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Mongar National Council candidate Tshering Wangchen’s father Sangay Wangdi will be officially filing a complaint of political interference by Mongar’s DPT coordinators and party workers in the Mongar NC elections with the Election Commission of Bhutan within the next two days. Sangay Wangdi who is also a former Royal Advisory …

Having completed his tenure as the opposition leader, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Tshering Tobgay gave up his official duty vehicle granted to him. In a press conference the former Opposition Leader (OL) also requested the interim government to lift the personal security arrangements made for him. “While I …

Parties says former Secretary is tainted with the multi-million MoH procurement scam For a party that coined the famous slogan of ‘Zero Tolerance to Corruption’ the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)  is under attack from political parties and critics for the candidature of Dasho Dr Gado Tshering, the former health secretary …

The Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley in a recent meeting with the private sector in the Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) hall on 21st march 2013 took a strong and public position against mining. He said that Mining was going to be strictly controlled and that it has …

It will also have to circumvent vehicle import restrictions to get the new vehicles The Bhutanese has found that the new incoming government after the 2013 general elections will have to spend up to Nu 52 mn to replace the Toyota Land Cruiser of the Prime Minister and 13 Toyota …

DCT President said that a condition to have attested graduation certificates in the primary round itself could disqualify DCT and other new parties With the National Council elections over political parties expect the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) to soon come out with the Election Notification giving the dates for …

As per a circular from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Prime Minister, outgoing Cabinet Ministers, Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairman of the National Council and the Opposition Leader will be allowed to keep their government duty Toyota Prados. In a separate government circular, the ministers will also be …

No women NC candidates elected In what came as a surprise verdict of the National Council (NC) Elections out of the 20 dzongkhags, only 6 incumbent MPs made it back, with the rest of the incumbent MPs losing their seats in the Upper House. The voter turnout this year is …

Drop in voter turnout compared to 53% in 2008 NC elections For the second time in history, people across the country voted 20 members to the National Council yesterday. Of the 379,819 registered voters 168,180 exercised their voting rights giving a voter turnout of about 45% at the national level. …

The Presidents of the five political parties wished the elected 20 National Council MPs including the 47 others that did not make it. While they congratulated the winners, they also took the time to thank the other candidates had played an important role during the election. Some of the Party …