Pemagatshel deploys 283 officials for poll day
A total of 283 polling officials and 203 security personnel left for 60 polling stations of the three constituencies in Pemagatshel on September 12 and 13. The dzongkhag administration arranged...
View ArticleDagana and Tsirang prepared for poll day
It took an excavator almost two days to clear two farm roadblocks in Semjong gewog, Tsirang. The block was cleared for traffic 30 minutes after polling and presiding officials arrived at the block site...
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South Thimphu’s Returning Officer, along with counting officials and representatives of the four political parties start opening the postal ballot envelope A packages at the Returning Officer’s office...
View ArticleAll parties mean well for the people and country, say Samtse residents
Indra Bahadur Chhetri and his 10-year-old son were at a local ice-cream shop near Tashichhoeling (Sipsu) Bridge in Samtse yesterday afternoon. Outside the shop, Dil Bahadur Chhetri, a party supporter,...
View ArticleWhich way will Bardo – Trong go?
Unlike the past elections, where the dzongkhag coordinators of respective political parties had some idea on which pocket of the voters would support their party, they are uncertain this time. Most...
View ArticleRENEW signs MoU with Patrizia Children’s Foundation
The President and founder of RENEW, Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck signed an MoU with CEO of the Patrizia Children’s Foundation, Wolfgang Eggar, to fund the construction of the children’s...
View ArticleCandidates to rest before the poll day
After dashing from one village to another in the pouring rain for past one week, candidates of Dewathang-Gomdar constituency have hung their boots momentarily. Three of the candidates filed their...
View ArticleHRAB sues four tour operators
Last year the tourism industry prospered with an overall increase of 21.5 percent growth from 2016. A total of 254,704 tourists visited the country compared with 209,570 the year before. However,...
View ArticleSecrecy of votes guaranteed: ECB
Allaying rumours that the voting machinery could be tampered, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has reiterated that with stringent measures in place, such manipulations are impossible. A rumour...
View ArticleSamtse set for poll day today
About 350 officials are deputed in Samtse’s 68 polling stations for the primary round of the third parliamentary election. There are four constituencies in Samtse. Returning officers (RO) from all four...
View ArticleWater shortage in Gumkarmo
Gumkarmo chiwog in Punakha has been facing shortage of drinking and irrigation water for over a decade. There are 46 households in the chiwog. Dechen Zam, 54, said there has been water shortage for as...
View Article145 postal ballots rejected in Mongar as of yesterday evening
The Mongar dzongkhag’s returning officers (RO) received a total of 10,854 postal ballots which 147 rejected after opening the envelope A as of yesterday evening. The officials opened the envelope in...
View Article95 postal ballots rejected in Lhuentse
As the opening of envelope A of the postal ballot began on September 13 at the offices of the returning officer yesterday, 95 ballots were rejected in Lhuentse. There are 6,697 registered postal voters...
View ArticleThimphu ready for NA primary round poll day
As the students leave the school, polling officials and the security personnel at Jigme Losel Primary School in Thimphu begin readying the polling station. Some of the polling stations in Thimphu...
View ArticleNation goes to the polls
Finally, the election day is upon us! As the polls open at nine in the morning today, stations and election officials will be greeted by thousands of voters waiting in the queue. And in a fortnight’s...
View ArticleMore than 6,600 postal ballots in Samdrupjongkhar
More than 6,600 postal ballots have reached the office of the two returning officers in Samdrupjongkhar. Jomotsangkha-Martshala constituency’s returning officer has completed opening the envelope A,...
View ArticleDPT coordinator accuses Kanglung gup of influencing voters
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party coordinator in Samkhar gewog has filed a verbal complaint to the office of the returning officer (RO) in Trashigang against Kanglung gup Kinzang Dorji for...
View ArticleZhemgang DT decision on dress code not implemented
A group of school dropouts, who are helping to construct a biogas plant in Pantang, a small locality at the bank of Mangdechu in Panbang, Zhemgang, take refuge under tarpaulin sheets. With temperature...
View ArticleBhutan goes to the polls
Twenty-six voters of one of the most remote villages in the country, Esuna in Lunana, Gasa will walk for two days to cast their votes at Rakashong polling station today. Given the remoteness of the...
View ArticleDPT victorious in Bumthang
Bumthang’s Chhoekhor-Tang constituency has been loyal to the cranes since 2008. Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) managed to grab Chummig-Ura seat again yesterday. DPT secured landslide victory in...
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