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The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) declared yesterday that there would be no change in the line-up of the party candidates for the general elections. “We have 47 candidates for the 47 constituencies, each one is selected on the basis of his/her merit, and the capacity to contribute to the nation …

The state of the art academy is now open to educate Bhutanese youth on conservation, preservation, training, study and exhibition of the country’s textiles Ferring Group, a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group headquartered in Switzerland which donated USD 3mn to the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (RTA) in 2009 to fund …

The incumbent DPT government has, so far claimed, in various forums that out of its broad 153 pledges it has fully or partially fulfilled 150, and only three remain unfulfilled. However, after the primary round of elections, the DPT lost 12 seats to PDP, two seats to DNT, and also …

  One of the biggest upsets of the 2013 primary round elections was in the constituency of Thrimshing in Trashigang where the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa(DNT)  president Dorji Choden won a landslide victory, keeping DPT at a distant second, and PDP at an even more distant third. Of the 3301 votes …

Today, most people in urban areas across the country will either be walking to work or using public transport as Pedestrian Day is followed to commemorate the World Environment Day on June 5. A Press Release sent by the Cabinet Secretariat on behalf of the Interim Government says, “In keeping …

The Primary round of the 2013 National Assembly election saw the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) going through to the final General Election scheduled for 13th July 2013. The DPT secured the highest votes at 93,895 votes followed by PDP at 68,545 votes. Druk Nyamrup …

Though the Primary round win may look like an outright DPT victory which got the most number of votes and got 33 out of 47 constituencies the political math shows that anything could be possible on 13th July 2013. This is because if most of the DNT and DCT voters …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) make it to the final round of General Election. DPT got the maximum votes at 93,547 votes followed by PDP at 68,546 votes. Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa came third getting 36,055 votes while Druk Chirwang Tshogpa came fourth getting 12,456 votes.

While three of the members plan to explore the industrial sector, others have plans to start businesses, a school, go on further studies, and to work with the party as senior leaders and advisors One of the unique features of the 2013 elections is that despite the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa …

Census issues are a major concern for people in the south, and the problem continues to be a cause for concern for the people who are unhappy to have to endure such a prolonged issue. Many voters in the south said they are frustrated about the issue that they have …