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• NLD shuns 1990 election ceremony
• No sign of amending constitution, says 88 Generation
• Nationalists say no to foreign pressure
• Cardinal urges compassion for boat people
• After disaster, recruiters keep tight fist on compensation funds
• Australia drains health fund’s budget
• Tatmadaw accused of killing in Shan State
• Witnesses waiting to testify in Ko Par Gyi case
• Let sleeping MPs lie: Hluttaw imposes media restrictions
• Administrative reforms aimed at Union level

NLD shuns 1990 election ceremony Posted: 27 May 2015 08:58 PM PDT Prominent NLD leaders were absent from a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the 1990 elections annulled by the military.

No sign of amending constitution, says 88 Generation Posted: 27 May 2015 08:57 PM PDT The opposition National League for Democracy and 88 Generation Peace and Open Society both slammed the government yesterday for its lack of progress on constitutional reform despite popular support for the changes demonstrated during a massive campaign last year.

Nationalists say no to foreign pressure Posted: 27 May 2015 08:52 PM PDT Upward of 150 Buddhist nationalists converged at a rally in Yangon's Tarmwe township yesterday, protesting against international pressure over the migrant boat crisis, as well as perceived bias in foreign media coverage.

Cardinal urges compassion for boat people Posted: 27 May 2015 08:50 PM PDT Cardinal Charles Maung Bo yesterday made a powerful appeal to the government and the Buddhist community not to allow "a handful of merchants of hatred" to destroy the country's tradition of compassion as migrants fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh die at sea "unwept" and "unsung".

After disaster, recruiters keep tight fist on compensation funds Posted: 27 May 2015 08:42 PM PDT The seamen's union is ready to take recruiters to court over unpaid compensation and wages for fishermen who survived the sinking of their freezer trawler last month, representatives said yesterday.

Australia drains health fund’s budget Posted: 27 May 2015 08:41 PM PDT Australia has pulled the plug on contributions to the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund, emptying the health consortium of tens of millions of dollars amid the largest single slashing of the country's foreign aid budget in history.

Tatmadaw accused of killing in Shan State Posted: 27 May 2015 08:40 PM PDT Tatmadaw forces were accused by a human rights group yesterday of killing a civilian and seriously injuring three others while they were travelling on a main highway in northern Shan State close to the border region of Kokang.

Witnesses waiting to testify in Ko Par Gyi case Posted: 27 May 2015 08:39 PM PDT Civilian witnesses have been giving evidence in the hearing over the death of freelance journalist Ko Aung Kyaw Naing, better known by his pen name Ko Par Gyi, who was shot while in Tatmadaw custody last October.

Let sleeping MPs lie: Hluttaw imposes media restrictions Posted: 27 May 2015 08:37 PM PDT No wonder critics accuse parliament of sleepwalking into political deadlock.

Administrative reforms aimed at Union level Posted: 27 May 2015 08:36 PM PDT A three-plank platform for administrative reform is being hammered together by policy experts in Nay Pyi Taw.

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