News
February 10, 2012
| Mizzima
A four-day workers’ strike at the Tai Yi footwear factory in an industrial zone in Rangoon Region on Thursday spread to a nearby factory.
February 10, 2012
| Mizzima
Water in Rangoon, already in short supply in some areas, is going to cost more starting April 1. The Rangoon City Development Committee announced on...
February 10, 2012
| Mizzima
Ashin Gambira, one of the leaders of the “Saffron Revolution” in 2007, was removed from his monastery by authorities in Rangoon on Friday.
February 10, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: More than ten dead bodies have been floating in the Naf River, on the Burma side- near Myinthlut Village Tract, since...
February 9, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Burma Army units have been in a drive to and to dislodge units of Shan State Army (SSA) that had concluded a ceasefire agreement on 2 December in...
February 9, 2012
| Narinjara
An Arakanese political leader, U Aye Tha Aung, says he has told the UN Special human rights envoy to Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana that the violations...
February 9, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi says she will campaign for the first time in the Kawmhu constituency on the outskirts of Rangoon on Saturday, before launching...
February 9, 2012
| Mizzima
A number of Burmese banks have raised the interest rate to 10 per cent from 8 per cent in a move to increase the rate of savings, The Myanmar Times...
February 9, 2012
| Mizzima
In a startling admission of the Burmese government’s past failings –including systemic corruption – the speaker of the Lower House has called on...
February 9, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested several Rohingyas early in the morning on February 7,...
February 9, 2012
| Khonumthung
The Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport (KMMTT) project is being surveyed by the Chin National Party (CNP) to assess the negative impact on the...
February 8, 2012
| Mizzima
Thailand’s state-owned PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) says it will sign an agreement with Burma to explore for oil and gas in two onshore...
February 8, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s Union Election Commission abolished two newly registered political parties for their failure to run for at least three vacant seats in the...
February 8, 2012
| Mizzima
On her second major campaign tour, Aung San Suu Kyi drew an estimated 30,000 supporters to a rousing political rally in Myaungmya Township in...
February 8, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Since her release from house arrest in November 2010, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has made two publicized promises: That she would hold a new Panglong...