Myanmar has started to introduce a computer-based e(electronic)-government system in the new administrative capital of Nay Pyi Taw to replace paper filing government work system, local Voice journal reported in this week’s issue.
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Four villages near the developing Metta Reservoir in Gangaw township, Magwe Division are being forced to move to Myuak district by the local authorities.
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A group of 16 farmers from Aunglan township, Magwe Division has sent a letter to State Peace and Development Council leader senior general Than Shwe, complaining that they have been bullied by forestry officials.
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Kyan Sit Min, a film which is a favourite of the State Peace and Development Council about the life of not only Burmese king, Kyan Sit Min but also the rule of King A-naw-ra-hta, bagged four awards in the 2005 Mayanmar Movie Academy Awards. It was broadcast live by state run Myanmar Television (MR-TV).
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Foreign movies, VCDs and CDs are flooding Myanmar, posing a threat to the local film industry as well as to national culture, the state-run media reported on Tuesday.
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Thai and Burmese officials have banned the import and export of chicken and eggs across border trade points such as Tachileik and Myawaddy, causing steep drops in the price of chicken.
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No human cases have so far been detected with bird flu virus H5N1 in Myanmar despite close monitoring on 300 people who were in touch with birds carrying H5N1, the local Newsweek Journal reported Tuesday.
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March 5: Fishing communities in some poor countries have the highest HIV rates, a U.N. agency warned Monday a little-known phenomenon caused mainly by fishermen’s travels and a custom of trading sex for fish.
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Two Northeast Indian and a Burmese trade body, part of a Burmese trade delegation visiting India, signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) on late Sunday night to boost Indo-Burmese border trade.
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Thailand’s national petroleum firm on Tuesday announced two successful natural gas wells in its M9 concession in the Gulf of Martaban, Burma.
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Mainboard-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings, a property group in Myanmar, is venturing into the bio-diesel business.
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March 5: Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities detained 108 Myanmar nationals for entering the country illegally after they were found on a fishing boat with no food or water, officials and a news report said Monday.
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The US will continue to raise the issue of human rights violations in Burma and the lack of democracy there despite the failure of its Burma resolution to win UN Security Council approval, according to a high-ranking US State Department official.
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It would be farcical if it were not tragic: A total of 30 illegal immigrants from Myanmar spilling out of three small cars in separate incidents over four days last week, followed this week by another 108 washing up on Penang crammed onto a fishing boat meant for 10. (more…)