Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering during the second Friday meet with the media said that he would be taking cues from the 111th National Day address of His Majesty The King. He said that he is excited to hear the message in the 111th National Day being held in Samtse on …

In a survey conducted on deaf students enrolled in a deaf education institute, Wangsel Institute in Paro, it was learnt that 49 percent of the students were born deaf while the rest 51 percent became deaf after being sick or after an accident. One of the main aims of the …

Gedu police is done with an investigation on money laundering where three suspects were involved and the case has been forwarded to OAG on 30 November 2018. Police said that, for now, police have charged them for money laundering, however, the nature of crime may defer with an investigation by …

RENEW conducted a 3-day consensus building workshop in Thimphu for the second time. Officers from Royal Bhutan Police and RENEW CBSS volunteers attended the workshop that focused on domestic violence cases in the country.  According to RENEW, there is an increase in the number of domestic violence (DV) cases in …

Pasakha police under Chukha detained a 30-year-old man for battering his 53-year-old brother-in-law and 64-year-old uncle on 2 December at around 6:15 PM at Pana (c) under Sampheling gewog, Phuentsholing. The complainant informed police that the suspect absconded the crime scene after battering his uncle and brother-in-law. The police informed …

Majority of the perpetrators are family members or someone known to the child Within 11 monthstimespan this year, RENEW received 35 cases of sexual abuse against children, a contrast from 7 cases of sexual abuse against children received last year. In addition, RENEW also received 2 to 3 cases of …

Women’s quota, to ensure maximum women’s participation in politics is still a widelydiscussed topic. However, people in the country including women, themselves, have mixed feelings on implementation of the quota system. They say there are positive and negative impacts of quota implementation in the country. Some are of the view …

Thimphu police apprehended a 25-year-old man for stabbing his 24-year-old ex girlfriend on 20 November. The suspect is from Thinleygang, Punakha while the ex-girlfriend who was stabbed is from Pemagatshel. The police received a phone call from the victim’s friend to report the stabbing. The incident took place in the …

People Merak-Sakteng, shared on how happy they are to have the Minister of Work and Human Settlement, Lyonpo Dorji Tshering – represent them. They said that, until now they did not have any representative from their community reaching the level of Dasho (holding kabney and patang) or Lyonpo. Thereby, before …

United Nations (UN) Bhutan organized a two-day UN Media Workshop in Paro where media house representatives were familiarized with the role of the UN, especially of its 8 agencies; FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNODC, UNWomen, WFP and WHO, in Bhutan.There was also a session on the role of media in …