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• U Thein Sein steps down from USDP chairmanship
• Government, businesses contribute paddy seeds to flooded farms
• Framework review hung up on representation, decision-making
• U Thein Sein puts on brave face at USDP convention
• U-Report aims to give youth a voice in policy draft
• Bridge to ease Mandalay-Muse traffic
• UN Secretary General to attend Panglong Conference
• MP sees peace dividend for health, education sectors
• Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves debt management strategy
• By-election slated for 2017: UEC

U Thein Sein steps down from USDP chairmanship Posted: 23 Aug 2016 07:50 AM PDT In a surprise shake-up at the top, former president U Thein Sein handed over his Union Solidarity and Development Party leadership role today to U Than Htay, a member of the USDP central executive committee.

Government, businesses contribute paddy seeds to flooded farms Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:57 AM PDT As floods wreak havoc across the country and damage thousands of acres of monsoon paddy, government agencies and businesses are arranging for affected farmers to receive 480,000 baskets of paddy seed, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation deputy director U Aye Ko Ko said last week.

Framework review hung up on representation, decision-making Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:47 AM PDT Two hurdles bedevilled a final consensus at the second-day meeting to review the framework for political dialogue – a core instrument for upcoming peace negotiations – involving representatives from the government, ethnic armed organisations and political parties.

U Thein Sein puts on brave face at USDP convention Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:42 AM PDT The Union Solidarity and Development Party convention opened yesterday with its leader, former president U Thein Sein, confirming that the central executive committee will be reshuffled, while major changes to his party's platform are not on the agenda.

U-Report aims to give youth a voice in policy draft Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:30 AM PDT A program called U-Report, run by UNICEF and the Department of Social Welfare, intends to collect opinions from youth in order to draw up the Myanmar Youth Policy.

Bridge to ease Mandalay-Muse traffic Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:29 AM PDT A series of new road projects are planned to ease overland transportation woes between Myanmar and China.

UN Secretary General to attend Panglong Conference Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:20 AM PDT United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will attend a landmark peace conference in Myanmar this month, an official and armed group confirmed yesterday, bolstering the new government's drive to end decades of fighting in Myanmar's borderlands.

MP sees peace dividend for health, education sectors Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:20 AM PDT An Amyotha Hluttaw lawmaker anticipates a peace dividend for Myanmar's education and healthcare sectors if decades of civil war can be brought to an end, saying money allocated to the Ministry of Defence could be directed elsewhere once the fighting stops.

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves debt management strategy Posted: 23 Aug 2016 12:15 AM PDT MPs have approved a strategy for managing the country's US$9 billion in foreign debt. The plan, which the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approved on August 19 after a brief debate, is based on the Medium-term Debt Management Strategy proposed by the President's Office.

By-election slated for 2017: UEC Posted: 22 Aug 2016 11:50 PM PDT Two townships in southern Shan State could be set to vote on their vacant parliamentary allocations in 2017, with the Union Election Commission (UEC) announcing a by-election is likely to take place early next year.

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