Recent excavations at Hanlin in Sagaing Region have uncovered pottery dating back 5000 years, a leading archaeologist says.
A National Press Award Committee last month formed a group to draw up a constitution. Committee chairman Maung Wuntha told The Myanmar Times that the eight-member group, formed on November 29, will finalise the committee’s constitution before the end of this year.
Negotiations with ethnic groups must go beyond ceasefires and address the underlying grievances if decades-old conflicts are to be resolved, analysts say.
Thecommittee formed to spearhead a biopic about General Aung San has offered the director’s role to French filmmaker Luc Besson, a member of the group said last week.
An Archaeologial dig in central Myanmar has uncovered a bounty of human remains, including at least 35 uncremated individuals thought to date from the Bronze or Iron Age, a spokesperson from the Department of Archeology, National Museum and Library said last week.
There are two dominant politicians in Malaysia. One is Prime Minister Najib Razak, the other is opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
The head of the Euro-Burma Office, Mr Harn Yawnghwe, on his role in last month’s negotiations on the Thai-Myanmar border, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s role in peacebuilding and the need to achieve a ‘political solution’ with ethnic groups.
The Union Jack flag of Britain flies over the governor’s residence in Yangon, flapping languidly in the breeze. It is the last time the banner will be seen atop a flagpole in the city.
Shia Muslims gathered in downtown Yangon last week to mark Ashura, a festival commemorating the death in the 7th century of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammed.
Myanmar needs help and understanding from the international community to encourage the democratisation process, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said last week after meeting United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
