State-run media in Burma has rejected as impractical a recent opposition party plan for political reform in the military-led country.
(more…)

Yangon: A time bomb, similar in design to an explosive that killed 19 people in the Myanmar (Burmese) capital almost a year ago, was found and defused at the International School of Yangon, security personnel said Friday.
(more…)

March 24, Washington: A Burmese student leader has called on fellow pro-democracy activists to stick to the rule of law in the wake of the beating to death of 1988 student activist Ko Thet Naing Oo.
(more…)

Burma Police Special Branch (SB) agents have been arresting dealers of US Dollar as the price of the currency soars to a level never seen before in the black market.
(more…)

Burma’s military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) News and Information Ministry translated a piece of anti-US literature by China into Burmese, and has been distributing copies of it in the country.
(more…)

A three-day Kachin Consultative Council meeting started yesterday at the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organisation in Laiza on the China-Burma border.
(more…)

The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in Monywa, Sagaing division, poultry farmers from the area told Mizzima.
(more…)

New Delhi: With Bangladesh maintaining a “negative” attitude with regard to the proposed India-Myanmar gas pipeline passing through its territory, India has decided to by-pass the neighbouring country and has started the process for making alternate arrangements for receiving the hydrocarbon.
(more…)

A report released on Thursday by Manila-based Asian Development Bank predicted that developing countries in Asia “will deliver strong growth,” despite concerns over Burma.
(more…)

United Nations: The United States decided to forgo a seat on the new U.N. Human Rights Council this year rather than risk a losing battle for a panel it considers deeply flawed. But 42 countries announced their candidacy, including Cuba and Iran.
(more…)