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• Secretariat welcomes the public on Martyrs’ Day
• Activists seek to run as NLD candidates
• Yangon air pollution measured just above WHO guidelines
• Automobile engineering returns to tech university
• Private pharmacies in hospitals to close
• Record rainfall causes flooding in Sagaing
• More debates for violence-against-women law

Secretariat welcomes the public on Martyrs’ Day Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:50 PM PDT Yangon residents got a rare chance to explore the long-shuttered and now-decrepit chambers of General Aung San yesterday as the Secretariat Building was made open to the public to mark the 68th anniversary of Martyrs' Day.

Activists seek to run as NLD candidates Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:48 PM PDT Well-known political and rights activists, as well as entrepreneurs, are putting their names forward to run for the National League for Democracy in the November elections.

Yangon air pollution measured just above WHO guidelines Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:44 PM PDT Air-pollution levels in downtown Yangon exceed international standards, city authorities have revealed.

Automobile engineering returns to tech university Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:42 PM PDT Myanmar may soon resume training its own auto engineers, university officials say.

Private pharmacies in hospitals to close Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:41 PM PDT Overpriced private pharmacies are to be banned from government hospitals by order of the health ministry, as the government is able to supply more medicines directly to hospitals.

Record rainfall causes flooding in Sagaing Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:37 PM PDT At least two people were killed and 500 houses were damaged by severe flooding in Sagaing Region after record-breaking rains this weekend, local officials and aid workers said.

More debates for violence-against-women law Posted: 19 Jul 2015 07:35 PM PDT The draft National Prevention of Violence against Women Law – initially a rival to the four race and religion laws championed by hard-line Buddhist nationalist groups – is inching closer to completion, with parliament set to invite experts to debate the bill in the coming weeks.

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