Local officials in Myitkyina refused an application for a peace demonstration in the Kachin State capital.
Officials in Mandalay last week began cutting power to the city’s industrial zones for seven hours a day.
Since January 9, Mandalay residents can exchange foreign currency at a privately owned centre.
Gold miners in Sagaing Region’s Homalin township say they are being forced to pay taxes to two army-linked companies or face being detained and beaten.
The Pyithu Hluttaw approved a proposal for the government and Kachin Independence Organisation to pursue peace negotiations over the internet.
The National League for Democracy has been forced to delay a township assembly to select representatives for its upcoming national conference because of internal conflict.
A company plans to sell taxis in Mandalay Region through instalment plans.
An official from Mandalay’s main cemetery has rejected a news report about a young woman who was incorrectly pronounced dead.
The government has formally apologised to monks for a police raid on a Letpadaung protest camp that left up to 100 people injured.
Township officials in Mandalay Region’s Myingyan township are under pressure to re-hold elections for some ward administrator posts in the township.
