Lead Story News Rangoon Religion
Two Muslim schools remain closed in Rangoon’s Thaketa Township as authorities say they are investigating the schools’ eligibility to hold prayer services.
Arakan Citizenship Lead Story News Rohingya
ANP accuses regional immigration chief of issuing a national ID card to a “Bengali” woman who was born to non-Burmese parents.
Crime Lead Story News Politics
Police in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy have said that a man named Myint Swe is in custody.
The nationalist monk rejects widespread rumours on social media that he vowed to carry out self-immolation as a protest if Burma fails to adopt proposed Race Protection Laws.
Around 1,500 people displaced by communal violence in central Burma’s Meikhtila have been awarded homes in a newly built housing complex, according to a project official.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
Buddhist monks led more than 5,000 residents on a demonstration through the streets of Arakan state capital Sittwe on Friday morning to protest the arrival of a delegation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
President Thein Sein announced that Burma has abolished the notorious Arakan security force that has been implicated in serious human rights violations against the stateless Rohingya minority
