Security high as Yangon taxi driver’s rape, murder trial gets underway
The hearing was held in private as security around the courthouse was beefed up, such is the emotion swirling around the case.
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Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
Business weekly 17 April 2015
In business this week: Burma’s widening trade deficit; new food and drug regulations; raising the quality of Burma’s rubber exports.
Burma to redraft food manufacturing laws
Burmese authorities intend to rewrite the outdated 1997 National Food Law.
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Health Lead Story Lifestyle News
To dye for?
Burma’s Food and Drug Administration says it is cracking down on the use of use of prohibited chemical dyes in food and cosmetics.
DVB Debate Health Lead Story News Video
DVB Debate: Food for thought
Dangerous chemicals have found their way into many food products in Burma. DVB Debate discusses how a lack of regulation in the food industry has affected the standard of food in the country today.
Burma buyer’s club: MoH warns against contraband drugs
Burma’s Ministry of Health issued a consumer warning to only buy drugs certified by government health authorities as cross-border contraband drugs continue to infiltrate the Burmese market.
Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Peace efforts bearing fruit, says Khin Maung Swe
Comment comes after the 11-party Federal Democratic Alliance meet for a closed door meeting with the ethnic armed groups’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team to discuss Burma’s ongoing peace process.
