Cyclone Mahasen appears to have weakened, but UN agencies say it still poses a risk to more than eight million people.
As many as 150 Rohingya are missing after a boat capsized, as they fled the coastal area threatened by Cyclone Mahasen.
Dutch brewing giant Heineken has entered into a joint venture with privately owned Alliance Brewery Company.
The monsoon rains cannot come fast enough for tens of millions of people in Myanmar, with a government official revealing last week that more than 23,000 villages face recurring water shortages.
Almost half of all foreign investments approved by the Myanmar Investment Commission in the first four months of 2013 were in garment manufacturing, figures from the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) show.
Opposition groups describe the re-formation of a committee to oversee the release of prisoners of conscience 'a political stunt'.
Mandalay City Development Committee says a lack of interdepartmental cooperation makes dealing with beggars a tricky issue.
A key step has been taken towards restoring one of the country’s premier sites.
The Tatmadaw and Shan State Army offer differing accounts of an incident during Thingyan that left seven people injured.
President U Thein Sein vowed to rebuild a ceasefire in northern Shan State following clashes between the Tatmadaw and Shan State Army-South during a meeting with 18 political parties in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 May, politicians who attended the meeting said.
