DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Many political aspirants have run the ‘people will choose’ line one too many times, but this National Council aspirant really wants to be the chosen-best for the people. And in the event that he is not the one, he is already underway in thoughts and action to ensure the right …

Should the party come to power, the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) has plans for several strategic interventions to promote equitable and balanced development,. These include five key areas of action drawn from its 25 areas of action recognizing the current socio-economic challenges. This is what was discussed in the recent …

With the strong support from the people of his village and his family members, Tshering Wangchen, 33, is determined to contest for a seat at the National Council from Khalong village in Mongar. He is the third candidate from Mongar to announce his candidature to contest the upcoming National Council …

The nation’s first democratically elected National Council (NC) concluded its 10th and the last session yesterday. The House of Review thanked the Druk Gyalpo and attributed the title of ‘Unifying force’ upon him. While paying their tribute to His Majesty, the NC members acknowledged His Majesty’s contributions in all spheres …

His Majesty on his birthday visited children and other patients at the Thimphu referral hospital. His Majesty also appointed the new Gyalpoi Zimpon and the ROM Director His Majesty the King awarded gallantry and service medals to 239 Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bhutan Police, and Royal Body Guards personnel, Desuups …

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 …