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The Minister of Economic Affairs (MoEA) Lyonpo Lekey Dorji launched the National Intellectual Property Policy (NIPP) 2018 in the Ministry on March 23. Lyonpo said that some may wonder why they are launching a new policy when the government has only afour months in office. “The officials of the Department …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ launched
Samsung Electronics, the country’s biggest consumer electronics brand, today introduced the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ in Bhutan on 18th March. Made for an age in which consumers increasingly communicate and express themselves more with images, videos and emojis, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ drives innovation with Samsung’s advanced camera. …
Read More »Thimphu police make 98 drug-related arrests within first 3 months of 2018
Starting 1 January 2018 until 17 March 2018, Thimphu police have apprehended 98 people in connection to abusing controlled substances and in connection to an illicit drug trafficking. Of the 98 arrested people, 27 were detained while 71 people were forwarded to BNCA for TAP. An official from Thimphu city …
Read More »Bhutanese journal of agriculture launched
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests launched the first volume of the Bhutanese Journal of Agriculture on March 8th. It is dedicated to the 38th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty The King. The journal provides a platform for researchers to share their findings to wider audience. It is expected to …
Read More »Thromde plans to relocate two fuel depots away from Thimphu core town area
The Thimphu thromde has finalised plans to relocate the fuel depots in the city to locations outside the core town limits, to meet safety and environmental standards. Thromde officials said fuel depots stocked with hundreds of thousands of litres of fossil fuel is a fire hazard and leads to traffic …
Read More »Truck on fire near Kharbandhi BoD
On 20 February at around 11 AM, an Indian truck which was parked near the BoD in Kharbandhi caught on fire. The truck was on start mode. The truck was loaded with 21 tons of coal and was travelling all the way from Orissa in India towards Pasakha, Phuentsholing. A …
Read More »Man arrested for multiple vehicle theft crimes
Thimphu police have apprehended a 26-year-old man who is suspected to have been involved in auto theft and auto stripping. On 22 January 2018, police received a complaint that an Alto car parked near JDWNRH Hospital was missing. Police received another complaint, the same day, on auto stripping. The window …
Read More »Meat van driver arrested with 7,019 capsules of SP+
Thimphu police apprehended a 21-year-old meat van driver on 1st February with 7019 capsules of SP+, a restricted prescription drug. The suspect was driving from Phuentsholing to Thimphu when he was arrested. Meanwhile Thimphu police have seized 11,239 capsules of SP+, 90 N 10 tablets, 296 grams of Hashish, 2.18 …
Read More »Two non-nationals arrested in Samdrupjongkhar for supplying drugs to Bhutanese
The Samdrupjongkhar Police has detained two non-Bhutanese for possession and supply of illegal substances to Bhutanese in Samdrupjongkhar town. Based on a tip off, the two men were arrested on January 30 at around 4 PM, from the lower market. One is a driver (27) while the other, is a …
Read More »383,756 SP capsules, 22,737 N10 tablets, 1,355 kg marijuana seized from 2014-17
Between 2014 to 2017 police made 2,805 drug related arrests and seized an astounding 383,756 capsules of SP (Spasmo-Proxy-Von), the most abused chemical substance in the country, besides a host of other restricted substances, according to records of the Royal Bhutan Police. The other substances seized in four years were …
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