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• President and NLD leader discuss transfer of power
• Why the NLD achieved a Magwe clean sweep
• Defence deal with Israel approved
• Spotlight falls on companies renting parkland in Yangon
• MPs reach compromise on mining amendments
• Government and SSPP to meet again over peace deal
• Faith leaders launch ‘religion and rule of law’ training
• Chief negotiator submits ceasefire to hluttaw
• Government to face hostile MPs over latest budget request
• NLD files two complaints over Mandalay vote

President and NLD leader discuss transfer of power Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:20 AM PST President U Thein Sein and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met for 45 minutes this morning to discuss the transfer of power following the landslide election victory of her National League for Democracy.

Why the NLD achieved a Magwe clean sweep Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:31 AM PST Conservative , overwhelmingly rural and in the country's Bamar heartland, Magwe was supposed to be full of promise for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in last month's elections.

Defence deal with Israel approved Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:30 AM PST MYANMAR is moving to strengthen its ties with Israel, with parliament agreeing on November 30 to the signing of an agreement aimed at closer collaboration between the two countries.

Spotlight falls on companies renting parkland in Yangon Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:30 AM PST Yangon's regional government must form an independent commission to investigate the renting-out of prime parkland to big companies, an opposition MP told a special session of parliament yesterday following the release of a report by the auditor-general alleging huge losses of public funds.

MPs reach compromise on mining amendments Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:27 AM PST After almost three years of debate, MPs have approved amendments to the 1994 Myanmar Mining Law – a step that could potentially usher a wave of foreign investment into the sector.

Government and SSPP to meet again over peace deal Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:26 AM PST Talks are being arranged between the government and the Shan State Progress Party amid uncertainty over whether the armed ethnic group has accepted the outlined terms of a peace deal to end fighting across central Shan State.

Faith leaders launch ‘religion and rule of law’ training Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:25 AM PST Training in the relationship between religion and the rule of law is being provided to 30 students examining the links between ethical conduct and the stability of the state.

Chief negotiator submits ceasefire to hluttaw Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:22 AM PST Members of parliament have until tomorrow to register to debate the nationwide ceasefire agreement, which was submitted to them on November 30.

Government to face hostile MPs over latest budget request Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:18 AM PST The lame ducks are not going quietly into the night. Less than a month after virtually all members of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw lost their seats in parliament at a general election, they have shown they still mean business by coming out swinging against the government's US$1.892 billion supplementary budget request.

NLD files two complaints over Mandalay vote Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:17 AM PST Representives of the National League for Democracy have filed election complaints against a Mandalay Region minister and a former Tatma-daw officer whom they accuse of using religion during their campaign activities in Yamethin township for the Union Solidarity and Development Party.

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