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• Ethnic groups call for more time before Panglong amid deadlock
• Depression forms over Bay of Bengal, raising warning
• Rakhine party pledges to take up opposition mantle
• 1949 Registration Act employed to detain overnight visitors
• Parliament debates how to end graft
• Rakhine’s other Muslims seek liberation via identification
• Govt to launch pilot for overseas domestic workers
• Representation of past conference prevails for 21st-century Panglong
• CSOs urge amendment of guest registration law
• Students can now major in paddy

Ethnic groups call for more time before Panglong amid deadlock Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:58 PM PDT Ethnic armed groups are calling for more time before holding decisive peace negotiations in Panglong, referring to the preparations geared to meet the August deadline as rushed.

Depression forms over Bay of Bengal, raising warning Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:57 PM PDT The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has raised its storm alert warning level to "orange" as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a tropical depression this week.

Rakhine party pledges to take up opposition mantle Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:57 PM PDT An ethnic minority party is seeking to position itself as the democratic opposition to the ruling National League for Democracy in parliament. The Arakan National Party, the most successful ethnic party in last November's election in terms of seats won, says it will criticise the government and the NLD, both in parliament and outside.

1949 Registration Act employed to detain overnight visitors Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:57 PM PDT Sixteen people, including a number of Muslims studying the Koran, were detained in Thingangyun township, Yangon Region, after complaints to the police by local nationalists. The police were acting under a "midnight inspections" law now under review in parliament because of its use by the former military regime to suppress dissent.

Parliament debates how to end graft Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:56 PM PDT Lawmakers urged the government to "tackle corruption happening across the country" yesterday after a two-day discussion on the topic.

Rakhine’s other Muslims seek liberation via identification Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:56 PM PDT Like their better-known fellow followers of Islam who self-identify as Rohingya, minority Kaman Muslims are hopeful that their lives will improve under the National League for Democracy government.

Govt to launch pilot for overseas domestic workers Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:52 PM PDT The government is planning to launch a pilot project aimed at protecting the rights of domestic workers from Myanmar who are employed in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, an official from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population said yesterday.

Representation of past conference prevails for 21st-century Panglong Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:47 PM PDT U Kyaw Tint Swe, minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, said about 700 representatives are expected to attend the so-called 21st-century Panglong Conference late this month, with a roster in structure cloning previous high-level peace talks convened in January under the previous government.

CSOs urge amendment of guest registration law Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:37 PM PDT Rights groups are making a last-minute appeal to parliament to amend the controversial 2012 Ward and Village-Tract Administration Law.

Students can now major in paddy Posted: 10 Aug 2016 10:33 PM PDT University students can now obtain bachelor's and master's degrees specialising in paddy.

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