Myanmar

Jamaat for independent Muslim state in Myanmar’s Arakan

The proposal was placed during meeting with CPC delegation

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease

Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official

The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the country's second biggest city of Mandalay.

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.

Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January

The Myanmar military seized power in 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border regions to fight scam centres

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands

Myanmar rebel group admits to killings

A rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta

More than 3.5 mn displaced in Myanmar: UN

Since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the army.

Situation in Myanmar Border: Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army

Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army, which now controls over 80 percent of Rakhine State, including the 271-km border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, said security experts, former diplomats, and academics yesterday.

December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015

Radiant Rangoon

The curious appeal of Rangoon, as late, is its stark contradictions. They are manifested almost in everywhere. The winds of change by opening up to the world has resulted in import of newest model Japanese cars , growing number of swanky hotels, Latin and European football mania , fast-food joints to almost anything trendy across the globe.

December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015

Myanmar general backs Suu Kyi

Myanmar's former military ruler sees erstwhile foe Aung San Suu Kyi as the country's "future leader" and pledges support for her in a secret meeting.

December 2, 2015
December 2, 2015

Suu Kyi meets president and army chief in transition talks

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won a landslide victory in elections last month, meets President Thein Sein to discuss the handover of power.

November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015

Mawlamyine’s “damaged eye”-4

The Soe Brothers Guesthouse jointly organises a roundtrip with the Breeze guesthouse in Mawlamyine.

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

Myanmar's icon will become president

What is needed is for Suu Kyi to sit down with the top three men in the government and map out the transfer of power.

November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015

Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after Myanmar landslide

Hopes faded that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed into a makeshift settlement, burying mine workers as they slept.

November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015

90 dead in Myanmar landslide

At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials say as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry.

November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015

Suu Kyi's NLD wins majority in Myanmar

The National League for Democracy has won a landslide victory in Myanmar's historic election, say vote officials.

November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015

Suu Kyi seeks talks with military

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested meetings with the military-backed leadership next week to discuss national reconciliation.

November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015

After the exhilaration comes the doubt

It was the only show in town on Sunday, as huge numbers of people showed up at Yangon's polling stations. The shining eyes reflected voters' eagerness to voice their aspirations for change.