Korphu completes Rural Electrification Around 210 households under Korphu gewog will get electricity as the gewog finally completed the Rural Electrification (RE) schemes. According to the Gewog Gup Tsheltrim Dorji the project was started in the year 2008 and would complete this year. He said the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited …

In a move to enhance preservation of traditional handicrafts and help national artisans in the industry sharpen their skills, a five day training for local artisans, organized by Agency for Promotion of Indigenous Crafts (APIC) is underway here in the capital. The training has also been intentionally scheduled at this time …

With Thimphu’s ever-growing affinity to night life, people moonlighting under this umbrella find a growing need for convenience stores like the 24/7 When you stand watch as security personnel out of duty or when you have to work the late hours and early mornings out of necessity or just out …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Gasa might have a tough race in the 2013 elections strictly going by the proportion or percentage of voters reserve in respective constituencies. Owing to eligible voter masses, PDP Gasa MP Damcho Dorji may have a shaky political career as his part of …

Response to ‘OL says Govt’s UNSC bid and foreign policy has damaged Bhutan’s national interests’ Both OL and PM are very capable, talented and well deserving people in the present post. I see them as the best debaters. But, what I also see in them is, they are more concerned …

The last four years of Bhutanese democracy has seen an evolution in the roles of democratic institutions like the Anti Corruption Commission, Judiciary, Media, Election Commission of Bhutan, Royal Audit Authority and the Parliament. A lot of the evolution would not have been possible without conflict, either with the executive …

One of the first parties to declare an interest in the 2013 elections the Druk Mitser Tshogpa (DMT) represented by its party symbol of a farmer plowing the field has officially been dissolved as a political party. DMT President, Dasho Penjor Dorji who ironically was one of the founders of …

ACC to state its position in court today The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) defended its suspension order for the Home Minister Lyonpo Minjur Dorji and Tshogpon Jigme Tshultim saying that since it is an administrative procedure and not a disciplinary action there was no requirement to inform the head of …

Legal experts and precedence says no but the OAG says yes The legal challenge to the Anti Corruption Commissions’ (ACC) suspension order has raised the legal question about if the Office of the Attorney General, a government organization, is defending the two private cases of the Home Minister and the …

The world cup tournaments may be a far-off dream for Bhutanese soccer players but intensive efforts are being put in place by Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) by grooming potential youths. The federation says they will leave no stone unturned in their efforts to promote the game in the country.Officials at …