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• YCDC presses forward with ‘new city’
• Fire sweeps through Sittwe IDP camp
• ANP presses forced-porter issue
• US embassy asked to refrain from using ‘Rohingya’: official
• NLD wants fewer by-elections
• NLD punishes MP for peace mission
• MOI chief to push for broadcasting law reform
• Media expresses frustrations with NLD restrictions on World Press Freedom Day
• Japan pledges more aid for Myanmar
• Rakhine MP questions sluggish changes to ferry network

YCDC presses forward with ‘new city’ Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Yangon City Development Committee is breathing new life into the proposed new city project, a massive extension of Yangon that would create seven satellite cities over the next quarter-century.

Fire sweeps through Sittwe IDP camp Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT A devastating fire ripped through the Baw Du Ba 2 camp near the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe yesterday morning, destroying shelters for some 2000 Muslims confined there since communal conflict erupted in 2012.

ANP presses forced-porter issue Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Ignoring the denials and rising tempers of Tatmadaw MPs, the Arakan National Party has proposed bringing victims of the army's forced porter scheme into parliament.

US embassy asked to refrain from using ‘Rohingya’: official Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Bowing to nationalist pressure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday requested the US embassy in Yangon refrain from using the term "Rohingya", according to an official.

NLD wants fewer by-elections Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT A bill banning by-elections in the first and last year of a government's term was submitted to parliament by the National League for Democracy yesterday.

NLD punishes MP for peace mission Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The National League for Democracy has disciplined one of its MPs for making an unauthorised mission to the Wa stronghold of Panghsang where he discussed the peace process with Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed group.

MOI chief to push for broadcasting law reform Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Information Minister U Pe Myint has pledged to reform the controversial broadcasting law passed by the previous government, according to the Myanmar Media Council.

Media expresses frustrations with NLD restrictions on World Press Freedom Day Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Media organisations urged the government to implement a Freedom of Information Act during a World Press Day ceremony in Yangon.

Japan pledges more aid for Myanmar Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pledged his ongoing support for Myanmar's development as his government continues its large-scale assistance to the country.

Rakhine MP questions sluggish changes to ferry network Posted: 03 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Private shipping companies have been profiting from the government's failure to resume ferry operations off southern Rakhine State since the Aung Takon 3 disaster of March 2015, a local MP has charged.

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