THE NATION

Tshencho Wangdi Tshencho Wangdi holds a Masters in International Relations, BA in Political Science and Sociology and BA in Buddhist Philosophy. He worked as an operations manager and general manager prior to declaring his candidature for the NC race. On his seven opponents, he said that it has given the …

Pema Dakpa Pema Dakpa, 49, the incumbent NC holds a Master’s Degree in Science and Food Technology from Belgium and Bachelor’s Degree in science and Agricultural Engineering from Philippines. He worked for 14 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and managed the National Post Harvest Centre as Program …

The public debate for Bumthang, which has only two aspirants in the race for the post, was held last week. Nima, from Tang Gewog is the incumbent National Council member, contesting against Kencho Tshering from Thromde, who has 10 years of experience as a Gewog Administrative Officer. Among several discussions …

BN Bhattarai BN Bhattarai, 51, is from Sang Ngag Choeling gewog. He voluntarily resigned in 2013, having served as a Specialist in Extension with the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. He has 32 years of work experience focused mainly on land conversion, land use, resettlement and disaster …

1. Tharchen The incumbent National Council member, Tharchen, 38 from Langthel gewog holds Masters in Educational Management and Administration. He has served as a principal in Trongsa for 10 years and NC member for 5 years. He was also a chairman of Public Accounts Committee, member of Special Education Committee, …

1. Pema Tenzin Pema Tenzin, 39 is an incumbent candidate from Chapcha gewog. He did Masters in Business Administration. For 10 years, he worked in Management and Operation of luxury hotels and travel companies and has served as an incumbent NC member for the past 5 years. He is also …

To ensure free and fair conduct of election, the Office of the Media Arbitrator of the Election Commission of Bhutan will not only monitor all the media coverage but will also monitor social media during the Election Period as per Section 6.10 of the Media Coverage of Elections Rules and …

Picture story: 5 March 2018: His Majesty The King granted an Audience to a group of youth participating in the ‘Earn and Learn’ programme. The 359 participants who have completed a basic Japanese language course in Thimphu, will go to Japan as soon as they secure funding from financial institutions, …

For around last three decades, cash crops such as orange has provided farmers with a livelihood. Orange is considered one of the main cash crops other than cardamom. Until a few years ago Dagana and Tsirang exported an average of 24,000 metric tonnes of mandarins a year. In recent years, …

This week, the students in Sherubling Central School in Trongsa reported high fever, body ache and some other sickness like fatigue and cough. Following the high number of absentees in schools, it was confirmed that about more than 70 students were infected with Influenza-like illness (ILI) also known as acute respiratory infection …