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The United Nations food agency on Thursday stepped up its appeal for aid to US$ 33.5 million for farmers in Burma's main rice producing region devastated by Cyclone Nargis, since 75 per cent of the farmers in the area do not have seeds necessary for the p...
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In solidarity with Burmese cyclone victims, students from Trinity Western University of Canada and Canadian Friends of Burma are planning to hold a musical concert on Sunday, organizers said.
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Despite the Burmese military junta's attitude suggesting that restrictions will be imposed while observing the 63rd Martyrs' Day which falls tomorrow, the main opposition party the National League for Democracy is determined to go ahead with the programme...
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Three Burmese fishermen are still stranded five and-a-half months after they made it to the eastern coast of India's Orissa state, after drifting at sea for three months.
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The Burmese military junta authorities arrested four NLD members from Rangoon Division yesterday. They were whisked away from their homes yesterday evening.
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Though the monsoon rice plantation season is coming to an end, farmers in cyclone-hit Bogale and Labutta Townships have been unable to sow paddy.
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No progress is expected from UN Special Envoy Mr. Ibrahum Gambari's visit to Burma slated for next month, the opposition at home and abroad felt. They were responding to the news of Burmese junta's invitation to UN envoy to visit the country in mid-August...
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The United Nations humanitarian chief, John Holmes, on Wednesday said he will visit cyclone-hit Burma again next week to reassess the relief and rehabilitation situation.
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Even as cyclone victims reel under the devastating impact of Nargis, the military rulers are lining their pockets from the aid funds donated by the international community including the UN. The money is being made by way of a twisted currency exchange mec...
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(Analysis) The workability of most local media outlets in Burma is now apparently harder not just because of irregularities of the censorship board but also the unscrupulous approach of military cronies at their own expenses, resulting in an obstruction o...
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Lending a helping voice, 22 Burmese pop singers will soon release a music album to raise funds for cyclone victims. The new album, which will have 15 songs dedicated to cyclone victims, is under production in Nawaratt Studio in Rangoon, by several bands i...
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In a renewed pressure, United States' House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to block Gems and Jewelries from Burma to enter into the US.
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Fourteen members of Burma's opposition party – National League for Democracy – who were arrested for protesting on their leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday on Wednesday were charged with disturbing public tranquility.
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The Burmese military junta has extended an invitation to Ibrahim Gambari, UN Special envoy to Burma, to visit the country in mid-August. The visit has to do with resuming talks with the regime and the opposition, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday...
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Eleven ethnic Padaungs from Mae Hong Song district, Northern Thailand are still missing. The 11 Padaung or Kayan ethnic tribes living in Huay Pu Ke and Huay Suu Htauk villages in this district have been missing since July 3...
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Nearly 60 British parliamentarians have signed a petition, 'Early Day Motion', urging for the UK government to investigate and expose the assassins of Burma's ethnic rebel leader Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan.
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Cyclone Nargis, which devastated an estimated 2.4 million lives, has left tell tale marks on businesses – particularly advertising industry - in Burma's former capital Rangoon....
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(Editorial) Even three months after the cold blooded multiple murders in Rangoon the culprits have not been brought to justice. Moreover, a suspect died in police custody during interrogation. All those responsible for this custodial death must be brought...
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In one of the bigger scandals that have rocked Burma, a secret and special tribunal in the country's notorious Insein prison on Monday commenced the trial of business tycoon Maung Weik. He is charged with alleged abuse and trafficking in drugs.
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A bomb explosion in a bus traversing on the highway killed a man and injured one in Dike Oo Township yesterday morning. The blast occurred in the outskirts of Deik Oo, Bago division in the rear of the the Kyauk Gyi- Rangoon bus, with the registration numb...
