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• Norway donates to Rakhine State, denies financial interests
• Rumours intensify of USDP split
• ‘Oldest woman’ recovers from hen pecking
• Lowest traffic fine set at K30,000 in draft law
• Money invested in bus rapid transit system
• Yangon-Pyin Oo Lwin bus line closed after accident
• Myanmar strives for lofty tourist arrival figures
• Travel agents lobby over tourism law
• Theravada Buddhist centre opens in Moscow

Norway donates to Rakhine State, denies financial interests Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:42 PM PDT Envoy's visit comes amid criticism the country's business interests have been served by a peace-industrial complex.

Rumours intensify of USDP split Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:35 PM PDT Comments by U Thein Sein signalling an interest in serving a second term have fuelled the talk of a split in the Union Solidarity and Development Party between the president and parliamentary Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann, his presumed rival.

‘Oldest woman’ recovers from hen pecking Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:23 PM PDT Grandmother to the nation Daw Mya Kyi is eating again and has her family and friends around her, her daughter says.

Lowest traffic fine set at K30,000 in draft law Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:20 PM PDT The days of K1500 traffic fines may soon be over. Following repeated warnings from police that the current fines are too low to be an effective deterrent, the government has published a draft law that would raise the minimum fine to K30,000 and the maximum to K1 million.

Money invested in bus rapid transit system Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:15 PM PDT Yangon is about to take the first practical steps toward upgrading its public transport system. Armed with a K12.5 billion kitty – K10 billion from the government, and the remainder from private companies – the city will soon lay out dedicated bus lanes, and import the buses that will run along them.

Yangon-Pyin Oo Lwin bus line closed after accident Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:14 PM PDT A bus line involved in a deadly accident last May has been closed down by the authorities. Elite Express, which ran between Yangon and Pyin Oo Lwin, was ordered shuttered by Mandalay Region's road transport minister, U Kyaw San, on July 4.

Myanmar strives for lofty tourist arrival figures Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:06 PM PDT With the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism expecting 4.5 to 5 million tourist arrivals in 2015, and 7.5 million by 2020, local travel industry experts are busily dreaming up ways to promote Myanmar as a destination to ensure that these target numbers are met.

Travel agents lobby over tourism law Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:04 PM PDT Travel agents are urging the government to take their views into account in drawing up new tourism laws, and the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism says it will listen.

Theravada Buddhist centre opens in Moscow Posted: 05 Jul 2015 08:00 PM PDT Sitagu Sayadaw opened a centre for Myanmar Theravada Buddhism in Moscow on July 1.

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