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• Parliamentary sketchbook: the NLD takes their seats
• Myanmar nationals said to be among 39 drowned
• Who will her president be?
• Energy Ministry promises clampdown on oil prices
• Leprosy patients suffer months with no medical care
• Workers fight employee contract stipulation
• Kindergarten curriculum gets a reboot
• U Shwe Mann among USDP ex-MPs invited to hluttaw opening
• ANP plans appeal for convicted MP-elect
• Choice of deputy Speaker stokes ANP dispute

Parliamentary sketchbook: the NLD takes their seats Posted: 01 Feb 2016 05:30 AM PST After decades of waiting, finally, a representative parliament is ushered in. It had been a long wait: Almost three months since the election that swept Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to victory, on top of years of being kept on the sidelines by military control. Today, Myanmar's NLD MPs took their seats in parliament as the ruling party.

Myanmar nationals said to be among 39 drowned Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST Myanmar migrants were among the 39 people who drowned in the Mediterranean on January 30, according to Turkish state media.

Who will her president be? Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST Will Myanmar's next president be a woman, a member of an ethnic minority or even a former general?

Energy Ministry promises clampdown on oil prices Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST Energy officials have pledged to push down the price of petrol at the pump still further, as it emerged that some filling station owners are profiting from globally plummeting oil prices by keeping their prices up – or even raising them.

Leprosy patients suffer months with no medical care Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST After nine months without medical care, the posting of a single doctor to a "leprosy village" in Yangon is only a small consolation for its nearly 200 residents.

Workers fight employee contract stipulation Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST Only 2000 out of 23,000 registered factories have signed contracts with their employees, months after the Ministry of Labour instructed companies to draft legally binding documents.

Kindergarten curriculum gets a reboot Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST A new kindergarten curriculum encouraging creative thinking will be introduced for the 2016-17 academic year, according to the Ministry of Education.

U Shwe Mann among USDP ex-MPs invited to hluttaw opening Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST  Just like old times – 10 members of the ex-ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party have been invited by the winning National League for Democracy to attend today's opening of parliament.

ANP plans appeal for convicted MP-elect Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST The Arakan National Party says it is planning to appeal in court and lobby the election commission over the conviction last week of one of its newly elected MPs, a move that could cost the party a crucial seat in the state hluttaw.

Choice of deputy Speaker stokes ANP dispute Posted: 31 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST The National League for Democracy's first foray into the arena as the party of government may have sparked a double political crisis. The nomination of a prominent Rakhine politician as deputy Speaker of the upper house has alienated a major potential ethnic ally, while critics continue to question the background of the nominee for deputy Speaker of the lower house, a former militia commander whose name has been linked to narcotics.

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