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• Fugitive student activist transferred to prison
• Negotiators agree to sign landmark ceasefire
• Government says it will ‘confirm’ identity of enslaved fisherman in Indonesia
• Hundreds attend service for Red Cross volunteer
• Labour council members call for tougher penalties after employers flout rulings
• Crackdown investigation to miss deadline
• MCDC reveals affordable housing plan
• New villages emerge as sayadaw offers homes to the needy
• Fellows program expands to Kachin
• BBC reporter to meet police over officer assault claims

Fugitive student activist transferred to prison Posted: 30 Mar 2015 08:01 PM PDT A student union activist arrested last week was taken to Tharyarwady Prison yesterday after being charged in Letpadan court on five counts related to his role in student protests against the National Education Law.

Negotiators agree to sign landmark ceasefire Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:57 PM PDT After almost 18 months of negotiations, peace teams edge closer to deal that would end decades of conflict.

Government says it will ‘confirm’ identity of enslaved fisherman in Indonesia Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:55 PM PDT After an Associated Press investigation last week alleged that Myanmar slaves are being abandoned on remote Indonesian islands, the Myanmar government is struggling to play catch-up.

Hundreds attend service for Red Cross volunteer Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:50 PM PDT U Moe Kyaw Than died from injuries sustained in an attack on a Red Cross convoy in the Kokang region.

Labour council members call for tougher penalties after employers flout rulings Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:49 PM PDT Without the fear of a prison sentence, employers will continue to ignore the decisions of Yangon Region's Arbitration Council for labour disputes, a tribunal member warned yesterday.

Crackdown investigation to miss deadline Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT The commission of inquiry set up by President U Thein Sein to investigate the violent dispersal of demonstrators by a quasi-official civilian force says it might not be able to complete its report in time.

MCDC reveals affordable housing plan Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:43 PM PDT Migrant workers whose homes were demolished to prettify the city of Mandalay in advance of the visit of the King of Norway last December are to be rehoused in low-income flats built exclusively for them.

New villages emerge as sayadaw offers homes to the needy Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:39 PM PDT While non-denominational, admission to Sayadaw U Uttama's two villages – in Thanlyin and Hlegu townships – require a commitment to regularly meditate.

Fellows program expands to Kachin Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:37 PM PDT The civil society leaders of tomorrow are to be empowered through the expansion of a program into Kachin State from late April.

BBC reporter to meet police over officer assault claims Posted: 30 Mar 2015 02:30 PM PDT The BBC said yesterday that one of its reporters in Mandalay was "helping police with their inquiries" following a report that he had been charged with assaulting a police officer during a student-led protest in the city on March 27.

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