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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 »Man arrested for illicit trafficking of 680 kg of marijuana and its derivatives
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 »3 apprehended and 82 fined for drugs and tobacco
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 »2 men arrested with drugs on Pling-Thimphu highway
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 »JWPTI to churn out skilled manpower for hydropower sector
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 …
Read More »Lhuntse election team on the move for general voter education
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 …
Read More »New and superior Banana variety in Bhutan
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 …
Read More »Thimphu Thromde to come up with multiple sewerage treatment plants
Thimphu City has allocated total amount of Nu 98 Million for the construction of sewerage treatment plants for Motithang and Yangchenphug areas. It is funded by the Government of India, under the Small Development Project. So far, Thromde has completed the paper work for tendering works. Once it is fully …
Read More »Rural communities struggle to protect their religious heritage
The issue of not having caretaker in monasteries and dratshangs in the country has been discussed since mid 2000 but such issues still prevail in rural communities especially as the young and educated leave the villages for urban areas and rural houses become empty. The National Assembly of Bhutan before …
Read More »MoLHR introduces contracts to ensure oversea jobseekers do not squander opportunities
With the challenges faced by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, with regard to the overseas employment in the past, the ministry has now added some additional rules to make it work. The ministry will make a legally binding contract for jobseekers to sign. This is aimed at avoiding …
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