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As per the final electoral roll there are a total of 432,030 voters out which a total of 88,915 are registered as postal voters for the NC election. Of this 88,915 postal voters 59,975 voters have registered to vote by means of postal ballot facilitation booth, 1,964 are registered as overseas …

RMA warns that money lenders not following rules will lose their money Bhutan has only one authorized money lender as per the records of the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA). The person in question is a Tshering Penjor from Paro who registered with the RMA  in March 2018 after fulfilling all …

Dhamngoi Zomdu turnout at 14.65 % of total voter population The National Council aspirants for the 2018 Parliamentary Election have increased to a record high of 127 candidates compared to just 67 in 2013. This batch of NC comes with diverse qualification and work experiences. Out of the 127 NC …

As per a Ministry of Finance compilation of Fiscal Incentives (FI) in the Hotel Sector, Nu 286 mn was given as incentives for Sales Tax (ST) and Customs Duty(CD) exemption to hotels from 2008 to 2018. Of this the top five companies that are beneficiaries are Bhutan Hotels Pvt Limited …

Around half the FIs have gone back to government companies or the government The Finance Ministry has compiled the detailed list of the Fiscal Incentives (FI), including the beneficiary companies from January 2008 to February 2018. The cabinet recently authorized the list to be published in its entirety on the …

Bhutan has a total of 432,030 voters of which 220,881 are females and 211,149 are males as of 1st of January 2018, the qualifying date for the NC Elections 2018. Out of the total registered voters in the country, 88915 have registered as Postal Voters for the National Council Election …

The Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) during the recent visit of the Prime Minister to Europe had signed two agreements with two international companies that will allows it to get into hydro software and also consultancy. Both are not only lucrative areas that would save Bhutan a lot of money …

Druk Gaki Tshogpa (DGT) has filed a case with the High Court against the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) for disqualifying the registration of DGT as a political party. DGT’s application to the high court says, “According to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Election Commission shall function …

Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay on Friday made the position of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) clear on the issue of racism or attempts to attack and divide people on ethnic lines be it on social media or in the real world. Responding to a question on the issue and …

The Gewog Dhamngoi Zomdu process to select NC nominees has been completed in all the 20 Dzongkhags. The 130 selected candidates includes only 6 female candidates. Mongar was the Dzongkhag with the highest number of NC hopefuls with 13 candidates followed by Tsirang with 12 candidates. Bumthang has the lowest …