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Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) registered a total of 3,499 criminal cases in 2022. The top five crimes reported in 2022 are offence of substance abuse, battery, larceny, burglary and deceptive practice. Battery recorded the highest with 778 cases followed by offence of substance abuse with 604 cases. Larceny contributed 308 …

His Majesty’s Addresses, over the few years, have recurringly been on technology and innovation, and with the current time being dubbed as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technology has become very important and urgent, especially in terms of development. Tech industry focuses on innovation, creation and growth, and in Bhutan, the …

Already more than 100 government Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centers are non-operational due to the lack of facilitators, and now, many ECCD facilitators have resigned for Australia and other third countries, which will further have an impact on the centers and young children across the country. The lack …

The wisdom in the saying that in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity is proving to be true as we reel in from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people have had to realign and adjust to new job profiles as blue collar workers and farmers to earn a livelihood. While the …

The traditional medicine-based palliative care services being piloted in Gidakom, Haa, Paro, Mongar ERRH and Wangduechholing hospitals is being planned to be given in all the district-level hospitals in the country this year. An official from the Department of Traditional Medicine said the palliative care services offer an alternative choice …

Health Thimphu, along with other dzongkhags, saw a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in 2022, and the restrictions were then relaxed and lifted phase-wise, especially in the southern region of the country. The year also saw a single case of a new Omicron XJ variant detected at …

The importance of glaciers, especially the threat posed by melting glaciers, was fully realized only after the incident of the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) in 1994. The sporadic studies done on glaciers in Bhutan before 1994 did not have much focus. Therefore, realizing the importance of glaciers, in 2000 …

One of the big mysteries in the recently concluded session was on how the Civil Service Reform Bill had Section 31 which said, ‘The Office of the Attorney General shall compound petty offences in accordance with the compounding rules.’ The section has nothing to do with the Civil Service reforms …

According to the Public Accounts Committee’s Findings on the Farm Road Development and Management in the country, from the Fiscal Year 2019-20 the responsibility for maintenance of GC road had been transferred from DoR to the Local Government with reduced maintenance budget from Nu 45,000 to Nu 30,000 per kilometer …

The National Assembly (NA) endorsed the decision on the Pay Structure Bill of Bhutan 2022 with all the 42 members present in favor of the Bill.  After a thorough deliberation in the House on 28 November, the National Council (NC) adopted the Pay Structure Bill of Bhutan 2022 on 30 …