The body of a 57-year- old woman was recovered from Kuchdiana river, Looksan, Jalpaiguri, India on July 27 at around 10 in the morning. The woman was reported as a missing person by Ugyentse Gup on July 26 in Changmari police station in Samtse. The deceased is from Dangkarling, Ugyentse, …

A 29- year-old man from Wangdue and a 36-year-old man from Trongsa have been arrested by Thimphu police for burglary on July 28 at around 4:15 am from Chubachu, Thimphu. Both the suspects wore monk robes to attract less suspicion while committing the crime. They are unemployed. An alert call …

Consumers are seeing an increase in commodity prices in many shops, starting from a small paan (doma) shop to major grocery shops. The major worry is that the price hike will spread to all consumer items if the road condition continues to deteriorate due to the bad weather. To this …

The Thimphu police have arrested a 28-year-old man for an attempted case of human trafficking where he planned to send two Bhutanese girls to his contact in Johor, Malaysia. According to police, the suspect served two years 10 months and 17 days in West Admiralty Prison, Singapore (12 April 2013 …

With two pedestrian deaths in a month in Thimphu, the traffic division of the Royal Bhutan Police is cautioning both motorists and pedestrians to be more cautious and alert. Following the hit and run case in the early hours of June 21 where a 27-year-old man died after being hit …

The monsoon has wrecked havoc on the Thimphu-Phuntsholing national highway with multiple road blocks.  Reports are also pouring in of number of roadblocks around the country. The Thimphu -Phuentsholing highway has more than 7 roadblocks, out of which the Sorchen and Kamji road blocks are the worst and expected to …

The Thimphu Thromde has immediate and long terms plans to address the city’s inadequate drainage system that manifests in rivulets and water logged roads after a heavy downpour, which is a major inconvenience to pedestrians. “The existing drainage system does not have the carrying capacity which leads to such kind …

Opposition Party said it is concerned that unemployment rate in the last three years has reached a crisis level. Referring to the survey report 2015, Member of Parliament of Kengkhar Weringla, Rinzin Jamtsho, said that it is equally alarming that in the past three years (2013 to 2015), the overall …

Two women and four men were arrested and 3,714 capsules of SPseized in five separate cases of illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs last month in Thimphu alone. The first case was reported on June 2, which led to the arrest to a 29-year-old man from Kalabazaar (Changidaphu). The suspect, from …

The body of a 19 year old boy is still missing after a Swift Dzire he was driving went off the road on 11th July at around 9.50 pm at Char Kilo (between Khasadrapchu and Chuzom). During the time of incident, there was one 22 years old man who is …