Mizzima

November 18, 2024
Over 200 civilians detained by Myanmar junta troops in Shan State, many...
November 13, 2024
Urgent support needed for vulnerable Rohingya families on Bhasan Char
November 8, 2024
Inle Lake villages face renewed hardships as strong winds hit flood-...
Photo: Ministry of Construction
August 21, 2019
Temporary bridge to open after attack
A temporary bailey bridge replacing the Gote Twin Bridge blown up by armed groups last Thursday is due to open for traffic after emergency...
Policemen patrol in a truck the streets of Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western state of Rakhine. Photo: AFP
August 21, 2019
Police convoy hit by landmine near Ponnagyun, one dead
Col. Win Zaw Oo from Western Military Region Command confirmed to Mizzima that a police convoy led by second-in-command (2 IC) of Police Battalion...
(File) Hafiz Saeed (L), the founder of banned Islamic charity Jamat ud Dawa (JuD), speaks to journalists after the government placed him under house arrest, in Lahore, Pakistan, 30 January 2017. Photo: EPA
August 20, 2019
Pakistan accused of registering fake and weak terrorist information
Pakistan has registered fake and weak Police First Information Reports or FIRs against terror groups and terrorists operating in the country, the New...
Photo: Thet Ko/Mizima
August 19, 2019
Cycling for Peace’ event in Yangon celebrates 150th birth anniversary of...
The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated today in Yangon with a "Cycling for Peace" event, part of a yearlong celebration of...
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). Photo: PNS
August 19, 2019
Three-member alliance continues attacks
Three ethnic armed groups have continued to attack Lashio, the biggest city in Myanmar's northern Shan state, with heavy arms fired on government...
Military personnel arrive at the Gote Twin valley bridge after an attack by armed ethnic insurgents near Naung Cho township, Shan State, Myanmar, 15 August 2019. Photo: Kaung Zaw Hein/EPA
August 19, 2019
Ruling party says renewed fighting sets back peace process
National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Dr. Myo Nyunt said that they did not like fighting between the three-member alliance and government...
Chairwoman of Karen Women’s Union (KWU) Naw Ohn Hla. Photo: Mizzima
August 17, 2019
Case registered over using term Karen Martyrs’ Day at Yangon event
Kyauktada police station has registered a case against three persons including Chairwoman of Karen Women’s Union (KWU) Naw Ohn Hla for organizing a...
A Rohingya child walks down from a hill at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on July 24, 2019. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
August 16, 2019
Refugee repatriation from Bangladesh to begin next week
Myanmar and Bangladesh will start a fresh attempt next week to repatriate thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state...
Union Parliament in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: EPA
August 16, 2019
USDP MP says Constitution Amendment Joint Committee does not respect law
House of Representatives MP Dr. Maung Thinn of Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) from Meiktila constituency said on August 15 at Union...
People look at bodies lying on the ground in the compound of the Gote Twin police station in Shan State on August 15, 2019, after it was attacked by ethnic rebel groups. Photo: AFP
August 16, 2019
The death toll from Northern Alliance attack reaches 15
The death toll from Northern Alliance attack has reached 15 including 9 military personnel, 3 policemen, 3 civilians. The Northern Alliance launched...
August 15, 2019
Northern Alliance strikes at five targets in a coordinated attack
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) spokesman Maj. Ta Aik Kyaw has confirmed that three members of the northern alliance, TNLA, AA (Arakan Army)...
August 15, 2019
Dengue kills Forty-eight people
Forty-eight people died and 10,757 others were infected by Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) across Myanmar in the past seven months, Xinhua reported...