Yearly Archives: 2013

Three year old child drowns to death

A floating body of a three-year old girl child was spotted in the Dangchhu River in Wangduephodrang on 26th April, after the child had gone missing a day earlier. The body was found downstream of the river, about 30 meters away from the house of the deceased child. The child …

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MP completes term but not promises in Dzongkhag

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has completed five years of governance, but some promises have not been met. The roads in a certain area in Dagana are in dire need of repair. The people in Dagana were promised better roads, if not new roads by the former Dagana MP Sonam …

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From the geogs and dzongkhags

  New farm road nears completion The construction of the new farm road starting from the Gewog Center to Ghumley School that started in January 2012 is scheduled to be complete by May 2013. As per the Gewog Administration, a budget of Nu 5.6mn was allocated for the construction of …

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DHI companies show improved performance in 2012

Eight Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) owned companies presented their annual reports for the year 2012 revealing an overall increase in revenue by 10 percent, and tax contribution increase by six percent compared to the previous year. The remittances made to the Ministry of Finance including taxes were to the …

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letters to editor

Response to, ‘NC candidate’s father to file complaint on political interference in Mongar NC race by DPT party workers’   This claim could be true and ECB must do a thorough investigation. A similar story is also emerging in Trongsa about DPT people assisting a NC candidate, who later emerged …

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Politics in the NC Elections

The recent case of a Mongar National Council candidate’s father announcing his intent to file a complaint with the Election Commission of Bhutan, on political interference by Druk Phuensum Tshogpa in the NC elections, is a matter of grave concern. The losing incumbent NC candidate from Bumthang and even the …

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