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Even after three rounds of elections, with the last having been held on April 18, 10 local government (LG) positions remain vacant.

Deprived of tshogpas for more than a year, Rinchending and Pekharzhing demkhongs in Phuentsholing thromde now have new tshogpas following elections conducted on April 18.

Six men and a woman tshogpa were elected in the seven chiwogs of Gasa, Wangdue and Punakha on April 18.

Her Majesty the Queen Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck granted tokha and soelra to around 700 people in Trashiyangtse as part of Her Majesty’s High-Level Advocacy Tour yesterday.

Many Bumthaps, who rely on the potato as their main cash crop, are worried that unseasonal frost will affect their potato yield.

Although Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects an estimated 1 in 160 people globally, it is an often overlooked and misunderstood public health issue, regional director for WHO South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said at the international conference on autism and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), yesterday in Thimphu.

Bhutan and Bangladesh signed six memoranda of understanding including two agreements in the presence of the two prime ministers on the first day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit yesterday.

Pemagatshel: After securing 85 votes of the total 104 votes cast through the electronic voting machine (EVM), Sonam Choden was elected as the tshogpa for Doongchilo-Kholomri demkhong in Dechheling gewog yesterday in Pemagatshel.

Namgay Dorji, 51, was elected as the Mongar thromde ngotshab (representative).

He secured 41 votes while his opponents, Dema Yangzom and Damcho Dema secured 13 and three votes each.

With the up-gradation of Autsho Middle Secondary School in Lhuentse to a central school, more students have been seeking admission which is straining the school’s already congested hostel.

With tshogpa elections held yesterday in three chiwogs of Thimphu’s Lingzhi gewog, the gewog now has a tshogde. The gewog was without a tshogde or decision-making body.

Firefighters and volunteers are currently battling a forest fire in Khotokha, Wangdue that began around 3pm on April 16. It is not known how many acres have been destroyed so far.