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• Don’t rush Bagan fixes: state counsellor
• UNFC commits to Panglong Conference
• President U Htin Kyaw visits quake-rattled Bagan
• CSOs pine for seat at table
• Security questions linger ahead of peace summit
• New USDP chair aims for victory in 2020
• USDP newspaper claims crime ‘rampant’ under NLD
• MPs push to protect intellectual property
• ANP criticises citizenship scrutiny in Rakhine State
• Women bear brunt of natural disasters

Don’t rush Bagan fixes: state counsellor Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:42 AM PDT State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi instructed the Culture and Religious Affairs Ministry yesterday to refrain from conducting urgent renovations on the 187 ancient Bagan pagodas and temples that were damaged by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake on August 24.

UNFC commits to Panglong Conference Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:37 AM PDT Members of the United Nationalities Federal Council have committed to attending the 21st-century Panglong Conference scheduled to convene on August 31, according to a statement released by the ethnic bloc following a two-day "emergency meeting" in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

President U Htin Kyaw visits quake-rattled Bagan Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:33 AM PDT President U Htin Kyaw travelled to Bagan with five ministers yesterday in the wake of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Magwe Region's Chauk township on August 24.

CSOs pine for seat at table Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:26 AM PDT As preparations continue for the 21st-century Panglong Conference next week, some members of civil society organisations complain that they have been left on the outside looking in.

Security questions linger ahead of peace summit Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:22 AM PDT With less than one week to go until ethnic armed groups from around the country descend on the capital for the 21st-century Panglong Conference, Nay Pyi Taw police say they intend to request that attendees not bring weapons with them.

New USDP chair aims for victory in 2020 Posted: 25 Aug 2016 11:21 PM PDT The new chair of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, U Than Htay, said on August 24 that he will try his best to lead the party to victory in the 2020 general election.

USDP newspaper claims crime ‘rampant’ under NLD Posted: 25 Aug 2016 11:19 PM PDT A newspaper published by the former ruling party of ex-generals has claimed that crime has sharply risen under the democratically elected government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and that her efforts to impose rule of law have failed.

MPs push to protect intellectual property Posted: 25 Aug 2016 11:14 PM PDT Myanmar, which lacks viable copyright protections, is in need of a Science, Technology and Invention Law to safeguard intellectual property, Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Myo Win (NLD; Mon 8) said yesterday.

ANP criticises citizenship scrutiny in Rakhine State Posted: 25 Aug 2016 11:10 PM PDT The granting of citizenship to 29 Muslim residents in the northern Rakhine State township of Buthidaung has raised the ire of the Arakan National Party (ANP), who say local authorities are not conducting citizenship scrutiny in accordance with the 1982 Citizenship Law.

Women bear brunt of natural disasters Posted: 25 Aug 2016 11:08 PM PDT Women in Myanmar are worse affected than men by natural disasters and climate change, according to a major UN agency.

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