Thursday, January 8, 2015

National News

National News


2 Fast 2 Furious: Police hand back noisy vehicles

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 10:16 PM PST

Sports cars seized by police because of their super-loud exhausts have now been given back to their owners – with the power exhaust removed and a nominal K1500 fine.

Slow lorises under threat

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:54 PM PST

A little-known venomous primate may be heading towards extinction due to the high demand for its use in traditional medicine, says TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, in a January 8 statement.

NLD members begin 250km walk to honour Aung San

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:41 PM PST

Two members of the National League for Democracy are to mark the centenary of the birth of Bogyoke Aung San by walking to his birthplace.

At least two dead after jade mine landslide

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:33 PM PST

Rescuers continued to comb through rubble on January 8 for victims of a landslide at a jade mine in war-torn northern Myanmar that killed at least two people, according to police.

Party to petition for full rights for all Lisu

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:30 PM PST

An ethnic group is to petition Pyithu Hluttaw in order to secure an official change of their name.

New prisoner committee ‘just for show’: activists

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:44 PM PST

A revamped committee to free remaining political prisoners is just for show, activists are complaining.

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