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• Parliament elects Htin Kyaw as president
• NLD set to claim presidency
• Meningococcal outbreak claims four lives
• NLD under pressure to scrap hydropower projects
• Farmers fight doctors for Nay Pyi Taw land
• Judge orders release of ANP MP
• Govt signals crackdown on unauthorised occupants of state-owned apartments
• Coca-Cola backs women’s training

Parliament elects Htin Kyaw as president Posted: 15 Mar 2016 02:50 AM PDT Parliament has elected U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy as president with 360 votes, setting the stage for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's trusted associate to become Myanmar's first head of government with no military background for more than 50 years.

NLD set to claim presidency Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Parliament is set to vote today for the new president and two vice presidents – despite a last-minute attempt by the military to derail one nomination – with the NLD confident its large majority will see U Htin Kyaw elected as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's proxy head of government.

Meningococcal outbreak claims four lives Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Health authorities are on high alert following a recent meningococcal meningitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of four children in Mandalay Region.

NLD under pressure to scrap hydropower projects Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Huge hydropower projects along the Thanlwin River must be halted, civil society organisations said yesterday, in an appeal to the incoming National League for Democracy government launched from the banks of Southeast Asia's longest free-flowing river.

Farmers fight doctors for Nay Pyi Taw land Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Farmers have responded furiously after Nay Pyi Taw's municipal authorities began to parcel off plots of unused but disputed land and hand it over to doctors.

Judge orders release of ANP MP Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Mrauk-U District Court yesterday accepted an appeal submitted by a newly elected Arakan National Party politician against a six-month prison term, enabling him to take up his seat in the state parliament.

Govt signals crackdown on unauthorised occupants of state-owned apartments Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Residents of government-owned apartment blocks could soon face eviction if they are found to be occupying their homes illegally, a housing official has warned.

Coca-Cola backs women’s training Posted: 14 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Women are being trained in business and finance techniques to take greater control over their lives. The Coca-Cola Foundation has launched a three-year program to train 37,000 women throughout the country in community-level financial management. Business management, advocacy and literacy will also be taught, said coordinator Ma Ei Thinzar Min Min Oo.

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