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The Aung Takon 2 ferry aground near Ponnagyun
June 1, 2016
The crew of a ferry travelling between Mrauk U and Sittwe in Arakan State lost control of the vessel in strong currents causing it to run aground...
June 1, 2016
Social enterprise Proximity Designs launched a report on 31 May titled ‘Paddy to Plate: the Rice Ecosystem in Myanmar,’ which aims to identify the...
June 1, 2016
Civil society organizations (CSOs) based in Mon State announced on Monday the establishment of the Gulf of Martaban Development Consortium (GMDC), a...
Hakha, the Chin State capital
May 31, 2016
The private companies who received the most complaints whilst carrying out contracts for the Chin State Government will have fewer chances of winning...
May 31, 2016
A man was hospitalised after police officers allegedly handcuffed him to a pole and beat him up in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State.
May 31, 2016
A 4 men team to hold peace talks with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will be arriving in...
May 31, 2016
The Mon History Research Association have welcomed the recognition of the Mya Zedi stone inscription by the international body, Memory of the World (...
A general view of Yangon city with a Myanmar flag flying on a building in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
May 31, 2016
The Myanmar Parliament should repeal legal provisions that empower authorities to conduct warrantless searches of private homes and require all...
Members of three Chin political parties meet up to discuss a merger.
May 30, 2016
Three Chin political parties – the Chin Progressive Party (CPP), the Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP), and the Chin League for Democracy (CLD...
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (C, back) speaks to members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee during a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 May 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 30, 2016
<p>The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) has pledged to hold the 21st century Panglong conference successfully, agreeing to put...
May 30, 2016
The Norwegian state owned company, Statkraft Norfund Power Invest or SN Power, concluded an MOU for a project known as the Middle Yeywa dam with the...
SNLD M.P. Sai Wan Leng Kham Visits an IDP Camp in Lashio
May 30, 2016
After visiting families in a Lashio internally displaced people (IDP) camp last week Sai Wan Leng Kham, a Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (...