Mizzima
2012-11-05
Visa Inc. announced on Saturday that it has signed its first licensing agreements in Burma with three banks: Kanbawza Bank, Cooperative Bank and...
2012-11-05
The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) has announced that the rules and regulations have been eased for the establishment of...
2012-11-05
The All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) reiterated on Friday that it would join hands with the ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces...
2012-11-05
Singaporean industrialists want to invest in Burma’s energy and banking sectors, as well as its port-related businesses, according to an official...
2012-11-05
Switzerland opened a new embassy in Rangoon on Saturday, November 3, at a ceremony attended by Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and Burma’s...
2012-11-02
Rohingya groups from across the world have signed a statement calling for a Global Day of Action on November 8 in support of human rights for the...
2012-11-02
The World Bank has approved US $245in development aid and loan assistance to Burma, as well as a further $80 million toward community-driven projects...
2012-11-02
The prime ministers of both Denmark and Norway will be in Rangoon this weekend to preside over the opening of a joint diplomatic mission in the...
2012-11-02
The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF), the government and the Ministry of Co-operatives are bidding to buy reserves of rice worth 14.5 billion kyat (US $...
2012-11-02
Dr. Win Sithu, the chairman of Myanmar Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs Association, said that Burma imported medicine worth a...
2012-11-01
While the political landscape in Burma has undergone noticeable shifts in recent months, human rights violations persist throughout the country, said...
2012-11-01
The Burmese government claims to have evidence that “certain individuals and organizations” instigated the recent violence in Rakhine State, though...
2012-11-01
The Burmese government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have agreed to begin political dialogue this coming month, according to KIO...
2012-11-01
Despite efforts to stem poppy growth in Burma and Laos, production increased for the sixth straight year, according to a UN drug agency report...
2012-10-31
One Rakhine man was shot dead and two were wounded by Burmese security forces on Tuesday as several thousand Rakhine natives moved toward a Muslim...