Four men were arrested by Thimphu police in connection to bullying a man. A 24-year-old bully (main suspect) was arrested from Tala, Gedu on the night of 28th June and was escorted to Thimphu police station on 29 June. Towards the evening, they could arrest three more who was with …

Thimphu police has retrieved a body of 24-year-old man, a private worker from the Wangchu river in Gepthang, a 1.5 km walk towards Soe-Naro from Cheri Monastery Bazam.  They got a report of a drowning on 28th June at around 6 PM. The original group was seven including two females …

The conventional political punditry these days places the current PDP government as a strong contender for the 2018 elections. This has nothing to do with the party being the incumbent government which, in fact, is a disadvantage- given the high level of anti-incumbency in Bhutanese politics. The party and its …

According to the records maintained with the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), initially 11 cases of Trafficking in Person (TIP) were reported within a span of 11 years, 2007-2018. Although the 11 cases have been registered with RBP, one case was later ruled out as a non-trafficking case after further investigation. …

29 June 2018: His Majesty The King graced the closing ceremony of the 11th session of the Second Parliament.

If there was one major issue that decided the 2013 elections, then it was the state of economy. Well aware of this, the current PDP government right from coming into office visibly focused on several measures and initiatives to strengthen the Bhutanese economy. Addressing the nation, five years later, in …

Expresses concern over youth unemployment Lyonchhen in his State of the Nation Report (SOTN) said the government has accorded the highest priority on creating employment opportunities during the 11th Plan, resulting in the reduction of overall unemployment figures from 2.9% in 2013 to 2.4% today. However, youth unemployment which was …

By the end of summer, late August side, Bhutan’s first satellite, a CubeSat called Bhutan-1 weighing less than 2 kilograms shall be released into low earth orbit with the other CubeSats. Once released, BHUTAN-1 will become operational and can be tracked from the ground station in Ministry of Information and …

The National HIV, AIDS and STIs Control Program, Ministry of Health has detected 27 new HIV cases (15 males and 12 females) between November, 2017 to June 2018 according to a release. Among the new cases, 78% are between the ages of 20-49 and 22% above 50 years. Thirty percent …

Of the 4,000 babies delivery in JDWNRH in the last couple of years, only 2.2 percent or 238 of the mothers took epidural analgesia or anesthesia. This comes despite the fact that an epidural is provided for free of cost and is given as an option to every expectant mother. …