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• Rakhine flood victims in need of more aid
• VP advocates for teen girls on World Population Day
• Long-awaited census results on religion to be released on July 21
• Could this be the end of Ma Ba Tha?
• Yangon minister heads back to school
• Concrete blocks on Yangon roads to be swapped with steel grilles
• Controversial new fees at Bawgathiri bus station get Martyrs’ Day waive
• Ministry seeks to expand social protection schemes
• Vice president issues farmers temporary land ownership documents
• Spanish couple in hot water over Buddha image tattoo

Rakhine flood victims in need of more aid Posted: 12 Jul 2016 12:40 AM PDT Displaced families in Rakhine State say even though the heavy rains have stopped in areas most impacted by flooding, life has not returned to normal and aid is badly needed.

VP advocates for teen girls on World Population Day Posted: 12 Jul 2016 12:35 AM PDT Dangers facing teenage girls should be mitigated by providing them with education, health services and job opportunities, Vice President U Myint Swe said in a ceremony to mark World Population Day in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Long-awaited census results on religion to be released on July 21 Posted: 12 Jul 2016 12:33 AM PDT The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population will release sensitive census data on Myanmar's religious make-up on July 21 and plans to make public corresponding figures on ethnic populations within six months, according to a senior ministry official.

Could this be the end of Ma Ba Tha? Posted: 11 Jul 2016 11:30 PM PDT The state Buddhist authority is backing a chief minister's call to dissolve nationalist group Ma Ba Tha, but will make a final decision during an upcoming quarterly retreat at Maha Pasana Cave, an official said.

Yangon minister heads back to school Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT It's back to school for the Yangon Region minister for social affairs, who for years had been prevented from completing his studies as punishment for his activism against the junta government.

Concrete blocks on Yangon roads to be swapped with steel grilles Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Combining road safety with style, the Yangon Region government is to replace the concrete lane markers on the city's busiest streets with steel grilles starting this month, said Police Lieutenant Colonel Aung Ko Oo of the traffic police.

Controversial new fees at Bawgathiri bus station get Martyrs’ Day waive Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT Entry fees enacted on July 1 at Nay Pyi Taw's Bawgathiri Highway Bus Station, which have caused a stir among business owners at the station, will not be collected on July 19 in honour of the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day.

Ministry seeks to expand social protection schemes Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement plans to extend a pilot social pension program for the elderly and back a program that supports mothers through cash handouts.

Vice president issues farmers temporary land ownership documents Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT In a first step toward simplifying procedures for reclaiming farmland confiscated under the former regime, the government has issued temporary documents allowing former owners to take back their land.

Spanish couple in hot water over Buddha image tattoo Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:30 PM PDT A Spanish tourist visiting Bagan with his wife over the weekend found his trip interrupted when police discovered a Buddha tattoo on his leg.

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