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November 7, 2008
Local authorities have started checking major Hotels in Chin state in Myanmar recently, according to a report. A source from Falam township said that...
November 7, 2008
Dhaka will soon begin exploration of gas and oil in the Bay of Bengal, provided the government gives the go-ahead based on the evaluation report...
November 7, 2008
Burma has refused to stop exploration of gas from the disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal after a four-day standoff with neighbouring Bangladesh...
November 7, 2008
Burma's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced two lawyers, who work as defense counsels to detained political activists, to four month prison terms for...
November 7, 2008
Three days after she had sex with a Russian male in the last week of October, a Shan prostitute died under bizarre circumstances, in Phakant jade...
November 6, 2008
| Sein Myint and Mi Kyae Goe
The United Nations should not accept a recent invitation to visit Burma, says Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF) vice-chairman Nai Ngwe Thein...
November 6, 2008
| Nem Davies
A secret directive sent by the Burmese military government's Information Ministry to set up a press committee in each ministry has sparked...
November 6, 2008
| Phanida
For the first time after temporarily banning rice exports, about 40,000 tons of rice have been exported, an official at the Commerce and Trade...
November 6, 2008
The Burmese Military Training School in Thanpyuzayart Township, Mon State is selling land confiscated from a nearby monastery, say local sources...
November 6, 2008
Victims of famine in 15 villages around Chikha Township, Northern Chin state, Burma have at last received some succour with the Burmese military...
November 5, 2008
| Hseng Khio Fah
A member of the New Generation Shan State (NGSS) U Tun Nyo, who was sentenced to 79 years in jail on November 3, 2005 along with other elected Shan...
November 5, 2008
| Siddique Islam
Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary will hold talks with his Burmese counterpart on Thursday on the ongoing oil-and-gas exploration in the disputed waters...
November 5, 2008
| The The
The International Labour Organization is trying to mediate with the Burmese military junta to free a child soldier. The liaison office of the ILO on...
November 5, 2008
| Zarni
Authorities in Burma's southern Shan state have tightened security in fear that bombs may be planted as residents in the state's capital city of...
November 5, 2008
Victims of famine in 15 villages around Chikha Township, Northern Chin state, Burma have at last received some succour with the Burmese military...