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• New name of Ma Ba Tha is bid to deceive Ma Ha Na: minister
• No settlement in Maha Thanti Thuka monastery dispute
• UNFC future in doubt on journey to peace
• Ayeyarwady expected to reach danger level
• Hundreds of Myanmar workers returning to Thailand under MoU
• Jobs being planned for workers returning home
• Section 66(d) changes under consideration
• NLD purges 14 party leaders in Shan State’s Taunggyi
• Team to probe RCSS involvement in killing

New name of Ma Ba Tha is bid to deceive Ma Ha Na: minister Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:46 PM PDT Changing the name of the banned nationalist organisation Ma Ba Tha to Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation so it can continue to carry out its controversial advocacies is deceiving the Ma Ha Na, said the religious minister.

No settlement in Maha Thanti Thuka monastery dispute Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:44 PM PDT The attempt to settle ownership dispute for Maha Thanti Thuka (Maha Santi Sukha) monastery – which has been closed for 3 years – between State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (Ma Ha Na) and Penan Sayadaw U Pyinnya Wuntha, has failed, Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko told The Myanmar Times.

UNFC future in doubt on journey to peace Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:38 PM PDT Powerful ethnic armed groups have left the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), which was formed with the aim of building a democratic federal union in Myanmar, leaving the strength and future of the coalition in doubt.

Ayeyarwady expected to reach danger level Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:35 PM PDT The water level of the Ayeyarwady River in Mandalay Region is expected to reach the danger level in the last week of July, U Than Win Hlaing, head of the No.1 river water guard office in Chan Aye Tharzan township, said on July 5.

Hundreds of Myanmar workers returning to Thailand under MoU Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:31 PM PDT Hundreds of Myanmar workers are going back to Thailand daily to work under the memorandum of agreement (MoU) between the two countries, even as thousands more illegal Myanmar migrants continue to return home, said the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population.

Jobs being planned for workers returning home Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:26 PM PDT The government is planning to create jobs for migrant workers who have returned from Thailand due to the new strict labour laws introduced in the kingdom, said Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe.

Section 66(d) changes under consideration Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:21 PM PDT Amendment to the Section 66(d) of the country's Telecommunications Law – which critics say suppresses free speech – is under consideration, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said.

NLD purges 14 party leaders in Shan State’s Taunggyi Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:17 PM PDT State's ruling party the National League for Democracy (NLD) expelled 14 senior members of Shan State's Taunggyi township, with approval of central executive committee member U Win Htein.

Team to probe RCSS involvement in killing Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:15 PM PDT A team led by civilians will investigate into the alleged murder case of a local militia leader in Maipyin in eastern Shan state and the grounds that led to the fighting between government's armed forces and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in the same location, said officials involved in mediating the disputes.

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