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• NLD leader’s next challenge: the bureaucracy
• UN urges NLD to take action in Rakhine
• Fire burns through Mandalay market
• NLD looks into two ministers’ qualifications
• Rakhine State protesters pick sides in heated chief minister debacle
• Civil society calls on govt to end racial discrimination
• President-elect to present tribunal members selection
• Local support keeps north Rakhine curfew in place
• Guest registration changes tipped to win NLD ‘goodwill’

NLD leader’s next challenge: the bureaucracy Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Ministry officials and political analysis wonder if the National League for Democracy leader has taken on more than she can handle with four ministerial posts.

UN urges NLD to take action in Rakhine Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT The United Nations yesterday called on Myanmar's new government to "stabilise" Rakhine State for all residents in an effort to stem the outflow of migrants and refugees.

Fire burns through Mandalay market Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT A fire that tore through Mandalay's Mingalar Market on March 22 has injured several firefighters while gutting hundreds of shops and causing thousands of dollars in damages.

NLD looks into two ministers’ qualifications Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Reports of bogus degrees held by at least two would-be ministers in the National League for Democracy's proposed cabinet have prompted the party to examine their qualifications.

Rakhine State protesters pick sides in heated chief minister debacle Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Hundreds of people gathered in Sittwe yesterday in protest over the Rakhine State chief minister position.

Civil society calls on govt to end racial discrimination Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT End racial discrimination now, civil society organisations have told the incoming government. The message went out from about 30 organisations gathered to celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21.

President-elect to present tribunal members selection Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Having named his cabinet, President-elect U Htin Kyaw will turn today to his nominations for the Constitutional Tribunal, a body dogged by controversy under U Thein Sein's government but which could play an important role if the NLD attempts to suspend provisions of the charter.

Local support keeps north Rakhine curfew in place Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT Despite the uneasy calm that has descended on Rakhine State since the outbreak of communal violence in 2012, there is little pressure in the north of the state to raise the strict curfew imposed at that time. Even in the Muslim-majority townships of Buthidaung and Maungdaw, the measure seems to be grudgingly accepted, local residents say.

Guest registration changes tipped to win NLD ‘goodwill’ Posted: 23 Mar 2016 02:30 PM PDT "Midnight inspections" – raids on the homes of suspected dissidents and opponents of the former regime – could be a thing of the past. But observers have warned that the proposal by the National League for Democracy to scrap this practice would leave many other repressive laws in place.

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