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April 1, 2009
The Town Peace and Development Council of Falam Township, has been collecting donations from civilians for their own group in Chin state, Burma. A...
April 1, 2009
The third Bangladesh-Burma Joint Trade Commission (JTC) meeting will be held on April 7-8 in Nay Pyi Taw, aiming to boost bilateral trade relations...
April 1, 2009
In a move to enable businessmen to participate in the upcoming 2010 election, the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (...
April 1, 2009
A private company in association with the ruling military junta has set up a FM radio station for the first time in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan...
April 1, 2009
At a time when the jade market is being buffetted by adverse market forces, jade mining companies in Hpakant (Phakant) in Burma's northern Kachin...
March 31, 2009
| Siddique Islam
Burma has initiated construction of a fence along its border with Bangladesh in order to check cross border smuggling, according to the Burmese...
March 31, 2009
| Usa Pichai
Thailand's Labor Minister has denied accusations that the Thai government discriminates against Burmese migrant workers by denying them access to a...
March 31, 2009
| May Kyaw
Authorities have once again banned tourists from visiting the 'Land of Jade', after reneging on an announcement last month that foreigners would be...
March 31, 2009
Activists of the Neeti Gobeshona Kendra on Monday (March 30) demanded ceasing the oppression and killing of Rohingya people by the Burmese Government...
March 31, 2009
Bangladesh will probably put forth its objections against Burma’s barbed-wire fence on the Burma-Bangladesh border. It has prohibited setting up the...
March 31, 2009
| Siddique Islam
Bangladesh on Monday sought an official explanation from Burma regarding the planned construction of a fence along the Bangla-Burmese border to...
March 31, 2009
The market price of chilies has been declining steadily in Chin state, Burma and it has had a direct impact on the cultivators. According to a report...
March 31, 2009
Uranium is being explored on the pretext of searching for gold and associated minerals by a Russian company, which arrived in Burma's northern Kachin...
March 31, 2009
Instead of the characteristic use of forced labour for the construction of embankments for fencing the Bangladesh border, Burmese military...
March 30, 2009
Intelligence agents in Malaysia have been meeting leaders from 10 main multi-ethnic organizations hailing from Burma in Malaysia since last February...