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Minister of Home Affairs for the government of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Khan (R), shakes hands with Myanmar's Home Affairs Minister Lt.Gen Kyaw Swe (L), during a meeting on security and law enforcement matters, at Ministry of Home Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 24 October 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 25, 2017
Myanmar and Bangladesh reach 10-point agreement on refugees
Myanmar and Bangladesh reached a 10-point agreement on Rohingya refugees at a meeting held yesterday in Naypyitaw and attended by representatives of...
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Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo (R) arriving to attend the Rory Peck Awards 2017 in London. Photo: Rory Peck Trust/Facebook
October 25, 2017
Myanmar Photographer Minzayar Oo receives Martin Adler Prize
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo attended the Rory Peck Awards in London on Monday 23rd October to receive the Martin Adler Prize 2017...
Network Media Group
October 25, 2017
UNFC and Peace Commission optimistic after latest peace talk...
Ethnic negotiators say headway has been made in their latest peace talks, with agreements reached on all but one of the eight preconditions before...
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DPN second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge.
October 25, 2017
UNFC close to signing NCA
The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge said negotiations between United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)...
Independent Mon News Agency
October 24, 2017
Mon State to review repossession of struggling Sittaung pape...
The Mon State government has formed a committee to evaluate the repossession of Sittaung paper mill, located in Kyaikhto township’s Thein Za Yat...
Independent Mon News Agency
Mon Peace Defence Front’s chair Nai Aung Shwe announces plans to form a political party. (Photo – MNA)
October 24, 2017
Mon Peace Defence Front plans to establish new political par...
After surrendering its arms, a Mon splinter faction wants to muster its forces and form a political party, its chair announced on October 20.
Network Media Group
October 24, 2017
Child killed as Tatmadaw, TNLA clash in northern Shan State
An eight-year-old was killed in an explosion after heavy fighting erupted between the Tatmadaw and an ethnic armed group in a village in Namhkhan...
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 23, 2017
Military orders SSPP/SSA retreat from Shan State road
Tensions are running high in Shan State, after the Tatamdaw ordered the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to retreat from...
Karen Information Center
October 23, 2017
Police ramp ump drug busts, net over 200,000 pills in Kayin...
Seventeen people have been arrested for drug offences and over 200,000 pills were seized in Kayin (Karen) State’s Kya-in Seikkyi Township so far this...
Independent Mon News Agency
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda Board of Trustees warns vendors to follow the law and keep operations clean. (Photo – MNA)
October 23, 2017
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda takes action against unsavory vendors
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has cracked down on vendors selling unhealthy and unsanitary food on the pagoda grounds. Twenty-two vendors were issued a warning on...
October 23, 2017
How EuroCham Myanmar helps Myanmar’s economy
Filip A. Lauwerysen is the Executive Director at the newly established EuroCham Myanmar (European Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar) since September...
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Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo. Photo: Minzayar Oo/Facebook
October 23, 2017
Myanmar photographer Minzayar Oo to receive Martin Adler Pri...
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo will attend the Rory Peck Awards in London on October 23 to receive the Martin Adler Prize 2017, sponsored...