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• Pharmacies selling unregulated drugs to face legal action
• Pyidaungsu Hluttaw told 44 state projects should be suspended
• Bamboo under threat of extinction in Sidoktaya
• Nippon Foundation supports IDPs
• Section 66(d) abolishment proposal adjourned
• Ministry’s directive on unlicensed nurses, midwives rejected
• U Wirathu’s silent protest against gag order
• Students call for end to civil war
• Curfew imposed in Laukkai and Kon-Kyan
• Ma Ba Tha must uphold laws: Ma Ha Na member

Pharmacies selling unregulated drugs to face legal action Posted: 13 Mar 2017 12:11 AM PDT Pharmacies in seven townships in the Mandalay district area found to be selling unlicensed and expired drugs will face severe action, including the closure of their stores, under a proposal submitted by the Food and Drug Administration (Mandalay branch) to the Mandalay regional government.

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw told 44 state projects should be suspended Posted: 13 Mar 2017 12:08 AM PDT As Myanmar moves to slash government spending, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was told that 44 of 52 projects by state-owned enterprises should be suspended.

Bamboo under threat of extinction in Sidoktaya Posted: 13 Mar 2017 12:07 AM PDT Bamboo trees in the forests of Sidoktaya township in Magwe Region are at the risk of being extinct, the local authorities said, adding that this was due to the overharvesting of young bamboos.

Nippon Foundation supports IDPs Posted: 13 Mar 2017 12:03 AM PDT Pledging to maintain peace, the Karen National Union (KNU) has called on the Myanmar government and international organisations to work together to help internal displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kayin State.

Section 66(d) abolishment proposal adjourned Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:55 PM PDT U Ye Htut, National League for Democracy (NLD) MP of Sagaing Region Constituency 6, raised a question at the Amyotha Hluttaw meeting about whether there were plans to abolish Section 66(d) of the Myanmar Telecommunications Law, but consideration of the issue was suspended by the investigation team of the party.

Ministry’s directive on unlicensed nurses, midwives rejected Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:54 PM PDT The Nursing University Students' Union (NUSU) has rejected the Ministry of Health and Sports' directive to bar unlicensed nurses and midwives from working in private hospitals and have asked to meet with officials to discuss the matter.

U Wirathu’s silent protest against gag order Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:49 PM PDT Myanmar nationalist monk U Wirathu, leader of the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion (known by its Myanmar-language acronym Ma Ba Tha), held a silent protest in Einme township, Ayeyarwady Region, on Saturday evening against the decision by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (known as Ma Ha Na) to ban him from delivering speeches for one year.

Students call for end to civil war Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:48 PM PDT Students from the University of Medicine and Technological University in Magwe held a protest on the morning of March 11 demanding for an end to civil war and the amendment of the country's Constitution.

Curfew imposed in Laukkai and Kon-Kyan Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:45 PM PDT The Laukkai district administrative department has activated Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, imposing a curfew in conflict-torn Laukkai and Kon-Kyan on March 9.

Ma Ba Tha must uphold laws: Ma Ha Na member Posted: 12 Mar 2017 11:44 PM PDT A member of the state Buddhist authority said the controversial nationalist group – the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion or Ma Ba Tha in Myanmar-language acronym – must uphold the Sangha's (Buddhist clergy) basic rules and existing laws.

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