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- State-level peace, stability body planned for Rakhine
- CSOs set sights on interfaith harmony
- Six factory workers demand inspection of public-private contract
- Nationalist protester trial under way
- Sixteen rail routes closed during 100-day plan
- Activists call for release of all political prisoners before Panglong Conference
- Govt crackdown prompts calls for reform as drug addicts suffer
- Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway upgrade to finish within five years
- Pokemon banned from Mdy pagoda
- Education ministry to upgrade schools in Chin
| State-level peace, stability body planned for Rakhine Posted: 18 Aug 2016 12:12 AM PDT The Rakhine State government plans to form a commission of local elders to monitor peace and stability in the restive state, according to Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, though one member of the regionally dominant Arakan National Party criticised what he said was a lack of transparency and clarity about the body's functions. |
| CSOs set sights on interfaith harmony Posted: 18 Aug 2016 12:11 AM PDT A Workshop to formulate draft bills on interfaith harmony and against all forms of discrimination is being led by civil society organisations and law experts this week, with advocates saying they aim to submit the proposed legislation to parliament within the year. |
| Six factory workers demand inspection of public-private contract Posted: 18 Aug 2016 12:09 AM PDT
Six factory workers from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation's Agricultural Machinery Factory are demanding an investigation into the ministry's contract with a private company, which they say guarantees them a job with the private company for 30 years. |
| Nationalist protester trial under way Posted: 18 Aug 2016 12:06 AM PDT The prosecution of seven nationalist protesters began on August 16 and continued yesterday in Yangon's Kamaryut Township Court. |
| Sixteen rail routes closed during 100-day plan Posted: 17 Aug 2016 11:20 PM PDT
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| Activists call for release of all political prisoners before Panglong Conference Posted: 17 Aug 2016 11:14 PM PDT
The announcement that hundreds of people accused of "political" crimes would no longer face prosecution has raised hopes that political prisoners still behind bars could be freed before the peace process gets under way at the end of this month. Activists have called for the release of about 83 prisoners and the abandonment of prosecutions directed at a further 142 people who face what they call political charges. |
| Govt crackdown prompts calls for reform as drug addicts suffer Posted: 17 Aug 2016 11:01 PM PDT
Several young men were standing near the entrance of Thingangyun Hospital in central Yangon on a recent July morning, waiting impatiently for a fellow drug addict to exit the facility. |
| Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway upgrade to finish within five years Posted: 17 Aug 2016 10:57 PM PDT
Foreign investors will be asked to help improve the notorious Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway, with upgrades to be completed during the term of the current government. There are plans to widen the road to six lanes, fence it off and provide underpasses for pedestrians. |
| Pokemon banned from Mdy pagoda Posted: 17 Aug 2016 10:52 PM PDT Pokemon, go. Players are no longer welcome at Aung Taw Mu Pagoda. The board of trustees has banned them from the pagoda in Chan Aye Thar San township, Mandalay. |
| Education ministry to upgrade schools in Chin Posted: 17 Aug 2016 10:51 PM PDT Chin State's Paletwa township got 325 new teachers in July, and the Ministry of Education is planning to upgrade 49 schools there during the 2016-17 academic year, Union Minister U Myo Thein Gyi said in response to questions from members of parliament in the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday. |
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