Police are investigating two burglary cases that occurred on October 9th in Thimphu. In the first case the thief had entered the house through the main door after breaking the main lock and stole Nu 11,000. According to the 41-year-old complainant he had properly locked the house when he left …

As of October 6 police were still on the look out for a burglar who robbed a house in Bajo town, Wangdue, of jewelry, a mobile phone and a charger on the night of 26 September. The complaint was lodged at 1 am in the morning on October 27. According …

Phuentsholing police have apprehended a 16-year-old boy for having a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend. The suspect is a class IX student while the girlfriend is class VII student and studying in the same school in Phuentsholing. The victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police after she found …

The Royal Bhutan Police will establish four more gewog policing units in the remote locations of Lingshi, Laya, Jigmecholing and Kheng Buli by the end of October to deter crime deter crime, provide immediate police response and improve access to police service. As of now, they have established gewog policing …

Medical professionals have ruled out foul play in the death of a 33-year-old man from Jigmecholing who was found hanging in his room on the morning of October 2. He had used his kera (traditional cloth belt) to hang from a ceiling beam 10 feet from the floor. Police believe …

A 33 year old man has been detained by the police for allegedly assaulting a child aged 2 years eight months. The man was arrested on September 15 after the mother complained to police that her child had been sexually assaulted. The mother in her complaint said that since she …

Thimphu police are investigating the death of man whose body was fished fished out from Namseling River near Namseling Archery ground on Thursday at around 5 PM.Local residents informed police of a body in the river. The deceased was found wearing a brown under garment (underwear) with a black color …

The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC), with the support from Save the Children, has developed a Central Management Information System (CMIS) to ensure a systematic and evidence based approach to providing effective and appropriate services to women and children. The system which was launched in Thimphu on 27 …

How they will educate their two children after they complete grade 10 is the main concern of Dorji and Ugyen Yangzom, a leper couple living within the Gidagom Leprosy hospital campus, about 25 kms from the capital. Their son Ugyen Phuntsho, 11, is in class IV and daughter Sangay Zangmo, …

A 47-year-old man from Chargharey, Samtse, suffered a broken arm when he tried to flee arrest at Rinchending check post, four kms from Phuentsholing town, at around 4:30 am of September 16. Police at Rinchending arrested the suspect who was carrying 3,980 tablets of N10, concealed in a locked backpack …