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A total of 53,633 postal ballots from the 47 constituencies were received by the Returning Officers (ROs), of which 47,715 were accepted and 7,526 were rejected. With just nine days remaining for the primary elections, the ROs are busy recollecting postal ballot envelopes, specifically envelope ‘A’, which contains identity declaration …
Read More »Same ideologies, different ways to implement, DCT and DNT presidents
Political parties have designed prominent advertisement messages for broadcast on TV and radio to capture the hearts and minds of the voters. However, some observers say that apart from the different names and logos, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) have the same message due to similar …
Read More »Indian foreign secretary meets local journalists
The Indian Foreign Secretary (FS) Mr Ranjan Mathai, currently in the country, interacted with the local media on Thursday. He is accompanied by the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, Mr Akhilesh Mishra. The FS first visited Bhutan in 1985, and shortly after taking the post of Foreign …
Read More »DCT takes to the east for campaign
The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) candidates are in their respective constituencies and busy campaigning for the fast-approaching primary round of National Assembly elections. The Khar-Yurung DCT candidate designate Sonam Penjor is in his constituency under Pema Gatshel and he started campaigning from Dungmaed on May 14. He said his campaign …
Read More »Bhutan Telecom celebrates WTISD
Bhutan Telecom Limited (BTL), the nation’s premier telecom company marked the world telecommunication society day (WTISD) Friday, which also coincided with the company’s 50 years anniversary or Golden Jubilee celebration.As the BTL celebrates 50 years of providing telecommunication services across the nation, the company has announced reductions in tariffs and …
Read More »Employees claim unethical dismissal from STCBL, while STCBL says it is voluntary retirement
Seven employees of State Trading Corporation of Bhutan Limited (STCBL) have told this paper that they have been sacked without any prior notice or a valid reason from their service in STCBL. The company, during the last week of April this year, served the dismissal orders to four female and …
Read More »Candidates disappointed with public turnover at common forum
Due to continuous rainfall in Dagana, only 150 people out of 700 were able to make it to the first common forum, which began yesterday in Lhamoizingkha gewog. The four candidates from the four political parties were not so happy with the turnover of the public gathering at the common …
Read More »Six drangpons to proceed with chorten vandalism case involving 10 suspects
Six drangpons from six different districts are currently in the Trashigang court for a hearing on a case, which involves 10 people who have been charged with vandalizing various chortens in six dzongkhags. The six dzongkhags are Mongar, Bumthang, Wangduephodrang, Zhemgang, Trashiyangtse, and Trashigang. The first preliminary hearing on the …
Read More »PDP announced twelve new candidates, two former NC switch political lanes
With the fast approaching primary round for the National Assembly (NA) elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed 12 new candidates, taking its number of revealed candidates to 44 so far. Kabji-Talo constituency, Punakha Dophu Dukpa, 45-year- old, has a bachelor’s in agriculture economics from the University of the …
Read More »Dasho Sonam Kinga elected as new NC Thrizin
A new deputy NC chairperson, councilor Tshering Dorji was unanimously elected by all 25 members In an election conducted by the election commission yesterday morning, National Council members elected the former Deputy Chair and Trashigang council representative, Dasho Dr Sonam Kinga as its Chairperson and Haa council member Tshering Dorji …
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