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Right after the clock struck seven in the morning today, June 14, the PDP President, Tshering Tobgay, entered the Punakha Dzong, offered his prayers and received the blessings from the sacred Machen of the Zhabdrung. Tshering Tobgay also met some party supporters waiting outside the Dzong, and began the PDP President’s …

The okay, however, is accompanied with some critical observations from the ECB The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), in an ‘opinion’ sent to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) around two days ago, has given the go ahead for the PDP to take in DNT candidates for the general elections round. …

Meanwhile a DPT leader approaches a DCT candidate as a backup alternative DPT’s Radhi-Sakteng candidate Jigme Tshultim stands to be disqualified after police records show that Jigme Tshultim has not cleared his Security Clearance Certificate (SCC) due to a criminal conviction in the Paro court on battery charges in 2008. …

A formal announcement will only be made once the ECB clears the move In a move that could change the political landscape of the upcoming general elections, around eight DNT candidates including the president Dorji Choden and vice president Jigme Zangpo have agreed to join the PDP. However, this will …

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 …