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• Farmer Wounded by Landmine Blast in Northern Shan State
• Four Arakanese Deportees from Singapore Arrive in Yangon
• 7 Companies Have Expressed Interest in Mandalay Palace Restoration
• Loopholes in Myanmar’s Forest Sector Cost Govt Million in Revenue
• Hanthawaddy International Airport Project to Begin Next Year
• World’s Major Cities to Face ‘Unknown’ Climate Conditions by 2050
• India Receives Above Normal Rains this Week, Spurring Crop Planting
• Indian Media Body Asks Govt to Withdraw Restrictions on Journalists

Farmer Wounded by Landmine Blast in Northern Shan State Posted: 11 Jul 2019 07:12 AM PDT It is currently the rice growing season in Shan State and famers are continuing to attempt to grow food on the land, despite widespread fears of landmines left behind.

Four Arakanese Deportees from Singapore Arrive in Yangon Posted: 11 Jul 2019 04:51 AM PDT Singapore Home Affiars accuse the deportees and the brother of an AA chief still in the custody of organizing and raising funds for the Arakan Army from Singapore.

7 Companies Have Expressed Interest in Mandalay Palace Restoration Posted: 11 Jul 2019 03:02 AM PDT Expression of Interest submissions opened on July 17 and will be taken until July 22. The restoration plan includes bike paths, pedestrian walkways, restaurants and more.

Loopholes in Myanmar’s Forest Sector Cost Govt Million in Revenue Posted: 11 Jul 2019 02:12 AM PDT To fix things, the NLD government must ignore interest groups and reform the State-owned Economic Enterprises Law, says Forest Trend's Daw Khin Saw Htay.

Hanthawaddy International Airport Project to Begin Next Year Posted: 11 Jul 2019 02:04 AM PDT Details are mostly ironed out in the much-delayed international airport project, with large investments coming from the Japan.

World’s Major Cities to Face ‘Unknown’ Climate Conditions by 2050 Posted: 10 Jul 2019 10:09 PM PDT A on climate changes in global urban centers showed that 77 percent of the cities it looked at will experience a striking change in climate conditions by 2050.

India Receives Above Normal Rains this Week, Spurring Crop Planting Posted: 10 Jul 2019 09:58 PM PDT Monsoon rains are crucial in a country with more than half its arable land rain-fed and agriculture accounting for 15 percent of its economy.

Indian Media Body Asks Govt to Withdraw Restrictions on Journalists Posted: 10 Jul 2019 09:26 PM PDT Restrictions imposed by a newly appointed minister are only the latest in ongoing press attacks and restrictions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.

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