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• Territorial sea law needs input
• Six-pronged strategy aims to prevent, reduce crime in Mandalay Region: Minister
• Colleges to be upgraded, award degrees
• Student protests college expulsion
• Myanmar moves higher in global peace index, says think-tank
• State Counsellor to meet Canadian PM
• NLD CEC meeting focuses on return of lands
• Joint ceasefire committee will not support independent monitors
• Officials consider ways to halt rise in smoking, tobacco use
• Withdraw bail for couple accused of torture: lawyer

Territorial sea law needs input Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:34 PM PDT The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw meeting was told that Myanmar's Territorial Sea and Sea Zones Bill needs to be refined before a final draft can be tabled.

Six-pronged strategy aims to prevent, reduce crime in Mandalay Region: Minister Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:30 PM PDT Beefing up security in the Mandalay Region is being given top priority, according to Colonel Myo Min Aung, minister for Security and Border Affairs.

Colleges to be upgraded, award degrees Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:26 PM PDT Education colleges will be upgraded to degree-level institutions this academic year, according to the Higher Education Department.

Student protests college expulsion Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:23 PM PDT Ko Zaw Ye Htut, who was expelled from the Sagaing Education College, said he will protest if the ministry does not allow him to attend classes.

Myanmar moves higher in global peace index, says think-tank Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:19 PM PDT Myanmar has moved 10 notches higher in the Global Peace Index (GPI), performing better than its neighbours Thailand and China, even as it struggles to make peace with ethnic armed groups that are waging a decades-old war with the government, said an international peace think-tank.

State Counsellor to meet Canadian PM Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:16 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to Canada this week to consult with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on constitutional reforms, his office announced on June 2.

NLD CEC meeting focuses on return of lands Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:10 PM PDT The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the National League for Democracy (NLD) met at Sibin guest house in Nay Pyi Taw on Sunday to discuss the return of acquired lands, secretary U Win Htein said.

Joint ceasefire committee will not support independent monitors Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:02 PM PDT The Joint Monitoring Committee-Union (JMC-U), the authorised body to monitor ceasefire breaches, said it will not support ceasefire monitoring activities by civil society groups (CSOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) because they create confusion in the official monitoring mechanism.

Officials consider ways to halt rise in smoking, tobacco use Posted: 04 Jun 2017 12:59 PM PDT Although officials are trying to bring down tobacco use and decrease smoking in the country, it remains high, say experts.

Withdraw bail for couple accused of torture: lawyer Posted: 04 Jun 2017 12:54 PM PDT The lawyer for a maid who was allegedly tortured by a couple, will ask the Amarapura township court to withdraw the bail it granted to the accused.

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