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A drug crackdown team from Thimphu police along with the Wangduephodrang police arrested two men from Drapchekha under in Wangduephodrang on 5 November at around 1 PM. They made an arrest with a tip-off. The police have seized a total of 119 sticks of Hashish weighing 710 grams from their …
Read More »Agriculture Minister to focus on pledges
Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor who was appointed as the Minister for Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MOAF) promises to fulfill all the pledges on Sanam Gongphel with support from the people. Lyonpo said, “To be honest, I did not expect that I will be appointed as the MoAF Minister and in …
Read More »DNT’s pledge to address unemployment as an issue of national emergency
The government-elect, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, has committed to accord the highest priority in creating employment and livelihoodopportunities for people and ensure that the youth have a decent job. DNT has pledged to prioritize job for the Bhutanese nationals between the age group of 19-35 to help gain work experience and …
Read More »Views on how PDP voters voted
The Primary Round of National Assembly Election 2018 saw Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) with 22 seats, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) claimed 16 seats and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) managed to get 9 seats. The numbers clearly show that DPT needed just two seats required to form the government. However, in …
Read More »DNT warns against fake Suung Joen App
Right after the general round of election, people started downloading Suung Joan App that was pledged by Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT). A link to the Suung Joen App was shared on the social media that went viral. However, DNT said that the party is busy with works to form the …
Read More »DNT’s pledge to farmers
According to Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s (DNT) Manifesto, in 2016, agriculture contributed only 16.52 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 58 percent of the population depended on agriculture for livelihood, according to Labor Force Survey of Bhutan, 2015. Given the nature of Bhutan’s topography characterized by …
Read More »Four seats in Samtse swept by DNT
Like the other southern dzongkhags, Samtse also voted for change in 2018 as Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) won all the four seats in Samtse. Ugyentse-Yoeseltse constituency went to DNT’s Dinesh Kumar Pradhan as he got 5,353 total votes of which 1,343 were postal votes. Combining 543 postal votes and 1,511 …
Read More »Chukha, Haa and Trongsa go for DNT
DNT won from all the six constituencies from in Chukha, Haa and Trongsa. Of the six winning DNT candidates, two are women who won against their male opponents. Chukha showed a huge vote margin between the opposing candidates. Chukha From Bongo-Chapcha constituency, DNT candidate, Tshewang Lham, secured the highest votes …
Read More »DNT makes a clean sweep in Tsirang, Dagana and Sarpang
During the primary round, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) had won all the six constituencies in Dagana, Tsirang and Sarpang. DNT scored a total of 38,811 votes including both Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Postal Ballot (PB) while DPT scored 19,732 total votes. In addition, DNT secured higher votes both in …
Read More »DPT wins Zhemgang & Samdrup Jongkhar
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) won all the constituencies in Zhemgang and Samdrup Jongkhar in the General Round of National Assembly Election 2018. Zhemgang DPT won both constituencies, Panbang and Bardo Trong, in Zhemgang as in the primary round. DPT’s candidate from Panbang, Dorji Wangdi, secured a total of 2,984 votes …
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