THE NATION

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the east are wooing voters on the premise of its ideology ‘Wangtse Chhirpel,’ which they say is all about empowering people for liberty, equality, and prosperity by devolving power and authority. Such devolution will be done from the centre right to the people. In …

With the river diverted, dam construction is now scheduled to be completed by October this year One of the main civil works on Punatsangchhu hydroelectric project –II (1020 MW), the construction of a diversion tunnel, has been completed. The river has been diverted for the dam construction earlier this week …

People at the Shengana village under Punakha dzongkhag are dissatisfied about the many unfulfilled promises of the past government. The meeting hall at the gewog center was packed to the brim yesterday. Out of the 110 household representatives who turned up at the common forum, a majority of the electorate …

The weather conditions in the far-flung and scattered settlements are currently not in the favour of politicians who are walking, climbing and hiking to reach their messages to the voters in the rural areas. But it seems, not even such conditions can keep down the party candidate designates from reaching …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …