News
November 5, 2012
| Narinjara
Five senior monks from Sittwe were invited to Rangoon by the directorate ministry of religious affairs on Oct.2 for consultation regarding the...
November 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Visa Inc. announced on Saturday that it has signed its first licensing agreements in Burma with three banks: Kanbawza Bank, Cooperative Bank and...
November 5, 2012
| Mizzima
The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) has announced that the rules and regulations have been eased for the establishment of...
November 5, 2012
| Mizzima
The All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) reiterated on Friday that it would join hands with the ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces...
November 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Singaporean industrialists want to invest in Burma’s energy and banking sectors, as well as its port-related businesses, according to an official...
November 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Switzerland opened a new embassy in Rangoon on Saturday, November 3, at a ceremony attended by Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and Burma’s...
November 5, 2012
| Kaladan
Than Tlang Town, Chin State: An application to open an office in Than Tlang Town that will provide representation for all Hluttaw members in the...
November 5, 2012
| Kaladan
Rohingyas convicted of taking part in June sectarian violence were sentenced to 10-year prison terms, on Oct. 29, according to one relative who didn’...
November 5, 2012
| Kaladan
Two central governmental ministers issued contradicting statements regarding Rohingya rights in Burma, according to a politician who didn’t want his...
November 3, 2012
| IMNA
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) and Mon Democratic Party (MDP) opened a single office yesterday during a ceremony that unveiled a new sign...
November 3, 2012
| KNG
Three schoolboys were injured on Friday after shells fired by the Burma army hit Nbala Hka village in the Hpakant jade district of Kachin state,...
November 2, 2012
| KIC
Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army’s 1st Brigade were beaten in a friendly football match against a celebrity team, Actor Star FC, from...
November 2, 2012
| KIC
A Karen woman who resettled to Australia from Burma in 1999 received an award for her work in the community from the Australian Prime Minister, Julia...
November 2, 2012
| Phophtaw
The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) says the recent ceasefire between the Karenni National Progressive Party’s (KNPP) and government is doing...
November 2, 2012
| Narinjara
About 180 handmade guns were seized following the mob violence that erupted last week in Arakan State, according to a statement from the Presidential...