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• Council rules steel factory must pay
• IDPs assemble shelters in razed camp
• Nationalists pile pressure on govt over ‘Rohingya’
• Mone Wun (Bamar) national cards debated
• Expelled USDP members continue uphill battle
• Private broadcaster MRTV apologises to Tatmadaw after report
• New ministry lined up for state counsellor
• Provocations mount in stupa saga
• Nation’s leaders set for first foreign visit to Laos
• Mandalay vows to solve land grabs

Council rules steel factory must pay Posted: 05 May 2016 12:55 AM PDT The Arbitration Council has upheld its ruling that a steel factory must compensate three female workers who allege they faced abusive conditions.

IDPs assemble shelters in razed camp Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Families in the Muslim IDP camp of Baw Du Ba 2 in Rakhine State were yesterday desperately building makeshift shelters a day after a massive fire razed scores of buildings, leaving as many as 2000 people homeless and with little relief in sight.

Nationalists pile pressure on govt over ‘Rohingya’ Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nationalists are trying to strong-arm the government into making a statement about the use of the term "Rohingya", using the threat of a protest as their leverage.

Mone Wun (Bamar) national cards debated Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The immigration minister yesterday confirmed that Chinese residents of Shan State given new identification cards do not count as an additional ethnic group.

Expelled USDP members continue uphill battle Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Union Solidarity and Democracy Party continues to fight its in-party squabbles in public with expelled central executive member U Zaw Myint Pe vowing yesterday to keep battling.

Private broadcaster MRTV apologises to Tatmadaw after report Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Private broadcaster MRTV-4 has rushed to apologise to the Tatmadaw for terminology it used in a report about the armed conflict in Rakhine State.

New ministry lined up for state counsellor Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Shrouded in secrecy, the proposed ministry will be debated in parliament today.

Provocations mount in stupa saga Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Fear of communal and armed conflict is delaying action against a monk's stupa-building spree in religiously diverse Kayin State.

Nation’s leaders set for first foreign visit to Laos Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT President U Htin Kyaw and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are set to leave for their first foreign trip on May 6, when they will be travelling to Laos together.

Mandalay vows to solve land grabs Posted: 04 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT All parliamentary business has been pushed to the backburner in Mandalay, while MPs strive to solve land grabbing cases, according to the hluttaw chair.

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