THE NATION

  The voters of Dagana and Samtse are glad to see the two old parties Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) back again in the political arena. The people of these two dzongkhags, a significant fold of them at least, had always wished for the two …

The people of Orong gewog under Samdrup Jongkhar say they are dissatisfied with the performance of past government as the pledges made in 2008 have not come to fruition. This comes at a time when the parties are wooing voters to get through the primary round of elections. People say …

The voters are the key ingredient in the institution of democracy since it is through their participation and consent, by way of votes, that brings in new candidates and a new government. Therefore, voters must be educated and well-informed in every aspect of democracy and elections, in particular, the voting …

The common forum in Paro commenced from the May 11 from Naja gewog and was completed successfully on May 16 in Luni gewog. The candidates are now busy with their door-to-door campaigns across the constituency. DNT’s candidate designate Nima Tshering explained his party’s ideology, pledges from the party manifesto, and …

The residents of Gyelpozhing seem to be frustrated about the appearance of the Giant African Land Snail (GALS), despite collecting repeatedly and dumping them. The outbreak of GALS, an exotic species native to Africa was reported in Gyelpozhing since 2010. Many residents in Gyelpozhing are frustrated about the snails and …

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 …