DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Agriculture minister Pema Gyamtsho denied making any announcement or statements at the recent Annual Sustainable Development conference in Delhi, India about Bhutan turning 100 percent organic by 2020 as reported by certain international media. This was in response to the concerns raised by opposition leader (OL) Tshering Tobgay, during the …

The much awaited moment for all the political parties has finally arrived as the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has given the green signal for political parties to start familiarization. This most definitely comes as a timely blessing for the new parties who feel that they need all the time …

Tour operator, Dorji Tshering, 39 accused of assault and sexual harassment of a 29 year old tourist, a foreign national of Melbourne, Australia received a prison term of four years and two months of imprisonment. The verdict was passed on 5 February by the Paro dzongkhag court. At the time …

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) will put people first and politics second. People from the BKP camp said that it is the hallmark of its manifesto to take the nation and its people forward. BKP unlike the ruling party and incumbent government’s ‘Gross National Happiness’ will take an approach, of …

The party now has 39 candidates The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) in a press conference yesterday announced the addition of seven more candidates. The Party Interim President Sonam Tobgay said “The party’s suffers no illusions that this will be an easy process, it will be a challenge. And that is …

The 140 feet long Langchenphu motorable bridge in Kurtoe under Lhuentse which collapsed just days to its completion is now ready after being reconstructed within a week. The launching of bridge was completed on 2 February and it was officially inaugurated by the Lam Neten of Lhuentse dzongkhag and Lhuentse …

As the figures on traffic violations rise rapidly year by year, Superintendent of Thimphu traffic division, Major Pasang Dorji, emphasized that they have no tolerance for traffic violators. Records with the Thimphu traffic division show that there has been a drastic increase in traffic violations over the span of a …

Recently the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) identified 25 areas of action for a multi-dimensional approach toward development which the party will work on if the party gets elected. This time, out of the 25 areas, DCT came up with the discussion on youth related problems, in a recent press conference. …

The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) is on a mission to form a youth division under its umbrella, heeding to the call of the youths and their problems. The party will target youths from all the 20 pockets of the country appointing youth coordinators. The services are on a voluntary basis. …

This year, for a second time, teachers, 125 in numbers at that, from all the Dzongkhags are being trained in the military training center in Wangduephodrang as Desuups. Compared to last year, the number of teachers who got trained as a Desuups has increased from 119 to 125 teachers this …