THE NATION

With just about 3,200 tigers left in the world today, very soon the endangered species is likely to vanish from the face of the earth and live only in William Blake’s poem, like the dinosaurs that live only in stories today. The future of wild tigers is bleak today as …

The verdict on the case of child abandonment of a two-year old toddler, who was brought earlier to Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Thimphu police station on April 4 with swollen forehead, wound on tip of his nose, and rash all over his body part with both his …

Dasho Karma Ura’s transcribed keynote address at recent Helvetas Conference at RTC I wish to briefly broach a few things on the following issues in Bhutan: Culture and Economy Culture and Historical Consciousness Culture and Education, Culture and Politics, Culture and Happiness. I would rather discuss on in a separate …

In response to a letter from the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating the PDP President on his victory the PDP President wrote back on 17th July 2012 expressing his thanks and also promising to strengthen the Indo-Bhutan friendship. He also accepted the Indian PM’s invitation to visit India. He …

With the successful conduct of the 2013 General Elections the USA, European Union and France have all sent their greetings to Bhutan. The statement from the Department of State in USA says, “The United States congratulates the people of Bhutan on their successful July 13 general election, and welcomes Bhutan’s …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president received a congratulatory letter from the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh to on July 13. The letter congratulated the new government and its citizens, and gave assurance to of India’s steadfast and unflinching support to Bhutan. The letter also invited the PDP …

The two constituencies of Punakha are the domain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) once again, as even in this general election the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) got no win. The DPT candidate from the Lingmukha-Toedwang constituency Dr Sonam Wangyel Wang who was the former director of Royal Education Council lost …

Replicating the outcomes of primary elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) outpaced Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) as it came out victorious, yet again, in the two constituencies of Sombaykha and Bji-Katsho-Uesu. With a vote difference of 901, DPT candidate from Sombaykha Dago Tsheringla lost to the former Opposition Leader (OL) …

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won three seats while Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) won two seats in Trashigang. PDP won in the three constituencies of Kanglung-Samkhar-Udzorong, Thrimshing, and Wamrong constituencies, while DPT won in Bartsham-Shongphu and Radhi-Sakteng constituencies. For -Samkhar-Udzorong constituency, PDP’scandidate Norbu Wangchuk secured total votes of 2, 743 votes …

While Bhutan has just completed it second general elections for the National Assembly, the paper takes a look at the historic March 2008 general elections. Compared to 381,790 registered voters in 2013, there were 318,465 registered voters in 2008. The increase in number of voters is mainly on account of …