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Staff Reporter The government has decided to reduce fuel oil price within a month as the downtrend in the international market continues, special assistant to the Chief Adviser Dr M Tamim told newsmen ...
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Asia Pulse: Bangladesh-Myanmar to raise trade volume to US$500 million
Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman Wednesday said Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to raise their bilateral trade volume to US$500 million in the next fiscal year.
Xinhua: Bangladesh to procure 100,000 tons of rice from Myanmar
Bangladesh will procure 100,000 tons of rice from Myanmar on a regular basis as Dhaka mooted several proposals to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation with Yangon.
N Korea, Russia, Iran, Myanmar Nukes and US Elections
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Myanmar leader Maung Aye to visit Bangladesh
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Asia Times: Nuclear bond for North Korea and Myanmar a " Norman Robespierre
A recent flurry of high-level contacts between North Korea and Myanmar raises new nuclear proliferation concerns between the two pariah states, one of which already possesses nuclear-weapon capabilities and the ...
User Photo :bridge: like the locals, the best way to get around Myanmar's Inle Lake region is by
Much like the locals, the best way to get around Myanmar's Inle Lake region is by bicycle.
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The Irrawaddy cuts through Myanmar from north to south. Used as a transportation artery and a source for water and irrigation of crops, the Irrawaddy is critical to the life of this nation.
Myanmar: True humanitarian heroes
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Myanmar's Nargis-hit rice fields replanted - FAO
Nearly all the rice fields in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta that were devastated by Cyclone Nargis in May have been replanted, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Monday.
Key nations call on Myanmar to release Suu Kyi - AP
Key nations concerned about Myanmar are calling on its military government to release all political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and to start talking with the opposition.
Myanmar dissident enjoys just 17 hours of freedom - AP
A former aide to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was re-arrested less than 24 hours after being freed by the military government in a mass amnesty, an opposition spokesman said Friday.
Generals still rule Myanmar with firm grip
YANGON, Myanmar : A year ago, Myanmar's police and military stormed the streets of this moldy, crumbling city and began a deadly crackdown on thousands of Buddhist monks protesting sharp rises in the price of ...
Myanmar frees political prisoner
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Visiting writer Thida fights injustice at home
While in prison for her political activism in Myanmar, writer and doctor Ma Thida sometimes practiced Theravada meditation for up to 20 hours a day.
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I was sitting inside one of the numerous temples on the Bagan plain in Myanmar catching a brief respite from the sun.
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New Light of Myanmar: Tourism not only ensures international...
A coordination meeting for Promotion of Myanmar Tourism was held at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism here this afternoon, attended by Prime Minister General Thein Sein.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi to get family letters, news mags
YANGON (Reuters) - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has managed to wring small concessions from the ruling generals in the form of letters from her family and some international news magazines, her lawyer said on Friday.
The Nobel laureate, whose refusal of new food deliveries to the Yangon villa where she is under house arrest prompted speculation of a hunger strike, had also agreed to a visit by her doctor, lawyer Kyi Win told reporters.
"The authorities have agreed to let her receive family mail, read some international periodicals like Newsweek and Time and lift restrictions on the movement of her housekeeper, Khin Khin Win and daughter," he said after visiting Suu Kyi. There was no word on whether the 63-year-old, who has been under continuous house arrest for the last five years, would get a new satellite television decoder to replace an existing one that is believed to have broken.