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Species: Bhutan is now home to 699 birds with the recent discovery of four birds, Jacobin Cuckoo (clamator jacobinus), Stork-billed Kingfisher (pelargopsis capensis), Greater Sand Plover (charadrius leschenaultii) and Little Owl (athene noctua).

Their Majesties also inaugurated a herbal garden dedicated to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo

FAIR: His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltshen yesterday graced the two-day IMTRAT Mela (fair) in Haa in commemoration of the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo this year.

RENEW: Yeshey Dawa, an animation series to advocate on the rights of women and children in Bhutan was launched yesterday to observe the International Day of the Girl Child.

Provisions for the education of special needs children is crucial to achieve universal education

Education: At least 1.2 percent or about 1,059 six-year-olds are out of school, according to the annual education statistics 2015.

The airline has also introduced a frequent flyer programme and a mobile app 

Aviation: Tashi Air subsidiary, Bhutan Airlines, will provide 60 free seats for hospital patients requiring referral to Kolkata to commemorate the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, it was announced at an event to mark the private airline’s second anniversary of international services on Saturday.

He has been given a week to handover the works and vacate office on October 20

LG: Langthel gup, Lham Dorji was relieved from the gup’s position on October 9 after he was convicted to two months imprisonment for bribing an engineer, Tashi Penjor and Chasikhar construction company proprietor, Thinley Jamtsho in the Shatong goenpa construction in Dagana.

About 4,000 choetens and lhakhangs were vandalised in the last 27 years, show police records

Heritage: About 779 choetens (stupas) across the country of the 2,751 proposed for renovation to commemorate the 60th birth anniversary of the Fourth King are restored as of September 9.

Charity: “Run To Give” a charity run initiated in Thimphu by the Le Meridien Thimphu and Paro, Riverfront, generated Nu 100,000 yesterday.

Update: The 14 Bhutanese passengers and four non-Bhutanese, who had to halt for a night at Raigunj village in West Bengal, India after the Bhutan Post bus they were travelling in rammed into a cowshed on October 7, reached Kolkata around 1pm yesterday.

Planned Nikachu and Kholongchu projects demand more  power  during construction phase 

Hydropower: Power imports for Bhutan, a hydropower rich nation, is likely to further increase as the construction of 118MW Nikachhu and 600MW Kholongchhu hydropower projects gain momentum.

ITU: Information and communications minister D N Dhungyel is leading a delegation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2015 that is being held in Budapest, Hungary from October 12 to 15.

RCSC working on new PMS for executive level civil servants

RCSC: At least six senior civil servants holding executive positions are reporting to the Royal Civil Service Commission since August as they await their next appointment.