Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Burmese govt says families of passengers who drowned when the ill-fated ferry sank can only receive a fixed sum covered by the ticket insurance.
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Iran has released the Maersk Tigris cargo vessel seized by its patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz last week. Burmese sailors are among crew.
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Despite their hopes and concerns about the infrastructure project, local people in Paletwa can only wait.
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Bullet points: bringing you today’s news.
Business Lead Story News Rangoon
Burma’s Mobile Team announced this weekend it had seized over one billion kyat (US$1 million) worth of smuggled goods between August 2013 and the beginning of May this year from seven ports in Rangoon.
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BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: Maersk makes Burma a port of call; Timber sales rise as logging ban nears; 24 new hotels given licenses; baker & MKenzie open office in Rangoon; and VP warns Burmese firms against falling under foreign control.
