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• Govt, Sangha committee under fire for night raid
• US critical of interfaith marriage law
• Suu Kyi advises activists report threats to police
• Inle under threat
• Many townships yet to report on constituency funding expenditure
• Parliament forms commission to probe voting system
• Voting system debate rises from the grave
• Hundreds of households to get water hookup
• Greater cooperation vowed after border clashes

Govt, Sangha committee under fire for night raid Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee and Ministry of Religious Affairs have come under fierce criticism for a nighttime raid on a monastery at the centre of a high-profile land dispute.

US critical of interfaith marriage law Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT The United States has voiced concerns to Myanmar on proposed restrictions on interfaith marriage amid growing worries about actions that target minority Muslims.

Suu Kyi advises activists report threats to police Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:36 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has urged human rights activists who have received death threats for criticising controversial new religious laws to go to police.

Inle under threat Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:27 PM PDT Inle Lake is drying up, and could disappear within the next century if stronger measures are not taken to preserve it, experts warn.

Many townships yet to report on constituency funding expenditure Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT Seventy-three townships are yet to report on how they spent more than US$100,000 each in government funds under a constituency funding program introduced by MPs, according to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office.

Parliament forms commission to probe voting system Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:41 PM PDT Amyotha Hluttaw speaker U Khin Aung Myint has formed a commission to investigate the possibility of switching to a proportional voting system, following three days of vigorous debate among MPs.

Voting system debate rises from the grave Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:40 PM PDT It appeared dead and buried, but the debate over proportional representation has been revived – and could precipitate conflict between opposition parties.

Hundreds of households to get water hookup Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:22 PM PDT Yangon City Development Committee says hundreds of households in the most water-deficient wards of Dala township will finally be connected to piped water in July.

Greater cooperation vowed after border clashes Posted: 12 Jun 2014 05:33 AM PDT Myanmar and Bangladeshi authorities have vowed to strengthen border security and combat "illegal armed groups and criminals" following clashes on their shared frontier that Dhaka said left one of its soldiers dead.

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