Currently, 36 participants from 31 schools across Lhuentse are attending a six-day workshop on Disaster Preparedness and Response for Safe School, organized by the Department of Disaster Management (DDM). Apart from Lhuentse, DDM has targeted four other dzongkhags for the training programme: Sarpang, Tsirang, Trashi Yangtse, and Paro. …
Read More »72 contraband users arrested this year
The Royal Bhutan Police (RPB) in Thimphu has arrested 72 people – 57 male and 5 female for possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances this year. According to records maintained by the Thimphu police, possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances is shooting up by the year; they apprehended …
Read More »RICBL blames dzongkhag authorities for delaying insurance disbursement
Almost six months after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale jolted Bhutan affecting some 38,200 people across the country, a major portion of the grieved households are still awaiting their insurance money. The General manager of the general insurance department, Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICBL), said owing …
Read More »“Virtual roundabouts” remain ignored by motorists
Commuters and motorists have yet to make sense of what looks like painted circles on city crossroads that are meant to act as roundabouts. These circles have been much speculated about and many people are of the opinion that they do not serve their purpose by virtue of their being …
Read More »A losar patrol with our policemen
On this losar eve, back dropped against the many stabbing cases in the country, I decided to spend the night with the patrol team of the Royal Bhutan Police. As a rookie reporter assigned the crime beat, I thought I should learn first hand the hardships our police personnel …
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