Mizzima
2014-01-09
The joint parliamentary committee appointed to review the constitution has appointed five groups to study the more than 300,000 submissions it has...
2014-01-09
Public servants can expect a pay rise of 20,000 kyats a month from the start of the next financial year on April 1, President U Thein Sein told a...
2014-01-08
The US government has denied that the use of ‘Myanmar’ in recent statements by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry amounts to a...
2014-01-08
Presidential spokesperson U Ye Htut has defended a law used to arrest of scores of political activists, saying it was needed to ensure that protests...
2014-01-07
Road accidents in Yangon Region soared by 38 per cent last year over 2012 due to mainly reckless driving and traffic-clogged streets, say police.
2014-01-06
In one of the biggest demonstrations in Myanmar in years, thousands of protesters gathered in central Yangon on January 5 to demand the repeal of...
2014-01-04
President Thein Sein has expressed support for amendments to the constitution that could result in opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi being...
2014-01-03
Political parties representing Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have called for constitutional amendments that would give states and regions more...
2014-01-03
Myanmar police working in a troubled Shan State township destroyed a record number of poppy fields there this year, but impoverished farmers in the...
2013-12-25
The failure of Myanmar’s election committee to call by-elections and fill vacant seats constitutes an abuse of power, say a number of Myanmar MPs.
2013-12-25
The 88-Generation Student Organization has confirmed it has sought permission to stage a protest against what it claims are undemocratic and...
2013-12-21
AN appeal for warm clothing and adequate shelter has been issued for more than 2,000 war refugees living at camps in southern Kachin State where...
2013-12-19
A bomb blast in Shan State killed three people and injured two others this week, the first such explosion since a series of bomb blasts rocked...
2013-12-19
The Interim Press Council has refused a demand from the Ministry of Information to mediate with the weekly journal Thuriya Nay Win over accusations...
2013-12-19
Measures to resolve conflict between ethnic minorities and the government must be included in any amendments to the constitution, a conference in...