DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The public debate at the Zulikha Lower Secondary School yesterday saw candidates wooing voters by voicing pledges and highlighting party achievements. Kezang Wangmo, 26,of DPT said that having worked for three years in a management post she knew the real challenges people faced. Kesang Wangmo said she joined DPT because …

The north Thimphu candidates of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have begun wooing voters through the common forum platform organised by the election commission with the first one held at the RNR centre in Kawang gewog. The bye-election to fill the North Thimphu seat is …

Gelephu police have arrested a man and a woman who were collecting money from prospective Bhutanese ‘clients’ with the promise of getting them visas to the United States. At the time of their arrest the man had collected Nu 950,000 and the woman Nu 148,500 from 19 prospective clients. The …

At the third hearing of the defamation suit against Namgay Zam and Dr. Shacha another packed courtroom heard Ap SP submitting his 25 point grievances at Bench 1 on Wednesday. After his submission was read out Ap Sonam Phuntsho, who had had his longish speeches cut short by the judge …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) introduced Kezang Wangmo as its new Candidate for the North Thimphu Constituency. “It gives us immense joy and pleasure to introduce Ms. Kezang Wangmo as our new Candidate for the North Thimphu Constituency,” said the party in a release. Ms. Kezang Wangmo has a Bachelors …

A total of 1,477 posts including the post of Gup, Mangmi and Gewog Tshogpa in the 205 gewogs, Thrompon and Thromde Tshogpas for Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde and Thromde Ngotshabs in 16 Dzongkhag Thromdes were contested for the 2016 Local Government elections. 3,391 Candidates contested the elections for the various posts …

Phuentsholing police have detained a taxi driver and truck driver for smuggling tobacco products into the country. Acting on a tip off police apprehended the taxi driver, 46, on the evening on 28 September in Phuentsholing with two bags of tobacco. The taxi driver, from Gairigaun, Tsirang, had already loaded …

An official press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Bhutan will be pulling out of the SAARC summit in Pakistan. This would make Bhutan the fourth country after India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to pull out of the summit over increased tensions in the region especially after …

A cross section of voters feel that local government elections should be given priority since it strengthens democracy at the grassroots, is closest to people and pressing development needs and can also address issues like unemployment among youth. Tshering, a civil servant, said LG is the root level for the …

Nominated local government candidates in Dagana’s Gozhi gewog are going from house to house and briefly introducing themselves to individual households as part of their door-to-door campaign for the second LG elections on September 27. But the unpredictable weather conditions with either hot sun or heavy rain have made campaigning …