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• NLD announces political prisoner release ahead of Thingyan
• Advocacy groups call for drug policy reset ahead of UN meet
• NLD treads carefully over remarks on citizenship
• Parliament axes two flyovers
• Yangon’s illegal residents appeal for end to evictions
• Experts warn of looming diabetes epidemic
• NLD takes first steps on migrant policy
• Mandalay Thingyan rules eased
• President signs controversial bill

NLD announces political prisoner release ahead of Thingyan Posted: 07 Apr 2016 08:38 AM PDT The government will bypass the military-controlled National Defence and Security Council to free political prisoners and activists on trial for political offences "as soon as possible".

Advocacy groups call for drug policy reset ahead of UN meet Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT Repressive drug laws and corruption have contributed to Myanmar's spiralling narcotics problem, according to advocacy groups, who are calling on the new government to launch a change of policy.

NLD treads carefully over remarks on citizenship Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT A senior National League for Democracy parliamentarian says the party has raised concerns with religion and culture minister Thura U Aung Ko over his recent comments about Muslims.

Parliament axes two flyovers Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT The brief – and expensive – era of the flyover appears to have ended, with the Yangon Region parliament scrapping plans approved by its predecessor for two new bridges.

Yangon’s illegal residents appeal for end to evictions Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT Hlaing Tharyar residents who were considered unlawful squatters by the former government are appealing to the new administration to end the policy of violent evictions.

Experts warn of looming diabetes epidemic Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT Myanmar may be on the verge of a diabetes epidemic. That's the message from health experts, with the disease the focus of today's World Health Day 2016.

NLD takes first steps on migrant policy Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT In its first, tenuous start toward a policy on migrant workers, the National League for Democracy is drawing up a bill to address the millions of citizens outside the country.

Mandalay Thingyan rules eased Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT Municipal authorities in Mandalay have reversed restrictions on water use for this year's Thingyan festival. Mandalay City Development Committee will now allow water to be taken from the city's palace moat, deeming that it would have no effect on supply to homes in the city.

President signs controversial bill Posted: 06 Apr 2016 02:30 PM PDT President U Htin Kyaw signed into law yesterday the hotly contested "state counsellor" bill – legislation that creates a new advisory position for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and even explicitly names her in the text.

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