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Conference: If the sustainable development goal of the new era is to be achieved, countries around the world as well as international institutions need to redouble efforts, particularly in assisting least developed countries, finance minister Namgay Dorji said. Lyonpo Namgay Dorji called on the global community at the general debate …

Latest: Fuel price will decrease by at least Nu 2 from midnight today. A litre of petrol will cost Nu64.37, down from 66.59 and diesel Nu 50.74, down from 52.95.

People of Wangchang gewog appeals to NA Speaker

Thromde: Wangchang gewog in Paro has lost its status as a gewog after three of its five chiwogs fell in the recently demarcated and endorsed Paro dzongkhag thromde boundary.

For lapses in performing their duties that could have prevented the embezzlement

Update: The Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Ltd (RICBL) has suspended its general manager of finance and the internal auditor for failing to conduct their duty in connection with the embezzlement case where an employee absconded after siphoning off about Nu 91.6M.

Settlement: “Hurry-up and bring another container,” shouts Bishnu Maya Rai to her seven-year-old daughter. Water from the leaked roof has almost filled the paint container and the rain has started to stain the already discolored walls of the shack.

Health: To ease the load of Samdrupjongkhar general hospital and help labour agents, a private diagnostic centre has opened in Samdrupjongkhar since July 13.

Agriculture: Agriculture department has been urging farmers of Trashigang to contribute financially to procure materials for electric fencing. Now the first group of farmers in the dzongkhag has come forward with a proposal for the same.

Truckers have been blocking the road to pressurise the project to unload the cement bags  Transport: Over 50 trucks loaded with cement are stranded in Dzongkhalum, the approach road to Mangdechu hydropower project (MHP) dam after a slide from an abutment disrupted the dam foundation treatment works on July 9.

 Land: Questioning the basis of the laws applied in the judgment of Chang Ugyen Land fraud case by the Thimphu district court, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) appealed to the High Court yesterday.

Audit: The government last year paid Nu 9.6 million (M) in excess salaries and government provident fund (GPF) remittances made to National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF) from the payrolls of budgetary agencies.

Update: Laboratory tests have found that the diesel samples from the 20 kiloliters tank, which was sent for tests following complaints from vehicle owners in Trongsa last week, was not adulterated.

Accident: A father and his two children escaped with minor injuries in a hit and run accident along the expressway in Babesa yesterday.