The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has forwarded the smuggling case, where 15 kgs of gold was sneaked in from across the northern border, to the Paro District Court on 26 October. The Royal Bhutan Army soldiers based at the Ghunitsawa outpost in Paro district arrested two of three …

During recent 3rd ICT conference the information and communications minister, D.N, Dhungyel, shared some of government’s achievements in the 11th plan, which ends in June 2018, in using ICT to improve access and delivery of government services and create employment. Speaking at the gathering Lyonpo said the theme “Digital Inclusive …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), with support from Save the Children, has opened a pre-trial detention centre in Thimphu for children and youth under 18 years that come in conflict with law to strengthen the child justice system. The centre can accommodate 20 children at a time and has different …

The control of distribution of obscene pictures and videos on social media is seen as a major challenge because the posts are anonymous. “We cannot have control over social media as most of them posting such things have a fake ID,” said Chief of Police Colonel Chimi Dorji. “Even our …

The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) has received 20 cases this year so far pertaining to violence against women and children under difficult circumstances. Six cases are registered under Violence Against Women (VAW) and 14 under Children-In Difficult Circumstances (CIDC). Last year the commission received 61 cases of …

The government will promote spring paddy since it means rice can cultivated thrice in 15 months, the agriculture minister, Yeshey Dorji, said last week at the monthly meet the press session in the capital. “This is possible in southern parts of Bhutan and we are hoping for 85 to 90 …

A RBP team from the headquarters is investigating the issue A former inmate of Lungzor prison in Trashigang has alleged being beaten by police duty personnel for no specific reason while serving his two-year term in the district jail. Leki Dorji, 19, from Samkhar, Trashigang, alleged that police personnel beat …

RBA arrested three suspects, all from Tsento, Paro on September 30 from Paro. The case was then forwarded to Royal Bhutan Police on 5 October for further investigation. RBA  seized 15 kgs of gold from the three suspects. The15 kgs of gold were later handed over to Royal Monetary Authority …

The government has directed Drukair, through Druk Holding & Investments (DHI), to resume flights to Gelephu and Yongphula thrice a week with the domestic airports in these two locations repaired and upgraded with a USD 6.9 million grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Communications minister D.N. Dhungyel said that …

Phuentsholing police apprehended 13 non-Bhutanese, age range between 19 to 25 years for involvement in prostitution from a hotel and beauty parlor in three separate instances. The first was on 21 September, the second was on 26 September and the third on 10 October. Police said that, they were arrested …