The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) alliance of eight ethnic political parties will accept six more ethnic political parties who have applied for membership said the UNA leader U Khun Htun Oo. He said: “We will accept the ethnic parties that have applied to become UNA members. The UNA will ho...

ELEVEN villages from Myanmar’s southern coastal region of Tanintharyi will conduct regional based tourism enterprises, according to the office of the Department of Hotels and Tourism. The project, which has currently been submitted to union level government, will be implemented during the current...

RANGOON — The National League for Democracy’s push for peace with ethnic armed groups is expected to begin in late July, according to sources familiar with the matter. At the office complex of the former Myanmar Peace Center in Rangoon on Thursday, the government committee making preparations for...

Tanintharyi Region, the southern tip of Myanmar, abounds with natural resources and the problems associated with them. Residents in the isolated region face over-mining by foreign companies, the proposed development of a deep-sea port, an oil refinery and a special economic zone, mechanized farmi...

Nigeria's president has called for the UN to mediate with militant Islamist group Boko Haram to secure the release of schoolgirls it is holding captive. Muhammadu Buhari said he was prepared to swap militants who are in custody for the girls. The more than 200 girls were seized during a raid o...

The government will streamline free basic healthcare for poor people under the National Health Plan, a senior official said. The Ministry of Health and Sports is implementing the plan, which started last year and will continue until 2021. Dr Thant Sin Htoo, the plan’s programme manager, said ...

Myanmar President U Win Myint has called for raising momentum of reform in line with the global trend, stressing that the reform needs to be conducted in a timely manner toward building a democratic and federal union, Xinhua reported quoting state media. He urged the administrative, legislative a...

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday stressed the importance of making the country's economy corruption free in a meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw with business leaders, Myanmar News Agency reported Tuesday. "If our country is known by the world as corruption free in the economic secto...

The leaders of members of the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) held discussions on the principles worthy of being added to federal-designed Constitution if the much-criticized 2008 Constitution is amended for three days in Yangon. The Principles of Federal Union First Draft were discussed at ...

The Japanese government says it is ready to contribute US$100,000 (K133.7 million) for each community-centered infrastructure project in villages to help underdeveloped areas of the country. The money, from Japan’s Official Development Assistance, will be channeled via the Japanese embassy in Yan...