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His Majesty The King conferred Dakyen to the new Prime Minister, Dr. Lotey Tshering, and formally appointed the new cabinet ministers at the Tashichhodzong on 7 November. His Majesty also granted Orange Kabney to the Speaker, Wangchuk Namgyal, and the Leader of Opposition, Dr. Pema Gyamtsho. While the Speaker and …

One of the main pledges adopted by all four parties in various forms in the 2018 polls was on a civil service pay hike and other benefits like equitable DSA etc. The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), in its manifesto, had pledged two give two pay hikes to civil servants in …

The DNT Spokesperson Dr Tandin Dorji said that the majority of the DNT’s pledges have already been incorporated into the 12th plan. The Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) recently did a presentation of the draft 12th plan to the Prime Minister and senior DNT leaders At the presentation GNHC informed …

A major difference between the current Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering and his two predecessors before him is that, unlike them, he will not be the DNT Party President. The origin of DNT’s decision to have a separate Prime Minister and President stems from its Party Charter under section 9.2 …

An April 2016 Kupar of His Majesty offering sandalwood boxes to the Chari monastery to house the relics of Zhabdrung which the monastery has possessed since the 17th century.  The nation will celebrate the Coronation Day of His Majesty The King on 1st November 2018.

The strong performance of the DPT in the eastern Dzongkhags in 2008 and especially so in the 2013 and 2018 general elections has lead to the popular presumption that the east is a DPT stronghold for a long time to come. This apparent lack of anti-incumbency in the east has …

As the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) gears up to take its position as the ruling government, it is interesting to take note of the significant factors that leads to the formation of the government every five years. Regionally, the southern votes play a major role in deciding the ruling government …

Marginal increase in turnout in the south and decrease in the west The National Council elections and National Assembly elections in both 2008 and 2013 saw the highest turnout of voters from western and southern Bhutan with these two regions driving up turnout numbers. In stark contrast the eastern Dzongkhags …

James Carville, the campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 US Presidential campaign, had come up with three slogans for the Democratic party. The most popular was ‘The economy, stupid,’ followed by “Change versus more of the same” and “Don’t forget health care.” In a remarkable coincidence, the Druk Nyamrup …

Also, results show that Eastern Bhutan is not the DPT stronghold that it is projected to be One of the the big revelations of the 2018 primary round was the decisive impact of the postal ballots in deciding the outcome of the primary round. As per the EVM votes in …