Lead Story News Religion Yangon
Burma’s most iconic Buddhist monument, Shwedagon Pagoda, has a fund of nearly 70 billion kyat (US$52 million) sitting in a bank account, earning yearly interest of up to 4bn kyat.
Lead Story News Protest Yangon
Riot police in Yangon used batons on Saturday to break up a protest in support of victims of fighting in Burma’s northernmost Kachin State, arresting several of the organisers.
The move marks the first time since the National League for Democracy took power in 2016 that commercial venues are to be allowed.
Human rights monitors on Wednesday urged Burma to withdraw a ban on protests in its largest city, Yangon, amid fears that free speech is under pressure under the government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.
Lead Story News Rangoon Women's Issues
At least 30 women are to be recruited to drive public buses in Rangoon.
Lead Story News Politics Rangoon
The party spokesman’s comments come a day after the Office of the Commander-in-Chief filed a complaint against Phyo Min Thein.
Health Lead Story News Rangoon
“From early 2017 to 9 July 2017, 2,855 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever and 18 died from the virus.”
In a third such incident in Rangoon in a week, four bombs exploded yesterday at the Immigration Department in South Dagon Township.
Thadingyut Festival marks the end of the Buddhist Lent with offerings of candles and other displays of light.
Police Staff-Sergeant Ye Thiha was fatally stabbed in the chest on 8 September during a neighbourhood watch programme.
Both cases, one in Rangoon and one in Taunggyi, involve young families, including children, who were stabbed to death in their homes for no apparent reason.
The YCDC said the clean-up work will take several months as municipal workers will have to deal with the garbage that has been piling up in the alleys, in some cases for decades.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has been urging the shop owners to vacate the land since 2013, claiming that the area is owned by the government.
Health Lead Story News Rangoon
Four persons have died and more than 600 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever reported so far this year in Rangoon Division.
Students jailed after police violence in 2015 say the election of a military hardliner as Burma’s new vice president could spell a revision to the country’s political reforms.
Days before democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi led her lawmakers into parliament as Burma’s government-in-waiting, Ei Than watched bulldozers sent by the military destroy her house in a slum on the outskirts of Rangoon.
Police opened fire on suspects in Shwepyitha Township, Rangoon during a raid on the hideout of two high-profile criminals exposed by a social media post.
NLD spokesperson and Central Executive Committee member Nyan Win speaks about policy plans and presidential candidates for the incoming government.
Around seven homes, one rice shop and several grocery stores were devastated by the blaze but there has been no reports of any injuries.
Crime Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
An Irrawaddy police sergeant has died after being attacked by an escaped detainee at a local station.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Cartoonist Hla Khin said he felt humiliated after police informed him that he was to be charged with an offence related to Burma’s 8 November election.
The five men who printed a calendar which referred to Rohingya Muslims as an ethnic-religious minority in Burma appeared at a Rangoon court on Tuesday.
2015 Elections Lead Story News
People started arriving at 10am at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy. Ten hours later, they were still there.
2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
Despite many being barred from casting a vote, and few Muslim candidates contesting seats in the election, Muslim voters in Rangoon said they were hopeful.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Video
“I’ve never been this excited,” said one Rangoon woman as she lined up to vote in Burma’s historic general elections on Sunday.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
In the shadow of the huge rallies held by the NLD and USDP, smaller parties are making their case based on policy and experience.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi will vote on Sunday at a polling station in Bahan Township, before heading to her constituency, Kawhmu, in Rangoon’s southwestern suburbs.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
The National Development Party (NDP) may only be a few months old, but it already an electoral force to be reckoned with.
2015 Elections Crime Lead Story News
NLD MP Naing Nan Linn underwent surgery on Thursday night after being attacked while campaigning in Rangoon.
Lead Story News Photos Rangoon
Second only to Thingyan, Thadingyut is the most significant holiday in Buddhism, signifying the day that Buddha descended from the heavens.
