The draft framework for political dialogue (FPD) is now almost completed according to reports coming from the FPD consultations in Rangoon, which ended on 10 July. Once the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) has been signed the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and government negotiating teams wi...

It is the first time a sitting government has settled the debts, with only the last term’s (three month) yet to be cleared. The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, disclosed this in Accra yesterday when her ministry took its turn at the Meet-the-Press series. S...

The Gambia Commission for Refugees on Monday conducted a day’s meeting with relevant government authorities informing them that the Government of the Islamic Republic of The Gambia has waived the Expatriate quota Tax for refugees. This special waiver of Expatriate Tax has come into effect so that...

YANGON, June 28 (Xinhua)-- Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has announced 10 areas which will be prioritized for investment by both local and foreign entrepreneurs, Myanmar News Agency reported Wednesday. The 10 prioritized areas for investment include agriculture, livestock and fishery, expor...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over an updated version of its 2040 master plan for Yangon’s development to the region government, which is waiting until it has received a bevy of other plans from other agencies before deciding which recommendations to adopt. JICA fir...

Kanbawza Bank’s Brighter Future Myanmar Foundation donated Ks100m to Kayin state for disaster preparedness and regional development goals, according to a press release. It claims, much like its other donations, that the fund found it difficult to deliver aid last year during disasters due to poor in...

Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) are regrouping and up to 20 people have been killed in recent attacks. Peace continues to elude the CAR two years after a UN peacekeeping mission there was launched. A cluster of people have gathered around a truck where helpers are distributing food t...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has developed a comprehensive livelihoods strategic plan for Malawi. UNHCR resident representative Monique Ekoko said this in Lilongwe on Thursday during presentation of the Household Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Assessment (HSELA) and relate...

To strengthen Myanmar’s private schools, an accreditation system is needed that recognises different kinds of private schools, education experts said at a seminar that discussed a draft law on private education on Saturday. U Kyaw Moe Tun, executive director of Parami Institute of Liberal Arts & ...

The Kayan Ethnic Literature Curriculum Drafting Team has started drafting a new curriculum for primary level Kayan literature from Grade-1 to Grade-3 after the team was established by the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee. Khun Hlwee Si from the Kayan Ethnic Literature Curriculum Dra...