News
March 15, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
At a ceremony to “lengthen the life of the Salween”, hundreds of environmentalists and local villagers along the Salween from both Thailand and Burma...
March 15, 2010
| Min Aung
An office of the Burmese military intelligence, Sarafa in Burmese, in Arakan State's Buthidaung Township was gutted in a fire that broke out in the...
March 15, 2010
Burma's Prime Minister, Lt. General Thein Sein, is reportedly visiting northern Arakan on March 16, although the reason for his trip remains unknown...
March 15, 2010
| Khaing Su
The Democratic Party - Myanmar (DPM) headed by veteran politician and former diplomat Thu Wai and the daughters of former leaders of the country is...
March 15, 2010
Chin politicians are gearing up for the forthcoming 2010 general elections in Burma even as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has...
March 15, 2010
| Salai Han Thar San
The Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) led by Dr Manam Tuja, former leader of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) is entering the electoral...
March 15, 2010
Burma’s border security force - Nasaka called village elders, Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC) members, businessmen and their henchmen to...
March 15, 2010
| Phanida
The National League for Democracy will be taking the crucial decision on whether to register to contest the 2010 elections at a central committee...
March 15, 2010
Mizo people in Mizoram state in northeast India entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Bamboo (Cheraw) Dance with 10,736 people...
March 15, 2010
| Nyein Chan
The price of rice is spiraling in some places in Arakan state in southern Burma from March 10, after local people learnt that over 25,000 tons of...
March 12, 2010
Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) personnel have stepped up harassment of Arakanese Rohingya villagers since February 2010 in northern Maungdaw...
March 12, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Since ethnic ceasefire groups have rejected Napyitaw’s latest deadline, the Burmese Army has continued deploying more forces, food supplies and...
March 12, 2010
Two township-level National League for Democracy offices were opened on Thursday in Arakan State, while many others remain closed due to restrictions...
March 12, 2010
| Maung Aye
The National League for Democracy’s Arakan State's office was demolished by unidentified people just a day before it was to open, said U Thein Hlaing...
March 12, 2010
| Tun Tun
A man was killed and five others were seriously injured in a bus accident on 8 March, 2010 on the Sittwe -...