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March 19, 2013
Three Bangladeshi policemen and one civilian have been missing since March 13 after being arrested by Burma’s Nasaka for accidently crossing the...
March 19, 2013
Since yesterday (March 15) Burma Army were shelling heavy artilleries targeting at Loi Naga mountain ranges, where Shan State Army Homong bases are...
March 19, 2013
The Bangladeshi army destroyed several acres of poppy fields cultivated by hill peoples in remote jungles near Burma’s western border recently, said...
March 19, 2013
A Shan-Kayah (Karenni) joint conference will be held in Lashio, Shan State from March 20-22 and will be attended by ethnic political parties and...
March 19, 2013
aco-logoACO Investment Group have announced that they will invest US$700 million in Myanmar over the coming year.
March 19, 2013
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (General Assembly) accepted President Thein Sein's recommendations for the 2013-Minimum Wage Bill, according to a report in...
March 19, 2013
Nasaka officers (Burma’s border security force) claiming to have a search warrant arrested four Rohingya villagers – 2 of which were children – under...
March 18, 2013
The head of a UN delegation to Myanmar has said that he is greatly encouraged by the country's reforms but stressed that transparency is needed in...
March 18, 2013
Some 2,000 internally displaced people and villagers from the Wei Gyi area gathered on March 14 by the Salween riverbank to protest continued plans...
March 18, 2013
Myanmar's government has made a significant move toward fully democratizing the country by approving a motion to form a committee and commission to...
March 18, 2013
The Minister of Finance and Revenue announced on March 15 that all civil servants will receive a 20,000 kyat monthly pay rise beginning in April;...
March 18, 2013
google-logoGoogle's executive chairman Eric Schmidt will be the first high-profile tech representative to visit Myanmar when he travels to the...
March 18, 2013
The vice-minister of Myanmar’s Department of Social Welfare has said that labor attachés will be positioned in those countries which have large...
March 18, 2013
The Ministry of Finance and Revenue has announced that, as from March 15, Myanmar citizens can now travel to foreign countries without producing a...
March 18, 2013
Myanmar armed forces backed by police and customs officials have seized a huge cache of arms and narcotics from a hideout in the border town of Tamu...

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