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The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) has requested its President Dasho Neten Zangmo to reconsider her resignation as the party President. Dasho Neten Zangmo had tendered her resignation letter to the party General Secretary on 16 September. However, the party revealed only on 5 November. The party spokesperson, Sonam Tobgay said that party has requested to reconsider her decision to step …

It is harvest time across the country. Farmers are busy reaping the fruits of their hard work. It is a beautiful scene seeing farmers threshing paddy in the autumn sun. However, despite the beautiful scenes they create, some farmers are not as happy as many assume. The yield is not only determined by how much hard work was put in. …

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) held an Inception workshop for Bhutan Sustainable Low-emission Urban Trans­port System, funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) with total financing of USD 2.65 million this week. The project aims to facili­tate low-carbon transition in urban Bhutan by promot­ing the use of low emission vehicles (LEV). In specific, the project will launch 300 numbers …

The new government’s five-year term started from 31 October. The first task will be to crosscheck the 12th Plan. The 12th Five Year Plan guideline was issued on 5 January 2016 and was launched by former Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay on 17 March 2017 during the inaugural of the 13th Round Table Meeting (RTM) in Thimphu. According to the …

The National Assembly (NA) Elections 2018 saw an increase  in numbers of women participation with 7 out of 10 getting elected. This comes at a time when not many women are taking part in the political process. Druk Nyamrup Tshokpa (DNT) Member of parliament (MP) elect candidate Tshewang Lhamo said that as an elected woman representative, she will make sure …

Calling for change with attractive pledges and often cautioning people on the risk of a single party taking strong roots, the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) had convinced Bhutanese voters. Winning 30 of the 47 seats, the people of Bhutan have chosen DNT as new government of Bhutan on 18 October’s general election. DNT has promised to remove the gap between …

Look forward to work together With the much anticipated 2018 elections over and Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) winning, the two political parties that participated in the general elections are thanking the people for giving them the opportunity and participating in the elections. In a press release, the DNT stated, “It was so gratifying to witness and hear of people turning …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa winning 30 seats of 47 will form the new government soon, provided there are no complaints from the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa that would, in a worse case scenario, call for a re-election. The Election Commission of Bhutan has declared the 2018 general election successful. This indicates that there will be no obstacles. DNT will be the …

Druk Holding and Invest­ments (DHI) launched Busi­ness Acceleration Program (DHI BizAP) app yesterday at Start-Up Center, Changza­mtog, Thimphu in the pres­ence of Chief Guest, Hon’ble Chief Justice, Tshering Wangchuk, Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, distinguish guests and par­ticipants. The app launched was initiated by DHI, mainly to promote Cottage and Small Industries (CSI) sectors in Bhutan with the govern­ment’s …

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