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April 6, 2010
Two Burmese timber traders were arrested by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on April 2, while returning to Teknaf after visiting Chittagong city, the second...
April 6, 2010
In what seems to be preparations to take on the armed ethnic rebel group the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and its armed wing, Burma’s...
April 6, 2010
| Min Thet
A construction firm owned by young crony businessman Zaw Zaw is setting up a sprawling water festival pavilion next to Inya Lake in Rangoon for Nay...
April 6, 2010
Yesterday, Burma’s Border Security Force, Nasaka personnel of Nasaka Headquarters Gate of Maungdaw Township collected Kyat 500 per head from a...
April 6, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
The setting up of militia battalions by the military junta is for use as front line forces in its military operations against ethnic ceasefire groups...
April 5, 2010
| Min Thet
Highway bus operators will be suspended or lose their license if they do not stop overcharging passengers during the water-festival, Rangoon’s...
April 5, 2010
Natala or model villagers steal cows, vegetables and commit robberies in Rohingya villages in Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships,....
April 5, 2010
In what is possibly a bid by the Burmese junta to exert pressure, leaders of former Kachin armed groups’ in a letter last week have advised the...
April 5, 2010
| Phanida
Three ethnic armed ceasefire groups have been issued a fresh deadline by the Burmese military junta to convert their armed wings to the Border Guard...
April 5, 2010
Soldiers brought over for supervising fence construction on the Burma-Bangladesh border and troops stationed in the state patrolling Maungdaw...
April 5, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) submitted a new 8-point counterproposal to Naypyitaw again on 1 April, when its delegation and Naypyitaw’s chief...
April 5, 2010
One person was killed and 10 injured in an accident on the Indo-Myanmar border road in Falam township, Chin state...
April 5, 2010
| Seng Mai
Kachin State Progressive Party, which intends to contest the 2010 polls in Burma, will register as a political party before Burmese traditional...
April 2, 2010
| Myint Maung
On the heels of its decision not to register with the Election Commission (EC) the National League for Democracy (NLD) is exploring ways to increase...
April 2, 2010
| Kyaw Kha
Commander Col. Saw Chit Thu head of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) 999th Brigade held a lavish three day housewarming ceremony last week...