March 19: Mandalay: Myanmar’s first bird flu outbreak has swept chickens from markets in this central city but in a country with a thriving black market, many know how to get their hands on illicit poultry.
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Since the beginning of March 2006, more than 500 Karen villagers from Mutraw, Karen State, have fled to the Thai-Burma border after being forced by the Burmese military to build a road for the Salween river dam project, according to an environmental activist who has just returned from Karen State.
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Thai Senator Jon Ungpakorn led a delegation to Mae Sot on Sunday to meet several non-governmental organizations and assess conditions among the city’s migrant worker population.
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March 18: Yangon: More than 10,000 chickens and quails have died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in central Myanmar and authorities have culled nearly 41,000 more to prevent the disease from spreading, Myanmar state media reported Saturday.
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An increased flow of drugs through many parts of a hill district in Bangladesh in recent times is causing grave concern among the people of the district, said a report in a local newspaper.
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March 17: It has been learned that there is an alarming increase in the use of Ya Maa stimulant tablets among the youth and students in the capital, Rangoon. A Rangoon resident told DVB [Democratic Voice of Burma] about the abundance of the Ya Maa stimulant tablets in Rangoon as follows;
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Yangon: Myanmar has set to change 6,000 more petrol- and diesel-run motor vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG)-operated ones this year under a plan to modify all vehicles in the country in terms of fuel operation, the Voice Weekly reported Monday.
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March 19: Kuala Lumpur: Myanmar has ended months of delays by setting a date for the visit of ASEAN special envoy and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to check on democratic reforms, he told AFP Sunday.
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The Thai-based All Ethnics International Open University, which has provided education to many Burmese, will close down due to a lack of funds.
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March 18: Jakarta: Indonesia and Myanmar have agreed to hold the first meeting of their Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation in Bali, an Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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