PATHEIN—a coastal road stretching 274 kilometers (170 miles) from Rakhine State’s Thandwe to Gaw Yin Gyi Island in Irrawaddy Region’s Ngapudaw Township will be built at a cost of around 300 billion kyats ($187million), according to Irrawaddy Region Minister for Finance and Planning U Htay Win. At...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could bring opportunities to Myanmar and the region, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said here on Monday. At the first meeting of the steering committee for implementation of tasks relating to the China-proposed Belt with the country's national priorit...

Even as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari claims to have ‘technically defeated Boko Haram,’ he’s facing another armed rebellion, from a completely different part of the country – and it may be even more serious. Since the beginning of this year, an armed militant group that calls itself the Nig...

Yemen's exiled president has said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed Houthi rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said on Monday that the sole item for discussion would be the implementation of a resolution ado...

As with most deadlines and dates this election season, the start of the official candidate campaign period is rolling by today only partially heeded. Political parties had to miss scheduled campaign kick-off events – and the unveiling of campaign songs and slogans – because the candidate scrutiny pr...

The Karen National Union says recent clashes in Tanintharyi Region between its armed wing and Tatmadaw units will not affect the peace talks between armed ethnic groups and the government on a national ceasefire agreement. A Karen National Liberation Army fighter was killed and another injured in...

The Ministry of Education has responded to criticisms on social media that new civic education textbooks have included the four great religions – Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism – by denying it is responsible for the curriculum. “The texts books are not from our departments. We can onl...

Myanmar still collects the least amount of tax against GDP in ASEAN. As the tax to GDP ratio for Myanmar is lower than that of its regional peers, successive governments have prioritised more efficient tax collection. Efforts to reform tax collection began in 2012 under former president U Th...

Over 60,000 refugees have returned this year from across the region as tensions ease in Burundi, although more aid is urgently needed to help them pick up their lives and start over. Safia Nduwimana fled violence in Burundi two years ago. It has been three weeks since she returned home, and she has ...