Rakhine State Advisory commission meets local people in Sittway
Commissioners meeting the local people. Rakhine State Advisory Commission visited the market in Thechaung Village, Sittway, and talked with Bengalis and Maramagyis yesterday morning. Later, the...
View ArticleAmyotha Hluttaw commences
Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe. The third regular session of the second Amyotha Hluttaw began in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw delivered the welcoming...
View ArticlePyithu Hluttaw session begins
The third regular session of the second Pyithu Hluttaw commenced in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday with 401 out of 426 representatives in attendance. Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint delivered the opening...
View ArticleWorkshop on federalism held in Nay Pyi Taw
Union Minister Naing Thet Lwin. Naing Thet Lwin, the Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs, delivered a speech at a workshop on federalism held at Royal President Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning....
View ArticleGovernment refutes rights group report on Rakhine
A photo released by Human Rights Watch, above, shows widespread areas of burnt homes in Maungtaw that they allege were set by Tatmadaw troops. A photo of the same area taken by Tatmadaw troops in...
View ArticleIED discovered on village road in Maungtaw
The improvised explosive device. Photo: Myawady On Wednesday morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered on the road that links Maungtaw, Zinpaingnya and Ngakhuya villages in Maungtaw...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw and wife attend launching of Mekong region eye care...
President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin pose for a photo with a medical team. Photo: MNA Eye Care tour program in Mekong region named as Light was launched in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday with the...
View ArticleState Counsellor receives US-ASEAN Business Council President
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Mr. Alexander C. Feldman, President and CEO of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council. Photo: MNA Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union...
View ArticleAmyotha Hluttaw Speaker meets Vice President of German Federal Parliament
Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than holds talks with Johannes Singhammer, Vice President of the German Federal Parliament. Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw Mahn Win Khaing Than met with Johannes Singhammer, Vice...
View ArticlePresident attends 80th Anniversary of birth of Czech hero Vaclav Havel
President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin, and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attend the 80th Anniversary of the birth of the Former Czech President, Mr. Vaclav Havel. Photo: MNA President U...
View ArticlePyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Vice President of German Federal Parliament,...
Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint receives Mr Hideo Watanabe, Chairman of the Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association. Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint met separately with Mr Johannes Singhammer,...
View ArticlePresident accepts credentials from newly-accredited ambassadors
President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials from Mr Kreso Glavac, the newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia. Photo: MNA President U Htin Kyaw accepted credentials from the...
View ArticleMandalay’s Chanmyashwepyi Bus Terminal to be upgraded
Photo shows Chanmyashwepyi Highway Bus Terminal in Mandalay. MANDALAY City Development Committee plans to improve the Chanmyashwepyi (Kywesekan) Bus Terminal located about 10 km (8 miles) central...
View ArticleScenes of maungtaw which Is more frenetic day by day!
By Ko Thet and Group There were few signs of worry or fear on the faces of students at No. 4 State Middle School in Maungtaw yesterday. A few minutes before the school bell tolled to mark the beginning...
View ArticleDetainees: Forced terrorist training and arsons under threat of foreign...
Four detainees suspected of being involved in the deadly 9th October ambushes on border police outposts in northern Rakhine claimed that they were forced to undergo the terrorist training and then join...
View ArticleStatue of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi up for auction at Miss World 2016 contest
Miss Myanmar World 2016 winner Myat Thiri Linn. A STATUE of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, will be sold at an auction during the Miss World 2016...
View Article59 more suspects in Maungtaw armed attacks arrested
The security forces led by an officer of the No. 1 border guard control office in Maungtaw Township arrested 59 suspects believed to be armed attackers at 10am yesterday during their area clearance...
View ArticleTwo men suspected of involvement in Maungtaw armed attacks receive medical...
The suspect receives medical check-up from a nurse. Two men arrested in separate incidents over the past week have required medical treatment during their incarceration, according to the State...
View ArticleMPU holds 5/2016 meeting
Speaker U Mahn Win Khaing Than speaks at 5/2016 meeting of Myanmar Parliamentary Union. MYANMAR Parliamentary Union Meeting held its 5/2016 meeting discussing inclusion of organizational set up for...
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