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• U Ko Ni assassination and funeral: live updates
• Prominent lawyer, driver shot and killed outside Yangon airport
• Setbacks stall NLD-govt’s initial foray into the peace process: report
• Sun sets on Bagan temple climbing
• Govt official questioned in Eleven Media trial
• Leprosy Day calls attention to forgotten patients
• FDA to clean up the drinking water industry
• What Myanmar could learn from Swiss federalism

U Ko Ni assassination and funeral: live updates Posted: 30 Jan 2017 03:46 AM PST The Myanmar Times live feed of updates on the killing of prominent Muslim lawyer and NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni, who was shot and killed on January 29 at Yangon international airport.

Prominent lawyer, driver shot and killed outside Yangon airport Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:30 PM PST A prominent Muslim lawyer and legal adviser to the National League for Democracy was shot and killed at the Yangon airport yesterday afternoon, in what was believed to be a targeted assassination, according to a senior member of the ruling party. A taxi driver was also reportedly killed while trying to chase down the gunman.

Setbacks stall NLD-govt’s initial foray into the peace process: report Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:20 PM PST Those hoping the National League for Democracy juggernaut would quickly reinvigorate the peace process and oversee a better deal for the ethnic groups have instead found negotiations beleaguered by setbacks and escalating hostilities, according to a new report reviewing the state of peace process.

Sun sets on Bagan temple climbing Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:15 PM PST After an admonishment from the state counsellor, sunrise and sunset viewings atop Bagan pagodas will soon be relegated to a thing of the past.

Govt official questioned in Eleven Media trial Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:08 PM PST At the eighth hearing in the defamation trial of two Eleven Media Group executives, civil servant witness told the court he had been monitoring the pair's Facebook accounts and submitted information to higher-level officials which precipitated the case.

Leprosy Day calls attention to forgotten patients Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:04 PM PST Health advocates used World Leprosy Day yesterday to urge for stronger local action around one of history's most notorious yet misunderstood diseases.

FDA to clean up the drinking water industry Posted: 29 Jan 2017 11:02 PM PST The Food and Drug Administration is once again taking aim at toxic drinking water, attempting to stop bacteria-laden and unregistered bottles from proliferating in the markets.

What Myanmar could learn from Swiss federalism Posted: 29 Jan 2017 10:50 PM PST With a tiny landmass divvied up by sharp natural barriers, two rival religions, four official languages and an amalgam of cultural influences, Switzerland at first glance would not appear to have won the nation-building lottery. Yet the northern European country has harnessed all the facets of its diversity and created one of the world's most successful and unique federal systems of governance, one it hopes Myanmar can learn from.

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