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From a cramped and congested cages in Phuentsholing crocodile breeding centre, four crocodiles and 15 gharials have been relocated to a spacious enclosure in Jigmeling, Sarpang.

Of the USD 10.17 million (M) SAARC Development Fund (SDF) committed to Bhutan for 13 projects, USD 6.72M has been disbursed so far.

Finance minister Namgay Dorji, during the question-answer session of the Parliament yesterday, said that the government would not be able to exempt income tax imposed on the cash crop.

The National Assembly on May 15 resolved that the government, non-government organisations, private and corporate sectors should continue to support the increasing maternity leaves as per the national feeding policy.

A five-member team from Bhutan, led by health secretary Dr Ugyen Dophu, is attending a regional conference on stunting and wasting, a major threat for child survival and development of South Asian Nations, in Kathmandu.

Citing the dangers of proliferation of trafficking, Office of Attorney General (OAG) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to convict a man who was alleged of abusing Spasmo Proxyvon plus (SP+), a drug not listed as banned substance in the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substances Abuse Act of Bhutan (NDPSSA) 2015.

National Council (NC) passed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Trade, Commerce and Transit Agreement between Bhutan and India on May 12.

In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and road accidents, Thimphu traffic police will restrict the movement of medium and heavy vehicles during the peak hours in the city.

With the recent launch of 4G services in Samdrupjongkhar, Bhutan Telecom (BT) has provided the service in 16 dzongkhags.

With the gewog depending on gewog development grants (GDG) to finance the construction, the farm road construction to Gong village in Jigmecholing gewog, Sarpang, is going at a slow pace.

To complement the existing lone incubation centre, iHUB would now be able to facilitate more startups and entrepreneurs.

The people of Dangkhar village in Trong gewog, Zhemgang, surrendered Dangkhar community lodge to the gewog after they could not operate the lodge.