News
March 7, 2014
| Mizzima
An international lawyers’ group has welcomed a decision by Myanmar’s legal profession towards establishing an independent bar association.
March 7, 2014
| Mizzima
A ruling party MP has launched a scathing attack on the government over the slow pace at which it deals with petitions of complaint from the public,...
March 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Members of the government’s negotiating team and representatives of armed ethnic groups will meet at the Myanmar Peace Centre on March 9 to decide a...
March 7, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Chiang Mai Governor Wichian Puttiwinyu is pushing to open Lak Teang gate on the Thai-Shan State border for commercial purposes.
March 6, 2014
| S.H.A.N
SHAN in collaboration with Burma News International (BNI) held the second ethnic media conference in the Shan State capital Taunggyi. The conference...
March 6, 2014
| Mizzima
Immigration and Population Minister U Khin Yi has been asked by four Rakhine Nationalities Development Party MPs to ensure that ‘Rohingya’ cannot be...
March 6, 2014
| Mizzima
The Ministry of Education withdrew an invitation for the National Network of Educational Reform to attend a national conference in Nay Pyi Taw this...
March 5, 2014
| Mizzima
The National League for Democracy plans to take legal action against Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Hla Shwe for allegedly defaming the NLD, a member of the...
March 5, 2014
| Mizzima
Cooperation between the government and the people will be essential to eradicate graft, says the chairman of the newly-appointed Anti-Bribery...
March 4, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North lost a strategic base while its leaders were attending a census meeting in Naypyitaw.
March 4, 2014
| Mizzima
“All illegal squatter houses will be demolished after the Dhammasariy Exam [Examination for Monks],” said the secretary of Yangon Region Government U...
March 4, 2014
| Mizzima
Healthcare services provided by the international aid group Medecins Sans Frontier (Doctors without Borders) in Rakhine State will cease to operate.
March 1, 2014
| Mizzima
The Office of the Attorney-General and the ministries of Religion and Immigration and Population will be asked to contribute towards a proposed law...
March 1, 2014
| Mizzima
International aid group Médecins Sans Frontieres was declining to comment on February 28 to reports that it had been ordered by the Myanmar...
March 1, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) will be opening its latest liaison office on 5 March, according to RCSS/SSA sources.