The executive order from the government on ceasing of operation of Drayangs has left drayang owners and employees disheartened and worried after losing their livelihoods. Most owners are also worried about paying back their debts. The government has decided to pay a one-time compensation. The drayang owners who have retained …

Penjore, in his final rebuttal submitted the rights to report on corruption, and that the post from 4 May 2021 on his Facebook page was made based on a BBS news story for the public interest. Penjore claimed that both the OAG and the BNBL are to be held accountable. …

The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s judgment and convicted Khandu Wangmo, to 21 years in connection to a sedition case on 11 January 2022. The High Court pronounced its judgment on 9 November 2021. Khandu Wangmo has been charged on three counts of sedition. She drafted three seditious …

With the police’s investigation in connection to an alleged sexual harassment against an Assistant Professor in College of Science and Technology (CST), Phuentsholing the alleged suspect was suspended from the college. The case was reported to police by the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) on 3 December following which the …

The Supreme Court concurrently convicted Gup Kanjur and Karma Jamtsho for two years and one year respectively on 8 December 2021 in connection to a fraudulent registration and encroachment of government land in Debsi under Chang Gewog, Thimphu. In addition, the court ordered Gup Kanjur to give land replacement or …

The Office of Attorney General (OAG) is still reviewing the case of an alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl by her step-father at Punakha. Punakha police have forwarded the case to OAG in mid-of-October 2021. The police initially have registered the case in the first week of September 2021. It …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) during its third rebuttal in the Thimphu District Court submitted that Penjore has presented no justification for how his post on his social media page on 4 May last year against the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and Bhutan National Bank Ltd (BNBL) had benefited …

The husband and relatives of the 58-year-old lady who recently died after a streetlight pole collapsed and hit her on the head on 18 April 2021 at Changjiji colony in Thimphu, are not happy with how the whole case was dealt with. Dorji Phuntsho, the 67-year-old husband of the deceased, …

When a majority of us were sleeping peacefully at night, carrying on our lives under the safety and warmth of our homes, there were men and women braving the elements, sacrificing family time, sleep and meals just to keep everyone safe from COVID-19. They have walked and moved around round …

As per the records kept by the Office of Attorney General (OAG), 43 cases of child rape were prosecuted in the courts in 2021. There were 42 rape cases taken to court in 2020 and 37 cases in 2019. The figure from last five years is more or less constant. …