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• Officials inspect Mandalay bamboo-shoot producers
• Myanmar urged to probe death of maid
• Over 200,000 people displaced by floods
• MOE abolishes rules curtailing student participation in political activities
• Arakanese young monks to hold protests across Rakhine on Sunday
• 66(d) necessary to prevent more crime: Pyithu Hluttaw MP
• Two suspected KIAs killed in landmine explosion: Tatmadaw

Officials inspect Mandalay bamboo-shoot producers Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:33 PM PDT Authorities visited bamboo-shoot businesses in Mandalay city to try to educate them about the harmful effects of banned chemical dyes on human health.

Myanmar urged to probe death of maid Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:12 PM PDT A Thailand-based migrant rights group called on the Myanmar government to conduct an investigation into the death of a 17-year-old Myanmar citizen maid in Thailand earlier in the week, which the police indicated could be a suicide case.

Over 200,000 people displaced by floods Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:07 PM PDT Over 200,000 people were displaced in floods brought about by monsoon rains in various parts of the country, the rescue and resettlement department said Thursday.

MOE abolishes rules curtailing student participation in political activities Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:04 PM PDT The Ministry of Education has cancelled all rules that curtailed the participation of students in political activities beginning coming school year, a senior official told The Myanmar Times on Thursday.

Arakanese young monks to hold protests across Rakhine on Sunday Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:01 PM PDT Arakanese Young Monk Association (for maintaining discipline and welfare to the people) on Thursday sought permission from the Rakhine State government to hold protests throughout the state on the weekend, said the association's patron Sayadaw U Dhammika.

66(d) necessary to prevent more crime: Pyithu Hluttaw MP Posted: 10 Aug 2017 01:59 PM PDT The controversial Telecommunications section 66(d) is necessary to prevent people from committing more crimes and cannot be fully abolished, U Tun Tun Hein, chair of Bill Committee and Pyithu Hluttaw MP from Naung Cho township, said on Thursday.

Two suspected KIAs killed in landmine explosion: Tatmadaw Posted: 10 Aug 2017 01:57 PM PDT Two suspected members of the ethnic armed group Kachin Independence Army (KIA) were killed in a landmine explosion in Mogaung township on August 9, the Tatmadaw said in a statement.

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