Law enforcement officials in Pegu Division’s Kyauktaga Township open fire on trucks carrying illegal timber as they tried to run a checkpoint.
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Burmese economic growth stymied by flooding: World Bank
The World Bank’s prediction that the Burmese economy would grow at some 8.2 percent this year has been slashed in the latest ‘Myanmar Economic Report’.
Business Weekly
Catch up on the latest Burmese investment and business news.
Thai-Burma border trade booms
Cross-border trade between Thailand and Burma through the Mae Sot-Myawaddy checkpoint totalled more than 60 billion in the last fiscal year.
Billions lost in corruption: report
Almost $20 billion in dirty money linked to corruption and tax evasion has left Burma in the past five decades, according to an international watchdog.
Business Weekly
Catch up on all this week’s business news from Burma.