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February 19, 2020
Min Tun — A total of 29 local and international organisations released a joint statement on February 13 calling for the restoration of internet...
February 19, 2020
More than 300 vehicles including cargo trucks and buses traveling along the Yangon to Sittwe road are stuck due to fighting near Rar Maung Bridge in...
February 19, 2020
Most of the locals from Balake Township say the engagement between Hluttaw representatives from Balake Township, Kayah, and local is very weak till...
February 18, 2020
Ni Min Htun — A statement issued by three students groups has called for an end to the internet blackout and for media groups to be able to freely...
Photo - Mayu Tun
February 18, 2020
Khaing Roe La — As displaced populations have increased in recent months at refugee camps in Arakan State’s Rathedaung town, providing adequate...
February 18, 2020
Educators and MPs are asking armed groups to stop fighting during upcoming matriculation exams so that students preparing for the tests can focus on...
President U Nu at Chin National Day, Falam. (February 1961)
February 18, 2020
Chin National Day: a day to celebrate being Chin; a day to celebrate our identity, culture and traditions; a day to tell the world who we are and...
A close up of bags filled with heroin. Photo: AFP
February 17, 2020
The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) in Myanmar said on Sunday that authorities have confiscated a large number of drugs including 6...
 Aung San Suu Kyi on 73rd anniversary of the Union Day celebration in Panglong | statecounsellor.gov.mm/
February 17, 2020
Sai Wansai — In February three speeches given by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, on 12 and 13 respectively, should be...
NMSP Chairperson Nai Hongsa (MNA)
February 17, 2020
The increasing abuse of drugs and illicit trafficking is being brought by other nationalities to Mon State and is critically affecting Mon youth’s...
February 17, 2020
The Tatmadaw and Arakan Army are accusing each other of having fired the artillery shell that hit a village school in Arakan State’s Buthidaung...
Hnin New and Su Khaing
February 17, 2020
Three civilians were reportedly hit by stray bullets as hostilities erupted between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army near Rar Maung Bridge in Arakan...