PM meets Suu Kyi
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 met Nobel laureate and Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San…
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Myanmar cancels planned parliamentary byelection
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar's Union Election Commission, on October 13, said that it is cancelling byelections that were scheduled for later…
Read MoreMyanmar cancels planned parliamentary byelection
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar's Union Election Commission, on Sept 10, said that it is cancelling byelections that were scheduled for later…
Read MoreQuakes strike Myanmar, Andaman islands; no tsunami warning
NEW DELHI (TIP): Earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 6.1 struck Myanmar and Andaman islands on Thursday, the US Geological Survey…
Read MoreMillions back Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for Myanmar charter change
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar's opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader…
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Myanmar Buddhists threaten death to Muslims in Mandalay unrest
MANDALAY (MYANMAR) (TIP): Hundreds of Buddhists threatened to kill Muslims as they rode on motorcycles through Myanmar's second-largest city of…
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MYANMAR MULLS RELIGIOUS MARRIAGE CURB
YANGON (TIP): Proposals by radical Buddhist monks to criminalize interfaith marriage in Myanmar face strong opposition from women's rights groups…
Read MoreUN envoy raises alarm over west Myanmar ‘persecution’
YANGON (TIP): Acute shortages of water and medical treatment in western Myanmar following attacks on humanitarian groups are the latest…
Read MoreTensions as Myanmar embarks on first census in 30 years
SITTWE (TIP): Tens of thousands of census-takers fanned out across Myanmar on Sunday to gather data for a rare snapshot…
Read MoreViolence against Muslims threatening Myanmar reforms: UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Violence against a Muslim minority in Myanmar is feeding a wider anti-Muslim feeling that poses a serious…
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Myanmar Gives Official Blessing To Anti-Muslim Monks
YANGON (TIP): The Buddhist extremist movement in Myanmar, known as 969, portrays itself as a grassroots creed. Its chief proponent,…
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Suu Kyi announces bid for Presidency
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Myanmar's prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that she aspires to be the…
Read MoreIndia, Myanmar, Thailand Trilateral Highway May Start By 2015-16
NAY PYI TAW (MYANMAR) (TIP): The proposed trilateral highway covering India, Myanmar and Thailand is expected to be operational by…
Read MoreUS urges Myanmar to remove its two child policy for Muslims
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has appealed to Myanmar to immediately shun its plan of a two-child policy for Rohingya…
Read MoreTwo Dead, Mosques Destroyed In Myanmar Unrest : Police
YANGON (TIP): Two people including a Buddhist monk were killed and at least three mosques were destroyed after riots broke…
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Myanmar Protest: Probe Alleges Police Used White Phosphorus
YANGON (TIP): Anindependent investigationsays white phosphoruscaused the severe burnsmonks and other protesterssuffered when Myanmarpolice broke up theirprotest at a mine…
Read MoreSuu Kyi’s Party Gets Funds From Cronies Of Ex-Junta
YANGON (TIP): Cronies of Myanmar's military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly…
Read MoreRed Cross Head Peter Maurer Makes First-Ever Visit To Myanmar
GENEVA (TIP): The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in Myanmar to meet with President…
Read MoreMyanmar Government Apologizes For Crackdown Violence
YANGON (MYANMAR) (TIP): Myanmar's government has formally apologized to the country's Buddhist monks for its recent crackdown on protesters at…
Read MoreApollo enters Myanmar with telemedicine service
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Healthcare provider, Apollo Group of Hospitals has launched its telemedicine service in Yangoon. This facility will allow Myanmar…
Read MoreExport-Import Bank of India (EXIM) to open a representative office in Myanmar
GUWAHATI (TIP): In order to increase the bilateral trade between the Northeast India and Myanmar, Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM)…
Read More‘U.S. Can’t Squeeze China Out Of Myanmar’
U.S. can't Squeeze China Out Of Myanmar'. That was the message that China sought to convey to President Barack Obama…
Read MoreMYANMAR ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF 452 PRISONERS
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar ordered 452 prisoners to be freed on Thursday in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a historic…
Read MoreAung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar unrest an ‘international tragedy’
NEW DELHI: Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday described violence in west Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims as a "huge…
Read MoreSuu Kyi says she’s willing to be president
YANGON (MYANMAR) (TIP): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared her willingness on Monday to serve as president, and…
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