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September 12, 2014
| IMNA
Chaungzone Township’s government-supplied electricity project is underway, but it does not have a sufficient budget, according to Mon State’s...
September 12, 2014
| Mizzima
Increased humanitarian aid and development efforts are urgently needed to benefit all vulnerable people in Rakhine State, senior United Nations...
September 12, 2014
| Mizzima
Fear among students about the consequences of involvement in political activities is hampering their involvement in debates on the draft National...
September 12, 2014
| Mizzima
A rescue team led by prominent Myanmar tycoon U Tay Za left Yangon on September 10 to search for two mountaineers who went missing about a week ago...
September 12, 2014
| Mizzima
The Union Election Commission's surprise decision to cancel by-elections due later this year has come under criticism from political analysts, who...
September 12, 2014
| Narinjara
India is planning to import rice grain from neighboring Burma (Myanmar) for the benefit of two of its far eastern states, Nagaland and Mizoram. Both...
September 11, 2014
| Mizzima
Members of the parliamentary constitution amendment implementation committee have finalised their proposals for changes to the charter, panel members...
September 11, 2014
| Mizzima
A survey revealing that the average daily income in Rakhine State is K2,200 (about US$2.25) was an indication that much remains to be done there to...
September 11, 2014
| Mizzima
Government negotiators have proposed three-day meeting with representatives of armed ethnic groups later this month to discuss finalising a national...
September 10, 2014
| Narinjara
Preparations for the first Arakan National Party (ANP) conference in Thandway schedule for the end of September 2014 are in full swing and the...
September 10, 2014
| IMNA
The Mon State government won’t allow the Toyo-Thai Corporation to conduct a feasibility survey for the construction of its coal-fired power plant,...
September 10, 2014
| IMNA
Burma’s ethnic political parties welcome the Union Election Commission’s (UEC) decision to cancel national by-elections, which were originally...
September 10, 2014
| KIC
A Karen women’s group based inside Burma urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to rejoin the ethnic alliance, as its recent action to suspend its...
September 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Army chief-of-staff Lieutenant-General Mya Tun Oo was appointed chief of military security in a reshuffle of senior Tatmadaw officers on September 8...
September 10, 2014
| Mizzima
The commission tasked with making recommendations for a future electoral system to be used in the Pyithu Hluttaw is due to submit its report to the...