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July 19, 2021
With Covid-19 fatalities during the pandemic’s third wave in Arakan State rising to 31 on Friday, it appeared likely that by the weekend’s end the...
July 19, 2021
Six new coronavirus cases have been detected at Sinbawkaing IDP camp in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township since it was locked down due to a female IDP...
July 19, 2021
In Kachin State, there have been 10 deaths and 1,023 confirmed cases in 6 townships until July 13. According to the Bhamo District Information...
July 19, 2021
Six villagers, including a child, were wounded by Burma Army artillery fire when the military battled with Kachin Independence Army (KIA) near Seng...
July 19, 2021
The People's Defence Force (PDF) ambushed a Burma Army column in southern Kalay Township on Thursday morning during fighting that continued until the...
July 17, 2021
In light of Norway’s state-owned Telenor’s planned fire-sale of all operations in Burma, Rohingya refugees who pressured Norway to investigate...
July 16, 2021
Junta media reported that a member of parliament from the National League for Democracy was arrested for allegedly possessing a Retay XTREME 9 mm...
July 16, 2021
The death toll in the third wave of Covid-19, which is on the rise in Myanmar, has increased putting further pressure on crematoriums. Officials have...
View of a nearly deserted road in Yangon, Myanmar, 10 April 2020. Photo: EPA
July 16, 2021
The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar increased to 212,545 on Thursday after 4,188 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a...
July 16, 2021
With no end in sight to the Covid-19 pandemic’s ongoing third wave, a shortage of basic and widely used medicines and concerns about the economic...
July 16, 2021
The Sinbawkaing IDP camp in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, has been under lockdown from July 14 after an IDP woman tested positive for Covid-19,...
July 16, 2021
Fatalities continue to rise in northern Chin State as outbreaks in Falam, Tedim and Tongzan townships worsen, killing over 75 people from July 2 to...