Mizzima
2012-10-31
Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told the media on Tuesday that he tried to create a consensus within the regional grouping to address the...
2012-10-31
Burmese officials on Tuesday said thousands of security officers are trying to restore order in western Rakhine State, in the midst of escalating...
2012-10-31
A motorboat with 137 people believed to be from Burma on board has capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Shah Porir Island in Teknaf close to Bangladesh...
2012-10-31
Jack Dunford, the long-time executive director of the Thailand-Burma Border Consortium, is stepping down effective next year.
2012-10-31
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has received a leased Airbus A320-200 to expand its fleet of aircraft, in a lease arrangement with International...
2012-10-31
Burma’s lawmakers are looking to save the remaining one-fifth of the country’s total area to manage high quality wood products to export.
2012-10-31
Burma’s President Thein Sein spoke to local rice farmers and officials on Sunday in Alyinlo Village in Pyinmana Township of Naypyitaw, focusing on...
2012-10-31
Burma is looking at turning its rice-growing sector into a major source of income over the next five years, with plans to double rice production,...
2012-10-31
The Burmese government, the UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) reached an agreement in Tachilek on...
2012-10-31
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on Bangladesh to open its borders to Rohingyas fleeing sectarian violence in Burma.
2012-10-31
Although the figures are likely to increase, as of Sunday 28,000 people have been displaced and up to 86 people killed, according to the latest...
2012-10-29
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Burmese government have agreed on a new Interim Country Partnership Strategy that sets the stage for ADB’s...
2012-10-29
The Burmese government has said up to 86 people have died, 22,500 people have been displaced from their homes and over 4,600 houses have been burnt...
2012-10-29
By 2015, children in Burma can be born free of HIV and their mothers can remain healthy to raise them, according to Burma’s minister of health.
2012-10-29
Humanitarian aid from Turkey arrived in Burma last week victims of sectarian violence in Rakhine State.