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• Car racing should be recognised as sport
• K500,000 fine for using water pumps without permit
• Traders stage protests to reduce rent hikes
• Police recapture duo lockup escapees
• UNICEF calls for better healthcare services in Rakhine
• Parties accuse State Counsellor, NLD of violations
• Victim demands harsher punishment for attacker
• Myanmar and China sign crude oil pipeline agreement
• Myanmar worker compensated for loss of hand
• Armed groups call for equality at peace summit

Car racing should be recognised as sport Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:58 PM PDT Ko Min Thant Htet from MSAM Organise, the organiser of Myanmar Drift Championship (MDC) 2017, said that he was trying to include car racing competitions on the list of recognised sports.

K500,000 fine for using water pumps without permit Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:51 PM PDT Those who use water pumps without permission this Thingyan will be slapped with a K500,000 fine, the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) said.

Traders stage protests to reduce rent hikes Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:48 PM PDT The huge hike in rents for market stalls and shops in Mandalay's Myingyan township has sparked protests by traders.

Police recapture duo lockup escapees Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:41 PM PDT Police on Sunday recaptured two men who had escaped from the Pyinmana township police station lockup in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory.

UNICEF calls for better healthcare services in Rakhine Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:37 PM PDT While the Myanmar government faces criticism over its handling of issues in Rakhine State, UNICEF is looking for better ways to improve and promote health and education there.

Parties accuse State Counsellor, NLD of violations Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:34 PM PDT A dozen political parties have claimed that State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), had violated the 2008 Constitution and election regulations.

Victim demands harsher punishment for attacker Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:33 PM PDT The punishment of seven years' imprisonment for a man who was found guilty of attacking a woman with acid does not commensurate with the severity of the crime, according to the victim herself who will appeal to the district court for a harsher judgement.

Myanmar and China sign crude oil pipeline agreement Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:28 PM PDT The signing of an agreement between Myanmar and China on crude oil pipeline transportation project was witnessed by leaders of the two countries on April 10, according to a press release by the Southeast Asia Crude Oil Pipeline (SEAOP), which is responsible for the operation of the pipeline.

Myanmar worker compensated for loss of hand Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:23 PM PDT A Myanmar migrant worker at a spindle factory in the Mahar Chaing district in Thailand was compensated 486,759 baht (about K18.6 million) last week for the loss of one of his hands in March, according to Aid Alliance Committee (AAC), a Thai-based migrant affairs society.

Armed groups call for equality at peace summit Posted: 10 Apr 2017 10:20 PM PDT A meeting of all armed ethnic groups, including the signatories and non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), has resulted in a statement calling for all armed ethnic organisations to have equal and dignified status in the second 21st Century Panglong Conference.

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