The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) declared yesterday that there would be no change in the line-up of the party candidates for the general elections. “We have 47 candidates for the 47 constituencies, each one is selected on the basis of his/her merit, and the capacity to contribute to the nation …

  The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam party (BKP) may not have made it to the primary round of elections, but it is still no less, a bonafide political party of Bhutan, and therefore, will remain engaged with its own planned activities. In a press conference with local journalists yesterday, BKP president Sonam …

After the party’s struggle in the primary round of elections, the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) president and candidates met on Thursday to tht consolidate their state-of-affairs and highlight issues related to the deregistration of the candidate if they are willing to do so, and to discuss how the candidates have …

  The director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Ms Runjuan Tongrut was in Thimphu to promote medical tourism in Thailand. She is also in-charge of dealing with India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. “Medical tourism combines health care with wellness, leisure and relaxation, which draws you away from daily routine …

  Ever since the gewog received electricity in 2012, the residents of Dorokha are not satisfied with the service from the Bhutan Power Cooperation (BPC). The gewog people say they are having major problems due to the erratic supply of electricity. According to the people in the gewog, they have …

A 54-year-old man, an Indian laborer working at the Punatshangchhu II, died on the spot on May 31 after being crushed by a falling boulder. The deceased was from Jharkhand, India and was working as a driller for the Punatshangchhu II project in Kamichu under Wangduephodrang. The incident happened at …

    A 19-year-old girl escaped her attacker in Wangduephodrang by crying and screaming at the top of her voice on May 27. The victim is a school dropout. At the time of the incident, the girl went to switch on the lights to her father’s construction site where laborers …

Response to, “PDP says it will do away with Pedestrian Day”   Never understood why DPT started the Pedestrian day in the first place. They enforced rules using police, who were ordered to not let a single vehicle inside the town. Business in border towns like Phuentsholing and Samdrupjongkhar dried …

One of the pertinent issues arising in the 2013 elections is that of “horse trading” – first raised by the incumbent party, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT). The position of the party has been that candidates should stick to their original parties, irrespective of the election win or loss.  DPT pointed …

The incumbent DPT government has, so far claimed, in various forums that out of its broad 153 pledges it has fully or partially fulfilled 150, and only three remain unfulfilled. However, after the primary round of elections, the DPT lost 12 seats to PDP, two seats to DNT, and also …