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January 4, 2016
As the world celebrates Christmas, villagers in northern Burma have fled their their homes in fear Burma Army attacks.
January 3, 2016
Salai Kyaw Moe Tun — The newly elected National League for Democracy (NLD) MPs from Sagaing Region, Chin State and Karenni State sat for an open book...
January 3, 2016
Salai Kyaw Moe Tun — Of the total seven townships won by the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Chin State, a trash pickup campaign has yet to...
January 3, 2016
Thuta Linn — BNI’s Election Newsroom recently met with Daw Nang Raw, the assistant director of Policy and Strategy Department for the Nyein...
January 3, 2016
Sa Eh Sue — The Karen State Civil Society Organization Network (KSCN) plans to increase cooperation between civil society organizations and local...
December 24, 2015
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will prioritise households headed by females for aid relief in 10 villages affected by natural...
December 24, 2015
About 3,000 displaced civilians in central Shan State cannot return to their villages because the Burma Army are occupying them said a 23 December...
December 24, 2015
Before the devastating 2015 earthquake hit Nepal, the small, underdeveloped country had made some of the right moves to prepare for a quake disaster...
US Ambassador and her team visit the Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong
December 24, 2015
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Ms. Marcia Bernicat and high level officials visited the Kutupalong official and unofficial refugee camps near Cox's...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo. Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Myanmar’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal, issued a Christmas message on Tuesday, naming the National League for...
Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation in Nay Pyi Taw on 23 December 2015. Photo: NLD Chairperson
December 24, 2015
The Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation met with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation for about one hour on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, to brief her...
Pensioners at Yangon Region Govt office Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
More than 500 pensioners were waiting in line at Gate No. 4 of the Yangon Region Government Office on Tuesday to submit flat and plot applications...