A formal announcement will only be made once the ECB clears the move In a move that could change the political landscape of the upcoming general elections, around eight DNT candidates including the president Dorji Choden and vice president Jigme Zangpo have agreed to join the PDP. However, this will …

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 state of the art academy is now open to educate Bhutanese youth on conservation, preservation, training, study and exhibition of the country’s textiles Ferring Group, a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group headquartered in Switzerland which donated USD 3mn to the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (RTA) in 2009 to fund …

  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 world premier event celebrated coinciding with the Environment Day, conferred a young Bhutanese entrepreneur the most deserving Global Environment Entrepreneur of the Year. The award is the outstanding Environmental Stewardship which recognizes the achievements by successful young entrepreneurs. The award was bestowed to the chief executive officer of Greener …

  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 …

The first round is over and voted-with, and people await the general round of elections, but meanwhile the members of the electorate have already started to up their expectations in return of their precious votes. A 35-year-old Narath Prasath Rejal from Pelrithang, Sarpang voted so that his problems in the …

  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 …