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Chin Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News Uncategorized
Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining
Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community
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Environment flora and fauna Lead Story News Travel & Tourism Uncategorized
The future of Inle Lake
Locals living on Inle Lake in Shan State say the changing climate and rise in severe droughts combined with deforestation in the area are contributing to the deterioration of the lake.
Lead Story Media News Uncategorized
Journalists urge new information minister to continue reforms
As a former member of Burma’s Press Council, Information Minister Pe Myint is expected to push for further reforms of the media sector.
Bullet Points Lead Story News Uncategorized
DVB Bulletin Election Special: 8 November 2015
All the angles on Burma’s vote with Angus Watson.
Farmers Lead Story Natural Disasters News Uncategorized
Burma left to count cost of flood disaster
Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.
Education Lead Story News Protest Uncategorized
IMAGES: Scenes from Rangoon student crackdown
Scenes from Thursday’s police crackdown in central Rangoon.
Economy Lead Story News Parliament Uncategorized
MP says corruption, waste risk more debt
Questions are raised in parliament about the effect on national debt of the government’s reliance on international loans, and wasting of funds.
Lead Story News Parliament Politics Uncategorized
President rejects constitutional reform dialogue
Thein Sein tells parliament that multi-party dialogue would be unconstituional, and would breach the rule of law.
Lead Story Media News Society Uncategorized
Min Ko Naing: Media not impartial
Generation 88 leader tells audience that the media should not smear democracy activists in the name of impartiality.
Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized Women's Issues
Election commission calls for more female politicians
Head of the Union Election Commission pushes for a greater role of women in Burmese politics in the lead up to the 2015 elections.
Lead Story News Uncategorized Women's Issues
Burmese gender rights group meet with global leaders
The Women’s League for Burma meet with independent group of world leaders and statesmen, The Elders, to raise the issue of sexual violence against ethnic women.
Interview Lead Story News Uncategorized
Election 2015 – fighting for the farmers and workers
The Myanmar Peasants, Workers, People’s Party aims to represent the the “poorest and most vulnerable” the party’s general secretary, Aung Myo Khine, explains to DVB.
ASEAN Lead Story News Uncategorized
Thein Sein calls for greater regional unity in ASEAN-Korea summit
Burmese president asks over 400 business leaders to create stronger international ties for economic growth.
Business Weekly Lead Story News Uncategorized
BUSINESS WEEKLY 14 NOVEMBER 2014
Thein Sein discusses development with Japanese PM Abe; Burma, WHO partner in Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign; TEEMA to invest $456 million in southern Burma; Japan to lend $285 million for development projects
Health Lead Story News Photos Uncategorized
The rising scourge of diabetes
On 14 November, International World Diabetes Day , photographer Whitney Light captures the haphazard management of diabetes in Burma owing to low health literacy , poverty and inaccessibility to proper medical services.
Business Weekly Lead Story News Uncategorized
BUSINESS WEEKLY 3 OCTOBER 2014
P&G joins US Chamber of Commerce in Burma; Telenor turns on its network in Burma; PTTEP to increase Burma investment by US$3.3bn; No tax exemption for INGO workers;
Land Lead Story News Pegu Division Uncategorized
Thegon MP low-balled amount of confiscated land, say farmers
Farmers from Thegon, Pegu Division, announce that a local authority grossly under reported the amount of land confiscated in Aungon village.
Culture Entertainment Lead Story News Uncategorized
Burmese teams win top three prizes at ASEAN animation contest 2014
The animated short film ‘Don’t Let the Creativity Fall” by the Linn Htet Maw team from Burma is awarded first prize at the Animation Contest for ASEAN,
Business Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Uncategorized
India set to import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Burma
India, the largest rice exporter in the world, will import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Burma, which was once the largest exporter of the commodity.
Development Education Lead Story News Uncategorized
Burma ranks near bottom in global competitiveness report
Political instability, corruption and an inadequate educated workforce in Burma, leads to low ranking in the World Economic Forum’s new Global Competitiveness Report.
Trapped Burmese migrant workers strike in Chiang Mai
Burmese migrant workers say they are being held captive and forced to work for half the minimum wage.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized Women's Issues
Shan family fights to free girl trafficked to China
A Shan family makes contact with their stolen sister trapped in China.
Bullet Points: 19 August 2014
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Bullet Points: 13 August 2014
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Bullet Points: 11 August 2014
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Feature Features Lead Story News Refugees Special Report Uncategorized
Mae La Refugees, On The Edge
With the new military regime in Thailand, dread pervades the country’s largest displacement camp as refugees from Burma worry about their fates.
Bullet Points: 7 August 2014
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Bullet Points: 31 July 2014
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