A has-been, a confident second timer and a probable public favorite will stand hopeful as less-than 2000 residents go to polls today Dangribu chiwog under Dagana Dzongkhag will have a new Tshogpa after today’s polling day where a Tshogpa will be elected. All the preparation for the day was done …

The Executive Director of Bhutan media Foundation Lily Wangchuk will be the party president of Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT). She said that after tedious consideration and thoughts she decided to join the party. “Almost four parties approached me to join their party but I liked DCT’s ideology where, as a …

The effect could be anything from reduced effectiveness to poisoning A case of expired drugs given for a child in Thimphu with a rare heart condition has brought to fore the controversial practice of government hospitals and pharmacies in supplying expired medicines to patients. It has also attracted the ire …

 Opinion: Evolution of Bhutanese Democracy –Part 2 Later in the paper when structure and vision is discussed, other follies of the incumbent government such as their subtle intrusion into the workings of independent and autonomous institutions, micro-managing and fear tactics will be highlighted. As aforementioned, Bhutan’s democracy was introduced with …

Nutrition deficiency has affected 18 students in Dagsa Community Primary School in Mongar. The case was first inspected by Dagsa’s Basic Health Unit’s Health Assistant (HA) Suk Bahadur since it would take about five days for the people to reach the Dzongkhag,. The HA said the students complained of muscle …

The Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) submitted its application for party registration with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) yesterday to make it the first new party able to meet its registration deadline. This was a party effort to officially register itself toward the end of November as announced in its …

A total of around 140,000 jobs will be required in the 11th Five year Plan according to the Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2011-12) of the labor ministry (MoLHR). Although the MoLHR achieved 2.1% unemployment rate, much lower than the target set, yet the ministry should gear up to resolve the …

The latest 2012 Statistical Yearbook of the National Statistics Bureau shows that Bhutan’s population finally crossed the 700,000 mark in 2011. As of 2010 the total population of Bhutan was 695,822 which increased to 708,265 in 2011. By the end of 2012 the population is projected to go up to …

A total of 1043 graduates attended a three day convocation for Technical Training Institute (TTI) and Institute of Zorig chhusum (IZC) graduates in the capital which ended yesterday. This is the first ever convocation for Technical Vocation and Education Graduates (TVET). It was organized mainly to give them prior recognition …

With the Bhutan Education City (BEC) board now in place, the government’s effort to establish Bhutan as an International Education hub is an inch closer and a step forward. The 13-member board comprises government secretaries of the education ministry, economic affairs, finance, GNHC, home ministry and labor ministry under the …