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On 11 September at around 2 pm, Thimphu police apprehended a 33- year- old man in Thimphu. The suspect was arrested with the help of a tip off. When police tried to get hold of him, the suspect managed to flee from the location. However, the police managed to arrest …

Tenzin Sports Complex (TSC) located in Serbithang is the only private sports complex in Bhutan so far. The sports complex opened to the public in August last year. The complex has an indoor FIFA certified futsal Astro turf costing USD 10,000 and it alone has been generating much income. The …

Paro police apprehended two boys, aged 14-year-old and 11-year-old for sodomizing a 6-year- old boy on 23 July 2019. The initial incident took place on 22 July at around 6:30 pm when the two juvenile suspects took the 6-year-old victim and raped him. During the time of incident, the victim …

iMerit is an exclusive for-profit social enterprise to build the digital livelihoods for the future while affecting positive social and economic change. TechPark launched iMerit in Bhutan to provides tech-enabled data services for applications in areas like machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, e-commerce and Fintech. iMerit’s global client …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has been planning to have new Psychiatric ward for a long time but due to lack of budget or fund, the hospital still uses the old boys’ hotel of Royal Institutes of Health Sciences (RIHS) which was built in around 1974. Currently there …

In an effort to reinforce ‘Developing Accountable, Moral and Transparent Systems and Individual’ (DAMTSI) as the core Bhutanese value, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering launched the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Strategy (NIACS) 2019-2023. An official from ACC said that this strategy is an outcome of progressive consultation at various stages …

Easily preventable if detected and treated in the early stages but deadly when caught too late With an increase in awareness programs on cervical cancer and increase in the number of Pap smear screenings in the country, 77 cervical cancer cases were detected in 2018. The record with the JDWNRH …

A three-day training on GeneXpert Machine Operation and Maintenance for Laboratory Personnel will be held in Thimphu from 6th to 8th August 2019. The training course is jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and the SAARC TB and HIV/AIDS Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. The primary objective of the training …

Four machines have been deployed at Omchhu bridge in Phuentsholing for 24 by 7 dredging purpose no matter what the weather forecast is. The four machines which were deployed from June 27 will be deployed until 27 August and if required they will further extend the timing. Ironically, the problem …

The monsoon season as always has cut off Pasakha from Phuentsholing and they have been cut off for two to three days in spite of the Bhawanijhora Bridge. Though the newly constructed Bhawanijhora Multicellular Box Culvert Bridge was opened to traffic since May this year, the commuters and people face …