Bhutan Telecom Limited (BTL), the nation’s premier telecom company marked the world telecommunication society day (WTISD) Friday, which also coincided with the company’s 50 years anniversary or Golden Jubilee celebration.As the BTL celebrates 50 years of providing telecommunication services across the nation, the company has announced reductions in tariffs and …

The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) manifesto covers the grounds in all aspects of people’s daily lives, which on a general  level comprises of individual goals, well-being, and on a broader – national level addresses and pledges to right the fallacies and inequities, be it in the form of policies or …

The highlight of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) manifesto is the Miser Thoblam Chathrim or the Citizens’ Dividend Act. Through the Act, the party will give economic, social, and political powers to the people. Once the law is enacted, it will be a path toward a fair and just distribution …

In what may come as a bolt out of the blue, especially for those contesting as candidates in the 2013 elections, the Mongar District Court Judge Gyembo Dorji told The Bhutanese that even those who received plots in Gyelpozhing are criminally charged. He said this was because the case of …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has filed an official written compliant with the Media Arbitrator, Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) against anonymous users on social media on charges of being attacked online and criticized. The letter says, “These users are resorting to character assassination, defamation, personal attacks with the use …

Political parties are all on a campaigning spree, and they must convincingly sell to the electorate to put themselves in good light, for votes are what will determine the results. That way, every party is putting forward what they believe is their own USP (unique selling proposition) to woo village …

The High Court on Thursday affirmed or upheld the Mongar District Court’s verdict on the Gyelpozhing Land Scam case. Talking to The Bhutanese the High Court Acting Chief Justice Sangay Khandu said, “The Mongar district court verdict has been affirmed based on three main points.” He said, “The first was …

Representatives from the four political parties contesting in the primary rounds of National Assembly elections 2013 are going full swing with their campaigns, explaining the party manifestos and ideologies to the voters during the common forum. In Dagana, the common forum started in Karna gewog on May 12, Lagyab gewog …

The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) president Lily Wangchhuk met with the people of Trongsa and Bumthang last Thursday as part of her campaign program. In Trongsa, she talked about the problem of human-wildlife conflict that was inflicting lot of suffering on rural farming communities. She told party supporters, members, and …

For quite some time now, the former Prime Minister has been going around in the rural areas, refuting media reports on various issues, especially on the corruption scams like Gyelpozhing. The verdict on Gyelpozhing from the district court, and now, the high court prove otherwise. Though it is ethically and …