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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 …

Although the incumbent government claims to have slashed the poverty rate from 23 to 12 percent, however, a survey by the National Statistical Bureau (NSB) has found that 26 percent or one in every four Bhutanese, believe themselves to be in the poor or very poor categories. Of this, around …

A Bhutanese who has a citizenship Identity Card and not younger than 18 years of age on the qualifying date of an election and enrolled in the electoral Roll of a particular Demkhong and possessing VPIC can vote in an election. In the current case, that will be the Primary …

NSB officials say that Labour Ministry’s unemployment rate should logically be higher than that of NSB, as the ministry’s survey is focused more in urban areas with higher unemployment In what may cast serious doubts on the incumbent government’s claims of having exceeded its unemployment target of 2.5 percent, the …

A respected American Novelist Mark Twain once wrote, ““There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” This 1906 line used countless times since may come to haunt the incumbent government, which claimed to have halved poverty from 23.2 percent in 2007 to around 12 percent in 2012 …

The Bhutan Poverty Analysis 2012 report by the National Statistical Bureau (NSB) shows a growing gap between the rich and the poor in Bhutan. Simply put, if the Bhutanese population was divided into five categories, from the poorest to the richest, the gap between the poorer and richer categories is …

Even though the Mongar District Court followed by the High Court upheld Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) right to legally prosecute the Gyelpozhing case the DPT manifesto has called it a violation of the Constitution which it promises to address once back in power. The DPT manifesto also touches on how …