Tag: Myanmar
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Myanmar millionaire who changed India
On January 31, two special Vipassana courses were organized at Pancayati Wadi, a rest house in South Bombay, where 50 years ago Sayagyi U Goenka conducted the first Vipassana course in India - after 2,000 years.
February 14, 2019 -
The Other Wall
The world must give it to Prime Minister Begum Hasina that thus far she has been no less accommodating than Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, vis-a-vis the migrants from North Africa and the Arab countries.
February 11, 2019 -
Parlour & the Princess
The reality must be daunting for any contestant, but Princess Ubolratana has accepted the challenge.
February 10, 2019 -
Bangladesh to seek more Indian support to fight Rohingya crisis
India and Bangladesh are likely to ink five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during the JCC meeting.
February 6, 2019 -
Car rally from New Delhi to Myanmar’s Yangon to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
A car rally commemorating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary from New Delhi to Myanmar’s former capital Yangon will be flagged off from Rajghat on 4 February.
January 30, 2019 -
Myanmar court to hear Reuters reporters’ appeal on Dec 24
On September 3, a court in Yangon declared the journalists guilty and sentenced them to seven years each in prison
December 10, 2018 -
Now, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey trolled for Myanmar tweets
His latest tweets describing Myanmar as a "beautiful country" where "the people are full of joy" led to accusation that he ignored the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority in the country.
December 9, 2018 -
President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Myanmar next week, likely to discuss Rohingya issue
Several agreements are expected to be signed during the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
December 4, 2018 -
Asean could play larger role in Rohingya crisis
At the end of the 33rd Asean summit in Singapore on November 15, Singapore formally handed over the symbolic gavel of Asean chairmanship to Thailand, which it last held in 2009. The one-year rotating term will officially begin on 1 January 2019. As the incoming chair, Thailand hinted what the regional group should or could …
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November 29, 2018 -
Voice of the Refugee
There is almost a collective sense of spurious satisfaction in Myanmar over the refusal of the 700,000 Rohingyas to return from the squalid camps of Bangladesh. Equally, much as it hoped to start the repatriation very shortly, there is little doubt that the government in Dhaka must be sorely disappointed ~ a month before the …
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November 19, 2018 -
Bangladesh continues efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar
Bangladesh officials on Thursday travelled to several camps in the western part of the country but did not find any refugee willing to return to Myanmar.
November 16, 2018 -
Will plan for Rohingya repatriation work?
Despite the concerns expressed by the UN refugee agency and other human rights groups, the repatriation could go ahead if both Bangladesh and Myanmar choose to do so
November 16, 2018 -
SE Asian nations in tussle with China
Countries in the Mekong basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in need of a collective strategy to secure their future, given China’s control of the upstream and ongoing changes in global geo-politics. The 4,909-km long river runs from Tibet in China through Myanmar, Laos, …
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November 14, 2018 -
Another award less
It is yet another subtraction from the garland of accolades that were once reserved for the “lodestar of democracy”. That embroidery has frayed over time, to say the least. Amnesty International has eventually sized up Aung San Suu Kyi with Monday’s assertion that Myanmar’s civilian leader “is no longer a symbol of hope”. Hopeless too …
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November 14, 2018 -
Bangladesh plans to repatriate Rohingyas from Thursday
The two governments agreed to repatriate 2,251 of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps, in the first of a phased process.
November 13, 2018 -
Conditions not safe for Rohingya’s return to Myanmar: UNHCR
The UNHCR said Myanmar authorities should allow refugees to assess the conditions in Rakhine themselves before taking the decision on their return.
November 12, 2018 -
Myanmar signs investment agreements with India, 9 other countries
Besides India, the other nine countries are the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Kuwait, Israel and South Korea, reports Xinhua agency.
November 9, 2018