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Jose Mourinho’s pursuit of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will go right down to deadline day with the Chelsea manager admitting the club will continue their chase “until the last day”. Unsettled striker Rooney has long been rumoured with a move to Chelsea, speculation building that the England international will …

Chemshing or “rosary bead tree” is a tree species belonging to the genus Zizyphus under the Rhamnaceae family. Zizyphus species generally are hardy species which can tolerate drought and can grow in shallow and dry conditions. There are three chemshing (Zizyphus sp) trees growing in Shaba, Paro. The species has …

DARJEELING: A home-guard was on Friday set on fire in Darjeeling town where incidents of arson were reported on the eve of the indefinite bandh called in the hills to demand a separate state of Gorkhaland on the lines of  Telangana. The home-guard was set on fire at Prakriyathong by unidentified people, police …

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharifannounced this week that backdoor diplomacy is back on track with India, signaling the new government’s commitment to forge a relationship with its neighbor and historic rival after recent bumpy months. Prime Minister Sharif shared recent steps Pakistanwas taking to build relations with India – including …

As impressive as the scale of the ongoing construction of two major hydropower projects in Wangduephodrang may be, however, it has not struck the right chord with the voters there. This is obvious from the primary round elections of the National Assembly (NA) when the former ruling government of the …

Fifty taxi drivers representing the taxi drivers of Bhutan, offered their wishes and prayers to Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen for Her Majesty’s Birthday which coincides with the world environment day. The Taxi Driver Association of Bhutan comes to the Lingkana Palace to offer a cake to Her Majesty on this …

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.

During the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) campaign in Samtse, the DCT president said the meaning of the noble philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) has been interpreted in academic manner, and without a practical relevance to the people. “Gross National Happiness is a noble philosophy propagated by the Fourth Druk …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) introduced the party’s last five candidates at a press conference in the capital on Thursday. The party now has all its 47 candidates. Among the five names declared, one is Jigme Tshultim, 37-year-old, who replaces his father the former National Assembly (NA) Speaker Jigme Tshultim, …

The prevalence of a loophole in the law which does not prohibit candidates of parties from switching to another after the primary rounds may very well give rise to practices called horse-trading and coalition in political lingo to be very visibly demonstrated by parties and individuals after the primary elections. …