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Polio alert by WHO. Here is a measles vaccination initiative. Photo: Measles Initiative
December 23, 2015
The World Health Organization has issued an alert that two cases of polio have been found in Rakhine State, according to a press release on December...
December 22, 2015
Although clashes between the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and government troops have subsided, about 2,000 displaced persons who fled from the...
December 22, 2015
The EU announced on December 21 that they would provide Euro 70 million (US$ 76.09 million) to Myanmar for promotion of food security, the rule of...
UNFC Vice-Chairman Nai Hongsar (Photo: Internet)
December 22, 2015
Burma will have no peace while the Hluttaw [parliament] continues working on a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) signed by only eight ethnic armed...
December 21, 2015
The Parliament Joint affairs committee for Projects and Financial Development has suggested,in a report submitted to the Union parliament, that the...
December 21, 2015
A raid on the home of U Hla Htein, the Ward 1 administrator of Kawsar Town in Ye Township, Mon State uncovered a revolver and ammunition according to...
December 21, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) met to discuss recent...
December 21, 2015
Thuta Linn — In an interview with the BNI Election Newsroom, newly elected Lower House MP, U Tint Soe, spoke about the current situation involving...
December 21, 2015
Salai Htan Swam Hlang — Many people in Chin State were caught off guard by the results of the 2015 General Election which saw local Chin parties do...
December 21, 2015
Khine Nwe Oo — Officials from the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tanintharyi Region have been collecting books to prepare for an upcoming...
Participants studying mangrove growth areas (Photo: Montree Chantawong)
December 18, 2015
Mangrove trees will be planted along the coast of Parlain Region in Ye Township, Mon State, during December to prevent natural disasters.
A session of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 November 2015. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2015
International Migrants Day, on 18 December, has its roots in Asia. This year, it falls on the heels of news from the World Health Organization (WHO)...