BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

With the campaign period at its heights, the two political parties contesting for the general round of election are leaving no stones unturned to woo voters. In the process, what seemed like a smooth campaign and election process has come across some hurdles. The informal campaigning on the social media had put some candidates in trouble and there are accusations flung at …

Bhutan’s elections are full of surprises. We have seen in the past and on Saturday, the electorate pulled another big surprise. Before the poll day, many have written off the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and thought that the People’s Democratic Party and Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa would go on to the general round. PDP was beaten and DPT, the arch rival, …

By Phurpa Wangmo   Dorji Gyeltshen, a second year student from BSc.in Computer Science, Sherubt­se College stood third in the Regional ICDL Digital Challenge 2018 finals held in Bangkok. The top two students from 10 countries including Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Viet­nam competed in the grand finale. Dorji represented Bhutan along with …

By Sangay Rabten As a young lady of 28 and surrendering apartment in Thimphu, currently staying in Gelephu helping her par­ents in doing manual work and working equally with laborers, Tshering Denkar chosed her own destiny even leaving behind the job offer. She has Masters in Tourism Management from Naresu­an University, Phitsanulok, Thailand. She realized her dream and passion of …

The Office of the Media Arbitrator had found that the former National Council Chairperson, Dasho Sonam Kinga (Phd) had violated social media rules and that he had posted his article on Social media at an inappropriate time. Electoral laws prohibits social media user from conveying such communication over social media during the period of election. The case is now referred …