News
July 15, 2010
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized 1,491 Burmese Yaba tablets from the Burma-Bangladesh border, said a local police...
July 15, 2010
| Jaloon Htaw
Traders in Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) Township have shut down their trade routes after increased fighting between the Burmese army and insurgent Karen...
July 15, 2010
In a two pronged strategy the Burmese military junta plans to transport 100,000 Burman voters to Kachin State to win the elections and then settle...
July 15, 2010
| Phanida
A former army captain and personal aide to Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released today from Katha prison in Sagaing Division...
July 15, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah/ Emily Hobbs
Yet another ban on Thai imports has come into effect with the closure of the cross border bridge between Shan State East’s Tachilek and Thailand’s...
July 15, 2010
| Salai Han Thar San
After reaching a record high, the gold price in Burma dropped again yesterday amid a global market trend and burgeoning supply in the Rangoon market...
July 15, 2010
Rangoon divisional authorities have rejected the pleas of tornado victims in Kawmhoo Township for permission for or help with a temporary housing...
July 14, 2010
The spread of dengue fever is posing a serious health risk to people in Burma, especially as it spreads through the epidemic hot spots....
July 14, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Subscribers in Shan State North’s Muse and Namkham townships, opposite China’s Ruili, still have to pay steep charges for electricity supply even...
July 14, 2010
Two refugees from the unofficial refugee camp of Leda (Tal) of Teknaf were picked up by the Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) of Rangadaung camp...
July 14, 2010
Opposition Burmese politicians in exile have come down heavily on the Burmese military junta’s former Prime Minister Gen-Thein Sein for trying to...
July 14, 2010
| Khun Aung Myat
Three soldiers of the ceasefire Pa-O group were killed and several injured after it clashed with troops of the Shan State Army (South) in a gun...
July 14, 2010
| Jury Chai
In an unprecedented move, Burmese solders have apparently arrested members of the largest Mon ceasefire group to work as either guides or porters as...
July 14, 2010
The Chin Progressive Party (CPP) will soon hold its first conference in Yangon city, its headquarters for the 2010...
July 14, 2010
| Phanida
The Kachin State Progressive Party led by Dr. Tuja would be blocked from forming as a political party under electoral laws because of his past links...