A group of 10 Bhutanese young women, all below the age of 30 years had left for Qatar with fake visas on first week of March from Paro Airport but upon reaching Delhi airport the staff in the airport did not let them board as they were suspected to be …

Many youths showed interest to work in the construction sector after the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) announced a wage increment on 29 January under the Build Bhutan Project (BBP). The wage increment was supposed to be given by February, but that did not happen, leaving many workers …

Tsirang police apprehended a 38-year-old man on 3rd March from Gelephu for raping an eight-year-old boy. The victim is a class II student in one of the schools in Tsirang. He was raped (unnatural sex) on 2nd March 2021. The incident was reported to police by the officiating principal of …

Court did not grant bail to all four defendants Office of Attorney General (OAG) called for maximum sentencing and the award of consecutive terms as the offenses committed by the defendants are highly sensitive, egregiously grievous, most serious in nature and extremely detrimental to the very core of national security, …

A final stakeholder consultation meeting was conducted on drafting a National Child Policy led by National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC). NCWC initiated drafting National Child Policy with fund support from UNICEF. The concept note on National Child Policy was approved by Lhengye Zhungtshog in 30 April 2019. The …

Since the launch of Build Bhutan Project (BBP), the BBP department under Ministry of Labor and Human Resources have registered 5, 831 candidates seeking for jobs at construction sites. Of the total registered candidates 2,045 are women of which they could engage only 175 women so far. Of the 175 …

Royal Court of Justice has received 93 COVID-19 related cases so far. Priorities were given to domestic violence related cases and breach of COVID-19 protocol related cases once the courts resumed after the lockdown. Cases could not be registered or cases were kept pending in the courts as it remained …

Even after record cases and 43 days of complete lockdown in the capital, Thimphu town still witnesses huge crowds and vehicle traffic in town. It appears that the fear of the coronavirus has greatly subsided. However, a majority of the people are wearing facemasks, using hand sanitizer and Druk Trace …

As per the Royal Court of Justice Annual Report 2020, there were 6,998 new cases registered including the appeal cases in the High Court and Supreme Court. 2,707 cases were carried forward from 2019. As per the report, Thimphu and Phuentsholing courts had the highest number of registered cases among …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) registered 90 cases of breach of public order and tranquility or criminal nuisance during the second lockdown, from 20 December 2020 till 31 January 2021 from across the country.  In connection to the registered 90 cases, 255 people were arrested of which 11 were convicted to …