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July 10, 2019
New Delhi is hosting a two-day meeting which was launched yesterday between India and Myanmar on efforts to curb drug trafficking between the two...
July 10, 2019
Myanmar's Meteorology and Hydrology Department have warned residents in Mon state to be aware of floods due to rising water level in next 24 hours,...
A patient lying on a bed at a charity-run clinic in Yangon. Photo: AFP
July 10, 2019
Two more people died of seasonal influenza A (H1N1) pdm 09 in Yangon region, bringing the death toll to 31 in total across Myanmar so far, according...
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July 10, 2019
The government’s Peace Commission and Karan National Union (KNU) met for informal talks on July 9 at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC)...
July 9, 2019
Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) column reportedly set fire to the houses in AMyat Taung village of Rathidaung township and Alay Chaung Khami village of...
July 9, 2019
Hpruso Township farmers instead held a silent protest on the highway. Some 30 Karenni farmers and activists held a silent protest on designated...
(File) A man walks in front of the newly built houses for resettlement at the Kyauk BanDu village in Maungdaw township, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 August 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 9, 2019
India will hand over 200 houses today to Myanmar built for Rakhine State under the Rakhine State Development Programme (RSDP), The Economic Times...
Assistant Professor Mr. Lyu Xing from Yunnan University Southeast Asia Study Department delivers the speech at the discussion on China-Myanmar Sustainable Development Cooperation in Yangon. Photo: MNA
July 9, 2019
A seminar on China-Myanmar sustainable development and cooperation under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor was held in Yangon yesterday. The...
July 9, 2019
More than 6o Muslims boat people were reportedly arrested in southern Maung Daw yesterday morning. U Soe Aung, Maung Daw District Administrator...
Major General Tun Myat Naing (C), commander in chief of the Arakan Army. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 9, 2019
The Myanmar Police Force has filed charges against four top leaders of the Arakan Army (AA) along with several residents of Kyaung Taung village...
July 9, 2019
Tamu people have demanded authorities to take action against the Meitei armed group for bomb explosions in Tamu, Sagaing Region. Local people held a...
July 9, 2019
One of the eight injured detainees from Kyauktan village, Rathedaung Township, died on 6 July night at about 8 p.m. while he was receiving medical...