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• UN urges rescue of 2000 people stranded off Rakhine
• Yangon-Dala bridge on track after compensation deal
• NLD eyes ethnic rep positions
• DMH monitors impact of El Niño on post-monsoon period
• Election law amendments put to MPs
• Myanmar shows willingness to help tackle trafficking
• Myanmar calls on China to strengthen border control
• Ceasefire accord dominates talks
• Leading Buddhist organisation resumes activities after dispute
• Villagers hold ethnic Chinese over coal project

UN urges rescue of 2000 people stranded off Rakhine Posted: 19 May 2015 09:57 AM PDT Some 2000 men, women and children are believed to be stranded on human traffickers' boats off Myanmar's Rakhine State coast and are in urgent need of help, the UN Refugee Agency said yesterday.

Yangon-Dala bridge on track after compensation deal Posted: 18 May 2015 09:01 PM PDT A deal on compensation for local residents seems to have unlocked the way to the long-awaited bridge over the Yangon River linking downtown Yangon with Dala township.

NLD eyes ethnic rep positions Posted: 18 May 2015 08:59 PM PDT Party plans to contest most seats in ethnic minority areas, including coveted ethnic minister positions.

DMH monitors impact of El Niño on post-monsoon period Posted: 18 May 2015 08:58 PM PDT Meteorologists are keeping an eye out for possible storms as forecasters in the United States predict a high chance of El Niño conditions through the summer and into the autumn of the northern hemisphere.

Election law amendments put to MPs Posted: 18 May 2015 08:51 PM PDT Draft laws amending electoral provisions to revoke the right of temporary citizens to vote were yesterday put before parliament.

Myanmar shows willingness to help tackle trafficking Posted: 18 May 2015 08:47 PM PDT With thousands of people abandoned to a grim fate at sea and no government wanting to allow them off what the UN has called "boat coffins", the Myanmar government yesterday showed the first sign of flexibility in what has otherwise been a rigid dismissal of its role in the crisis.

Myanmar calls on China to strengthen border control Posted: 18 May 2015 08:42 PM PDT Myanmar yesterday signalled its growing frustration with China over the border war in the Kokang region by calling on its neighbour to strengthen controls along the rugged frontier to prevent infiltration by insurgents.

Ceasefire accord dominates talks Posted: 18 May 2015 08:39 PM PDT The government's goal of signing a nationwide ceasefire accord and launching a political dialogue with ethnic groups before the November elections dominated a meeting yesterday between President U Thein Sein and representatives of 71 parties.

Leading Buddhist organisation resumes activities after dispute Posted: 18 May 2015 08:28 PM PDT Young Men's Buddhist Association had been forced to halt its work for newly a year due to investigation.

Villagers hold ethnic Chinese over coal project Posted: 18 May 2015 08:27 PM PDT Angry villagers protesting against a planned coal project in Kale township in Sagaing Region briefly detained four Myanmar-Chinese men and their two Chin guides in a confrontation with a mining company.

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