News
March 3, 2011
| Ko Wild
A joint Parliament session on Monday formed committees on bills in each house, each comprising 15 members. The committees will vet bills prior to...
March 3, 2011
| Phanida
Lieutenant Colonel Thet Pone of the Burmese regime’s Northern Military Command Military Affairs Security (MAS) unit has repeatedly threatened the...
March 3, 2011
| Thea Forbes
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) disclosed its funding plans for Burma on Monday, making the UK the largest bilateral aid donor...
March 3, 2011
| Mizzima News
Police are searching for a second man identified as a suspect in a bomb blast on Sunday in the Aung Zeya Housing Complex in Insein Township in...
March 3, 2011
| Myo Thant
Two members were added to the National League for Democracy (NLD) Rangoon Division Women Affairs Works Implementation Committee on Tuesday, expanding...
March 3, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Police officers from Lama Police Station arrested eighteen Rohingya on March 1 for not being able to produce the required documents of Bangladesh,...
March 3, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Burma’s Border Security Force (Nasaka) handed over four Bangladeshi prisoners to the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday,...
March 3, 2011
| Tin Soe
Refugees from Leda (Tal) unofficial refugee camp have been facing an acute water crisis since February 28. Solidarity, an NGO from the United Kingdom...
March 3, 2011
| Tin Soe
The Rohingya community in Maungdaw is facing difficulties from the Burmese authorities’ new resettlement program in Maungdaw, said an elder from...
March 3, 2011
| KNG
Burmese Special Branch Police, known locally as SB, handcuffed a primary school teacher in the hospital, who was receiving treatment after being...
March 3, 2011
| KNG
A three day roadblock made with logs by Burmese troops has made travel difficult for local people in Burma’s northern Kachin State. KIA officials...
March 2, 2011
| Hseng Khio Fah
The military junta’s deployment to ethnic states is still going on, particularly in the areas of groups opposed to the Border Guard Force program:...
March 2, 2011
| Hseng Khio Fah
The number of checkpoints between Kengtung and Tachilek in Shan State East, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sai, has more than tripled and the gate fee has...
March 2, 2011
| Myo Thant
The National Unity Party (NUP) is encouraging farmers to form associations to lobby the new government for farmers’ rights, with the intention to...
March 2, 2011
| Thea Forbes
Czech minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg spoke with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by telephone on Monday, a statement from the...