Friday, November 27, 2015

National News

National News


Relatives of landslide victims urged to reject compensation

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 01:03 AM PST

A Kachin  civil society group is urging relatives of those killed in a landslide near a Hpakant jade mine on November 21 to reject an offer of K600,000 compensation for each victim, and has reiterated threats to press charges against those involved in the mining operation.

NLD leader to meet winning candidates

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 01:02 AM PST

National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will meet winning candidates from lower Myanmar tomorrow following her party's landslide victory in the November 8 election.

NLD pledges support for ceasefire process

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 01:01 AM PST

The new government to be formed by the National League for Democracy will support the nationwide ceasefire process, senior party officials yesterday assured five ethnic armed groups that signed the pact last month with President U Thein Sein.

Shan CSOs blast ‘silence’ over conflict

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:59 AM PST

Shan civil society organisations have appealed to the international community to break its silence over what they call war crimes committed by the Myanmar military during more than a month of fighting in central Shan State that has displaced some 10,000 people.

Defeated Daw Nyo Nyo Thin files complaint against NLD

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:47 AM PST

Daw Nyo Nyo Thin, an independent Yangon politician known for her outspoken views, has filed an election complaint with police against her victorious National League for Democracy rival and a campaign manager.

After election disappointment, Shan parties look to collaborate, not compete

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:41 AM PST

The precedent of a failed merger isn't keeping two ethnic Shan parties from trying to join forces once again.


Polio vaccine campaign planned after Rakhine cases

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:40 AM PST

Health officials are battling to prevent the return of polio to the country after an apparent resurgence of a vaccine-derived strain in northern Rakhine State.

NLD urged to make environment a focus

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:35 AM PST

After five years in which the government had concentrated on economic reforms, it was now time to protect the neglected environment, activists say.

Commemorative coins in hluttaw

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:34 AM PST

Myanmar's Central Bank has been coining it, MPs have heard – but it's perfectly legal.

Government eager to shed LDC status

Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:32 AM PST

Myanmar is ready to shed its "least-developed" United Nations label, an albatross it has been bearing for almost three decades, according to economic development officials.

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