National News - MMT

Kachin leaders back UN involvement Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:34 AM PDT Kachin leaders have asked the UN's Vijay Nambiar to help increase international involvement in the peace process.

KIO and government agree to scale back fighting Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:30 AM PDT The government and the Kachin Independence Organisation have reached what appears to be a breakthrough in the two-year-old conflict.

Conflict prevention teams established in Lashio Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:26 AM PDT New units are to ensure there are no further outbreaks of violence, says minister.

Two-child order highlights abuses in Rakhine, say NGOs Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:22 AM PDT Human rights groups have decried government restrictions placed upon the Rohingya group.

Government backtracks on two-child order Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:20 AM PDT An order restricting Muslim families in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships in northern Rakhine State to only two children has not been renewed for 2013, government officials in the state said last week.

Uncertainty over law clouds tender Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:17 AM PDT Experts have been impressed with the transparency of the licence tender process but questions remain over the legal framework and the role of state-owned and local telecoms players.

Eleven consortiums, two licences Posted: 03 Jun 2013 06:01 AM PDT Eleven consortiums remain in the running for two telecommunications licences for foreign operators, including some of the largest operators in the world.

Liberalisation can spur economic progress Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:54 AM PDT Analysts say liberalisation of the telecoms sector has the potential to not only generate large profits for private firms but also to spur economic progress.

Fears over growth in land concessions Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:51 AM PDT Activists warn growth of large-scale land concessions to agribusinesses means small-scale landholders are being left without a source of income.

Ministry of Home Affairs, YCDC top complaint list Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:47 AM PDT The Centre for Economic and Social Development has revealed the top two departments by number of complaints.