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The house also elected its Speaker and Deputy Speaker during the first sitting yesterday The first sitting of the National Assembly (NA) house was held yesterday, officially embarking the five year tenure of its members. Election of the NA Speaker and Deputy Speaker through secret ballot was the highlight of …

The ongoing Pedestrian Day, a policy decision of the previous government which invited much carp and fuss from various sections of the public has finally been lifted. The decision came after the first sitting of the Cabinet yesterday. “The Cabinet, however, applauded the initiative taken by the former government and …

The Royal address was on the occasion of His Majesty the King conferring dakyen to the Prime Minister and dhar to the Cabinet Ministers on 27th july 2013         “Firstly, I would like to extend my felicitations to all the members of the second democratically elected parliament. I would also like …

In what is a clear signal to the government machinery, the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has rejected the Luxury Crown vehicle and Toyota Land Cruiser sent for his duty by the Cabinet Secretariat. The Cabinet Secretary Dasho Penden Wangchuk said, “The Prime Minister has declined to accept the Toyota Crown …

The rarest of the rare plant species, the White Poppy botanically known as Meconopsis superb, is found very scarcely in a small stretch of area in Toorsa Strict Nature Reserve (TSNR) in Haa. Many environmentalists and conservationists around the world state the White Poppy is exclusive to Bhutan. Officials in …

The Chief Election Commissioner Dasho Kunzang Wangdi in an interview with The Bhutanese Editor-in-Chief Tenzing Lamsang addresses some questions on fairness of the 2013 race Q. Some people have questioned why reporters were asked to move out while postal ballots were being counted. Could you please clarify and also state …

The Peoples Democratic Party in a press conference on Thursday announced 10 ministers, one S peaker and a de puty S peaker. As Southern Bhutan has been given three ministers with one each from Samtse, Sarpang and Dagana. Central Bhutan has one minister from Trongsa while Western Bhutan has two …

People from various sections of the society have started questioning the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) 15 points grievances, particularly on their claims on the ‘misuse of Palace’s name and Royal Prerogative.’ One such section consisting of around eight people approached The Bhutanese office saying that they had come to condemn …

In the span of three weeks, five cases of suicide were reported in the capital. The first case was that of a 21-year-old student at the Royal Thimphu College (RTC), followed by a 32-year-old taxi driver in Babesa. A body of 34-year-old accountant working in Thimphu was found hanging by …

One of the main arguments for a domestic tariff hike by Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) and Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) is that it is more profitable to export electricity at higher rates than have it used at lower rates by the domestic industry. The export figures also back them …