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• Students expected to resume protests today
• Rakhine chief takes tough line on UN request to move IDPs
• YCDC election commission calls for full voting rights
• Government reveals detail on planned pay rises
• Minister faces land-grab accusations
• Education ministry blacklists contractors
• Rights group to submit land grabs to ICC
• Bus lines, passengers seek to beat the Thingyan touts
• EU-backed police media unit delayed
• Warship to bring home detained migrants

Students expected to resume protests today Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:16 PM PDT Student activists – including some recently freed from jail – will head back to the picket lines today to join a four-city demonstration demanding the release of those detained at Letpadan on March 10.

Rakhine chief takes tough line on UN request to move IDPs Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:11 PM PDT Chief Minister U Maung Maung Ohn says displaced Muslims can move to safer ground ahead of monsoon season if they agree to undergo citizenship verification.

YCDC election commission calls for full voting rights Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:05 PM PDT An election commission report into Yangon's heavily criticised municipal election in December has recommended scrapping the one-vote-per-household rule and allowing all adults over the age of 18 to cast a ballot, commission head U Tin Aye said yesterday.

Government reveals detail on planned pay rises Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:04 PM PDT Bowing to demands from parliament, the government has spelled out in detail its plans to raise the pay of civil servants and military personnel.

Minister faces land-grab accusations Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:02 PM PDT Minister for Agriculture U Myint Hlaing has been embroiled in allegations that he oversaw the confiscation of thousands of acres of land while military commander in northeastern Shan State.

Education ministry blacklists contractors Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:01 PM PDT Building contractors who perform shoddy work and fall below standards while building schools will face a crackdown from the education ministry, MPs have been told.

Rights group to submit land grabs to ICC Posted: 26 Mar 2015 08:00 PM PDT Myanmar's long-standing land-grab issue is now to receive international exposure, as human rights activists prepare to file a specimen case with the International Criminal Court as a crime against humanity.

Bus lines, passengers seek to beat the Thingyan touts Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:56 PM PDT Bus lines have joined highway authorities in a clampdown on ticket touts.

EU-backed police media unit delayed Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT Police say lack of expertise means they have not been able to implement plans.

Warship to bring home detained migrants Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT A Myanmar warship has returned from an expo in Malaysia with an unusual cargo: 102 undocumented Myanmar migrants.

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