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Of the total 870 cases from RBP received by the Office of Attorney General (OAG) for a prosecution in 2018, there were total of 61 cases on sexual offences committed against children, 22 cases of sexual offences against women and 47 cases related to Child in Conflict of Law (CICL). …
Read More »211 people arrested in drug related cases in first quarter of 2019
93 of the arrested are unemployed 101 arrested are between 18 and 24 years of age Royal Bhutan Police arrested 211 people in connection to drug related cases. The cases include drug abusers, illegal possession and illegal drugs trafficking. In total RBP have registered 112 cases across the country in …
Read More »8 dead in Thimphu-Tsirang bus accident
Today morning a Bumpa Transport bus going on the Thimphu-Tsirang route was hit by falling boulders which pushed it below the road. The bus, as a result, fell and landed in the Punatsangchu river below. The RBP said that the final death count for the Thimphu-Tsirang Bumpa bus accident is eight …
Read More »Nu 2.08 bn budget allocated for Phuentsholing Thromde for the 12th plan
Phuentsholing Thromde, which is the second largest city in the country, the population has increased from 20,537 (PHCB, 2005) to 27,658 (PHCB, 2017). In addition, the city also has the second highest unemployment rate at 4.0% (PHCB, 2017) amongst the four Thromdes. For the 12th FYP, Phuentsholing Thromde has been …
Read More »Phuentsholing Thromde focuses on local economy, creating gainful employment and promoting gender equality in 12th FYP
Phuentsholing Thromde has included employment generation and Local Economy enhancement program in the 12th FYP with the objective to enhance the local economy and create gainful employment. For the program, the collaborating agencies are Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry …
Read More »Six arrested for stealing bitumen barrels from DoR
Haa police apprehended six men for stealing 20 barrels of Bitumen from a Department of Road (DoR) site at Langchu and selling it to a private construction company. Police arrested four suspects on 20 March at around 2 am, while the other two was arrested on 21st March. Before the …
Read More »Dance the night away till 5 am as RBP sees less crime with all night discos
Discos in Thimphu will be allowed to stay open till 5 am A committee comprising of members from all relevant stakeholders decided that discotheques under Thimphu Thromde will be allowed to operate until 5 AM. They came to a conclusion after studies and discussions for the past three years. The …
Read More »Driver deceives 11 people under guise of govt loan scheme
The police arrested a 53-year-old driver on March 10, 2019, for deceiving 11 people from different Dzongkhags. The suspect was initially arrested from Bumthang and was escorted to Thimphu police station on March 11. The suspect is from Mongar. The complaint was lodged on March 4 by the victims to …
Read More »Media houses make various recommendations to the ECB
Based on past experiences reporters, made numerous recommendations to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB). The ECB is taking up the recommendations as part of a learning from experience report. A reporter from said that duplication of paper work is an issue. He said that they have the media arbitrator …
Read More »RBP initiates Intelligence Led Policing in Thimphu
The Royal Bhutan Police came up with a day long consultative program on Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) in Thimphu with the main objective to make Bhutan a safer place to live and work. They will study how the initiative will work in Thimphu for a year and after that other …
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