More than 100 people visited the photo exhibition at Ambient Café on Friday evening to see the photos taken by the Oliver Jammes. In total 63 breathtaking photos photos were displayed to the public and some of them had captions which included Taktshang Monastery-the guardian of the valley, Thimphu Dzong …
Read More »A 40-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree on May 9 in Gesarling, Dagana. According to Drimpon Gom, RBP, Tsewang Tashi, “The deceased had abruptly walked away at around 2 pm giving a final word that all her children are old enough to earn their living without the support …
Read More »The body of a 27 year old man from Gelephu is still missing after a Tripper truck he was driving went off the road in Damchu. The incident took place at 37 km away from Tshimasham while heading towards Thimphu on 8th May at around 11:20 to 11:35 AM. The …
Read More »Phuentsholing police arrested a 36-year-old man from Paro after he fatally stabbed his 29-year-old wife at around 9 pm on May 5. The incident took place inside the RBP quarters in Phuentsholing. The victim was immediately evacuated to Phuentsholing hospital but later succumbed to her injuries at around 9:45 pm. …
Read More »Tipped off by an informer, Jumotsangkha police arrested a 38-year-old man for illicit trafficking of cannabis (marijuana) on May 4 at around 2 AM. The suspect is a school bus driver. Police seized 17 bags, around 680 kg, of dry marijuana from the man. The suspect was carrying the bags …
Read More »During a special drugs checking initiated by the Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA), Customs and Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in Damchu, Thimphu, police arrested three Indian nationals on April 22. An Indian man, in his late 20s, driving a West Bengal vehicle was heading towards Thimphu with tourists from Sikkim. …
Read More »Gedu police arrested two men for carrying drugs on 18th April at around 12:00 am from Jumja, Gedu during their highway checking. One man was from Bongo, Chukha is 24 years old while the other is a 27 year old from Jamkhar, Trashiyangtse. Two of them were travelling from Phuentsholing …
Read More »Jigme Wangchuck Power Training Institute (JWPTI) was consecrated in Dekiling, Sarpang by Labour and Human Resources Minister, Nyeema Sangay Tshempo, accompanied by President of the Republic of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, during his state visit to Bhutan, in November 2014. JWPTI was initially planned as one of the technical training …
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Tshering Tashi/Thimphu For the upcoming 2nd Local Government (LG) Election, the Dzongkhag electoral staff in Lhuntse has formed three groups to educate voters in the chiwogs. While the leading team covered 12 chiwogs, the other two teams covered 6 and 5 chiwogs respectively. Voter education was held either on open …
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According a Ministry of Agriculture and Forests report the National Seed Centre (NSC) has introduced tissue cultured Grand Naine (G-9) banana variety in 2015 June and July by importing it from India which was initially introduced from Israel. After importing, the NSC started culturing the variety in laboratory and multiplied …
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