Tag: Myanmar
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Bangladesh urged to halt returning Rohingyas
Myanmar authorities have verified 3,454 people for an initial round of returns from a list of 22,000 submitted by Bangladesh authorities
August 21, 2019 -
48 dead in landslide in Myanmar
Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing thousands and triggering landslides.
August 11, 2019 -
30 killed in landslide in Myanmar
Hundreds of residents of nearby villages have been left isolated and await aid as heaps of mud blocked roads and paths.
August 10, 2019 -
India enter Under 23 Asian Volleyball Championships quarters
The Indian team secured a berth in the final eight of the tournament on account of topping their group that included New Zealand and China apart from Thailand.
August 6, 2019 -
4 Myanmar citizens arrested in Shamli
SHO of Thanabhawan police station Sandeep Baliyan told that Mohd Rizwan Khan and Mohd Furkan Hussain were arrested from outside a madarsa in Jalalabad while Ali and Abdul Majeed were arrested from Khushnuma colony which is close to the Madarsa.
July 29, 2019 -
13 killed in a massive landslide in Myanmar
The search operation for the missing is still underway, local authorities said.
July 28, 2019 -
600 people killed, over 25 mn affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Myanmar: UN
More than half-a-million of them have been displaced, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
July 27, 2019 -
Generals crippled
The fountainhead of democracy has eventually reacted to its degeneration in Myanmar since the early 1990s.
July 22, 2019 -
Look East, Act East~II
The AEP has thus addressed the geo-strategic environment, the threat to maritime security and the need for a balance of power especially with China's emergence as a major Asian power in the context of close connectivity and cohesion amongst the nations in this region. ASEAN or the Asia Pacific region may encounter new challenges at any time with the changes of economic and political conditions at the international level and also with the changes in the balance of power.
July 10, 2019 -
UN expresses alarm at internet blackout in Myanmar
Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered all mobile providers to temporarily suspend services to nine towns in the states of Rakhine and Chin.
June 25, 2019 -
Tibet’s climate, land use policy not China’s internal affair: Sangay
Addressing a panel discussion on Climate Change and Tibet at University College London’s Darwin Lecture Theatre, he implored upon the strategic importance of the Tibetan plateau as the largest repository of fresh water outside North and South Poles.
June 24, 2019 -
Armies of India, Myanmar target NE militants in coordinated operation
The first phase of "Operation Sunrise" was conducted three months ago along the Indo-Myanmar border, during which a number of camps of north-east-based militant groups were busted.
June 16, 2019 -
New Myanmar filmmakers shoot to rekindle golden years
The Southeast Asian nation used to be a regional cinematic hub before the 1962-installed military junta suppressed creativity, imposed censorship and cut the country off from outside influences.
June 7, 2019 -
Suu Kyi tries to save face with Myanmar reporters’ release
Observers say the unexpected release of the two Reuters reporters was a political decision timed to save face for the country's civilian leader, after a vigorous international campaign that saw Amal Clooney join their legal team.
May 9, 2019 -
Asia News Network welcomes release of Reuters journalists by Myanmar
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were sentenced to seven years in jail in September 2018 under the Official Secrets Act, were released after a presidential amnesty
May 8, 2019 -
Two Reuters journalists freed from Myanmar prison reunite with families
Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said: "We are enormously pleased that Myanmar has released our courageous reporters".
May 7, 2019 -
Rohingya massacre: Reuters journalists freed from Myanmar prison after 500 days
Locked up since 2017, the journalists, who received this year's Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, were freed on Tuesday morning after they received a presidential pardon earlier this week
May 7, 2019