Police are cracking down on reckless drivers who are turning Yangon’s main streets into late-night race tracks.
Perhaps the most poignant moments at the Remembrance Day Service at Htaukkyant War Cemetery came with the last line of the ode recited in honour of the fallen: “We will remember them.”
American politician Howard Dean applauded Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for attempting to make the difficult transition from dissident to politician.
Senior officials from Myanmar and Europe came together in support of peace in the country.
The prime ministers of Denmark and Norway opened a joint diplomatic office in Yangon to strengthen their diplomatic presence in Myanmar.
A school in Yangon Region has beaten nearly 70 competitors from across Southeast Asia to win a major international prize for disaster preparedness.
Shan politicians, peace activists and civil society leaders will hold a seminar in Yangon to discuss a range of issues crucial to Shan State.
Students, monks and political and religious leaders commemorated the centennial of Muslim student leader U Raschid, the hero of a patriotic uprising in colonial times and after.
The World Bank Group’s board of directors endorsed a new Interim Strategy for Myanmar and a US$80 million grant targeted at improving rural communities.
The National Democratic Force has received a warning from the Union Election Commission over a proposed plan to build a town for low-income families in Yangon Region’s Htantapin township.
