News
October 13, 2012
| Kaladan
Dr. Tun Aung, the chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council of Maungdaw has been transferred to a Sittwe prison.
October 13, 2012
| Kaladan
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Three Rohingya Muslims died after being tortured in a jail in Buthidaung jail, in early Oct., according to a local trader,...
October 13, 2012
| Kaladan
Buddhist monks demonstrated in Mandalay and Akyab, the capital of Arakan state, to protest the opening of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...
October 13, 2012
| Narinjara
Hundreds of women in Sittwe, in Arakan state, have taken to the streets to protest against the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The...
October 12, 2012
| Phophtaw
Kristian Gould from PACRIM Associates - a marketing consultancy that serves as a bridge between clients, government and industry - is working to...
October 12, 2012
| Kaladan
Heavy rain and strong winds hit northern Arakan State in Burma last night, said a local villager.
October 12, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government and consulting groups discussed plans to move forward the 2014 Population and Housing census this week.
October 12, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t happy with what she calls “disunity” at the grassroots level of some local branches of the National League for Democracy.
October 11, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The second Union-level meeting between Naypyitaw-appointed Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) and the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State...
October 11, 2012
| Mizzima
Japan plans to resume its full loan program to Burma “at the earliest possible timing next year,” Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima said in his...
October 11, 2012
| Narinjara
Over 1,000 Buddhist monks held a peaceful demonstration Tuesday outside the Bangladesh Consulate in the capital of Arakan State to protest the...
October 11, 2012
| Narinjara
House fires broke out twice on Sunday inside the compound of a large mosque located on the Main Road in front of U Oattama Memorial Park in Sittwe,...
October 11, 2012
| Phophtaw
The spokesperson for the Working Group for Ethnic Coordination (WGEC) Nai Han Thar informed Phophtaw that a meeting was held to review the...
October 11, 2012
| Mizzima
Bilateral trade between India and Burma is expected to more than double by 2015, the Burmese consul general told the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and...
October 11, 2012
| KNG
At least six Burmese soldiers were killed and as many as 15 injured following two separate attacks by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Tuesday in...