As soon as the results of a win started pouring in, the social media started seeing victorious supporters not only celebrating loudly but also issuing open taunts and threats to supporters and perceived supporters of other parties. There were promises to shut down companies and ‘fix people’, as supporters on …

However, this is easier said than done. If the combination does not happen then DPT already has 22 seats requiring just 2 more to form the government If the primary round was a circle and it was cut three ways based on the vote percentage of the DNT, DPT and …

On paper, PDP was the strongest party in the 2018 elections, based on its performance. This was acknowledged by most election observers and was also the wisdom on the political street. This was why a lot of high profile candidates rushed to join PDP, while some other parties had to …

In what came as a major election upset the incumbent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) got knocked out of the primary round of the general elections. It secured the third highest votes after DNT and DPT. The other party that got knocked out was the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP), which came …

People’s participation during the common forums on the whole has improved compared to the past two elections of 2008 and 2013. People were seen coming to attend the common forum walking for up to an hour leaving all their important work behind in the observation of election officials. “People know …

About 40 students of Dungna Central School (DCS) in Chhukha had clinical signs of conjunctivitis since last week. The prevalent of the disease among the school students was confirmed after being reported to the Royal Center for Disease Control (RCDC). Although the outbreak is said to be under control, around …

Dantak Project has identified the two main causes for the landslide leading to roadblock in between Damchu-Chukha bypass road, just below Tshimasham town, Chukha. The new road was inaugurated on 18 July 2018. An official from Dantak said they carried out a survey of the area, and found that since …

A component of Gross National Happiness is the affordable and accessible health care to the public. The health sector receives the highest priority in terms of budget so far. Therefore, the most common pledge of the four parties is to enhance traditional medicine system, strengthen human resources and increase the …

Computer Application will no longer be an optional subject for class nine students starting from the next academic session. Instead, there is a new ICT curriculum that students and teachers can look forward to. “With the implementation of the ICT curriculum in class nine, the optional subject Computer Application, which …

A roadblock at Ossey, 27 kms from Gelephu towards Zhemgang is still not cleared for traffic. The road has been blocked for 21 days. Some seven years before the bottom about 800 meters below the alignment started sliding. C.B Mongar, Chief Engineer of Sarpang, DoR said that, the slide encroached …