Lack of parental care and guidance and the easily availability of banned substances and other drugs from across the border are the some of the key reasons why youth come into conflict with law in Phuentsholing, which shares borders with the Indian state of West Bengal, say some residents interviewed …

Gelephu police have arrested a man and a woman who were collecting money from prospective Bhutanese ‘clients’ with the promise of getting them visas to the United States. At the time of their arrest the man had collected Nu 950,000 and the woman Nu 148,500 from 19 prospective clients. The …

Traffic Police urge people to carpool or use just one car per family   Thimphu Traffic Division, Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) expects an increase in traffic flow during the festive occasion of Thimphu Tshechu this year. RBP stated there is 11 percent increase in vehicle numbers compared to 2015. Therefore, …

Police in Gelephu have arrested a 31-year-old man for forging construction related documents in connection with two Sarpang dzongkhag construction tenders. On 2 September, an official from the Sarpang dzongkhag complained to Gelephu police that two private construction companies had submitted forged ‘performance demand bank guarantee’ and ‘bank guarantee for …

Police have detained two men who were found in possession of marijuana and hashish on September 14. The men, from Kabesa, Punakha, were apprehended from Genekha, Thimphu, were they were rubbing marijuana plants. Police seized 18 sticks of marijuana and around 121 grams of hashish from the two men in …

Phuentsholing police have detained a taxi driver and truck driver for smuggling tobacco products into the country. Acting on a tip off police apprehended the taxi driver, 46, on the evening on 28 September in Phuentsholing with two bags of tobacco. The taxi driver, from Gairigaun, Tsirang, had already loaded …

Farmers of Shemagangkha Chiwog in Chapcha, Chukha, lost close to two third of their potato crop, their main source of income, to heavy rains. “The chiwog sells about 1200 metric tonnes (MT) of potato in a year but this year it came down to 800 MT,” said Rinzin Dorji, former …

Curbing abuse and smuggling of banned substances and other drugs in the border town of Phuentsholing that generally involve youth is fraught with challenges according to the Royal Bhutan Police. In the absence of any kind of technology it was difficult to nab people carrying banned substances. “It would be …

A cross section of voters feel that local government elections should be given priority since it strengthens democracy at the grassroots, is closest to people and pressing development needs and can also address issues like unemployment among youth. Tshering, a civil servant, said LG is the root level for the …

At 60, Penjor Dorji is giving one more shot at serving his community as an elected local government official, something he did for 15 years in the past. But he is doing so after a gap of five years and on the insistence of the people of Bjacho Chiwog in …