Burma’s main opposition party, National League for Democracy (NLD), on Monday denied the ruling junta’s claim that members of the party are responsible for bomb blasts in the country. (more…)

Local authorities in Myin Chan township, Mandalay division, have been given training and directions for dealing with demonstrators, according to a source close to the township Peace and Development Council office. (more…)

An abbot who was reported by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners to have been arrested in a raid on Marlayon monastery has denied the story and told DVB that no raid took place. (more…)

Young monks from Pakokku will continue to refuse alms from government officials until they apologise for beating, insulting, killing and imprisoning monks during the Saffron Revolution last year, a local monk said. (more…)

Myanmar’s police chief on Sunday denied detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on hunger strike after her party said she has been refusing food for three weeks. (more…)

Myanmar is planning to introduce a 100-percent visa-on-arrival system starting the coming open season by November in a bid to revive its tourism, the local weekly Voice quoted the Hoteliers Association as reporting on Sunday. (more…)

Instead of holding dialogue with the Burmese military government about elections in 2010, the United Nations (UN) special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, should urge the regime to initiate a tripartite dialogue aimed toward reaching national reconciliation in Burma, according to the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), a Rangoon-based coalition of 12 ethnic political parties. (more…)

A woman living with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized, leaving the detained democracy activist alone under house arrest and adding to concerns about her well being, according to a spokesman for the National League for Democracy (NLD). (more…)

Markets in the towns of Tachelik and Mae Sai on the Thai Burma border have been closed in anticipation of flooding due to heavy rain on Sunday, locals said. (more…)

Bangladesh has proposed direct road links with Myanmar and Thailand to improve its business ties with the nations of Southeast Asia. (more…)

Authorities in Mandalay division’s Pyinmana, near the SPDC’s administrative capital Naypyidaw, have issued an order to local restaurants and shops to close by 11pm, according to local residents. (more…)

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint received ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan and party at Yangon General Hospital this evening. (more…)

Three months after Cyclone Nargis, the world has an outdated image of the situation inside Burma. Although aid agencies delivered assistance within days after the storm and continue to do so, the story of a recalcitrant government that rejects aid from the generous nations of the world has not been updated. (more…)

If we compare United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari’s visit to Burma to a chess game, we can say that during his latest trip from to 23 August he attempted to sacrifice a queen for five pawns. (more…)