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• NLD reports break-in at Nay Pyi Taw MP office
• Fugitive kills two police in Thanlyin
• Ma Ba Tha to celebrate passage of race & religion laws
• Race against time to clear damaged water sources
• Strongest El Niño in decades expected
• Election in doubt in flood-hit Chin State
• USDP candidate donates big to Ma Ba Tha
• Minister faces vote-buying allegations in Kayah State
• Koh Tao defendant tells court of torture
• ‘Some people’ can’t accept parliament, says Speaker

NLD reports break-in at Nay Pyi Taw MP office Posted: 03 Sep 2015 07:15 AM PDT A leading National League for Democracy MP says a person who broke into her Nay Pyi Taw office on September 1 was searching for documents, rather than items of monetary value.

Fugitive kills two police in Thanlyin Posted: 03 Sep 2015 07:11 AM PDT Two police officers were killed when trying to arrest a fugitive at Bawa Ahla Inn at Phayar Kone village in Thanlyin Township on September 2.

Ma Ba Tha to celebrate passage of race & religion laws Posted: 03 Sep 2015 06:30 AM PDT The adoption by parliament of controversial "protection of race and religion laws" – criticised by human rights advocates both in Myanmar and overseas for provisions they believe target minorities – is to be celebrated with events nationwide by hardline Buddhist organisation Ma Ba Tha.

Race against time to clear damaged water sources Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:51 PM PDT Unless ponds and wells are cleaned before the end of the monsoon, villages will lack water for the dry season.

Strongest El Niño in decades expected Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:48 PM PDT One of the strongest El Niño weather patterns in more than six decades is set to impact Myanmar this year and the director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has warned to be prepared.

Election in doubt in flood-hit Chin State Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:43 PM PDT The upcoming election may be up to three months late in landslide-ravaged Chin State.

USDP candidate donates big to Ma Ba Tha Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:39 PM PDT A Union Solidarity and Development Party candidate has donated tens of thousands of dollars to an infamous Buddhist nationalist group.

Minister faces vote-buying allegations in Kayah State Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:38 PM PDT As heat builds on U Soe Thein, other former government ministers splash the cash in their constitutencies.

Koh Tao defendant tells court of torture Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:32 PM PDT As the first of two Rakhine State migrants took the stand in the Koh Tao murder trial yesterday, the court heard how the police allegedly tortured the slightly built 22-year-old into confessing.

‘Some people’ can’t accept parliament, says Speaker Posted: 02 Sep 2015 08:30 PM PDT Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has launched an attack on the parliament's opponents, saying they are struggling to "adapt" to checks and balances on their power.

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