There is an increase of more than 60,000 registered voters this time for the National Assembly elections as compared to 2008. Nearly 400,000 people will be voting this year. More...
All political parties who intend to take part in the 2013 National Assembly elections submitted their letter of intent to the Election Commission of Bhutan on May 5. The first...
The monthly consumption expenditure per person has almost doubled in the past five years, according to the Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012. In 2007, the monthly expenditure of each Bhutanese...
Poverty rate has been halved in Bhutan during the past five years, according to a senior World Bank economist who presented the finding in the Bhutan Living standard Survey 2012 and the...
Eighty-seven bikers took part in the 100-km Dantak bike race along the Thimphu-Paro highway on April 27. The race was held as part of Dantak’s 52nd raising day celebrations.
Bhutan will go to the polls again for its first-time primary round of the National Assembly elections on May 31 following which general elections polling will be held on July...
Two new rhododendron species were discovered in Bhutan by officials of the royal botanical park at Lamperi – R. khochii and princenamgiae. The flowers were found at Dochula between 2,600m...
Bhutan elected 20 National Council Members on April 23. However, most former council members and women candidates lost. This was the country’s second National Council elections. 171,564 of the 379,819...
