make the government payments outside the country more convenient and efficient, Finance Ministry and Bank of Bhutan yesterday launched official credit card for the government agencies.

A defunct water pump for more than a week has resulted in water shortage at the Changjiji housing colony in Thimphu. Residents claim that the water shortage started occurring after the municipality took over the water supply from NHDC.

Gaps in health service coverage in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) continue to exist despite progress.

Bhutan and the Maldives became the first two countries to eliminate measles in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR) before the regional target of 2020 in June 2017.

With the reconstruction of the much-awaited Dagapela-Dalbari secondary national highway in full swing, the road construction is expected to complete by the end of next year, project officials say.

UN’s resident coordinator and resident representative of UNDP, Gerald Daly, speaks to Kuensel’s Tshering Palden on UN and Bhutan’s relationship. Excerpts

The road to Barshong, from Mendrelgang, is a nine-kilometer bumpy ride through steep valley flanks that quickly descent towards the Sunkosh riverbanks. The road, though, ends abruptly at the gewog centre.

Phuentsholing thromde tshogde resolved that it will not entertain any licenses to start new drayangs and karaoke bars until further notice during its second thromde tshogde yesterday.

Ten years on and the construction of a 55-metre through-type bridge over Singeychhu in Sampheling gewog, Chukha, still remains incomplete.

Since the renovation work at Trashigang dzong began in February 2014, three groups of volunteers contributed labour at the site to date.

Two minor accidents involving students of Changzamtok Lower Secondary School occurred at two places in Thimphu yesterday. Both the accidents occurred before 8:30AM.