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Photo News - March 2010

Monday, 01 March 2010 13:14 Mizzima News
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A girl died in a building collapse on March 14 evening in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima: Six rescue workers were injured after some parts of the three-story building collapsed again, while they were trying to rescue the 15-year old girl trapped under the debris. Firefighters extinguishing a fire at Theingyi Market in Rangoon on Monday evening at 6 p.m. (local time). Photo - Mizzima As part of the Burmese government’s ongoing privatisation process the Myawaddy Publishing House in Rangoon has been transferred to the private sector. Photo – Mizzima. The government-run Myawaddy Publishing House has been transferred to Pyi Thar Yar, in Bauk Thaw at the former military record office.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:02 )
 

Photo News - February 2010

Monday, 01 February 2010 17:23 Mizzima News
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Speculation has mounted following privatization plans for Kanar street in Rangoon downtown. It will be extended from Ahlone township to Kyimyindine township. Photo: Mizzima Ethnic Mon from Burma celebrate the 63rd Mon National Day at Maha Chai in Thailand on January 30, 2010. Photo – Mizzima. Naing Htaw Mon, Chairman of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the largest armed ceasefire group in Mon State, during a speech at the National Day celebration said the NMSP has rejected the junta’s proposal of transforming its troops into a Border Guard Force under the administration of the junta.
Last Updated ( Friday, 26 February 2010 13:51 )
 

Mizzima Cartoons 2010

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:13 Mizzima News
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:23 )
 

Photo News - January 2010

Monday, 04 January 2010 14:28 Mizzima News
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The writers and fans organized a dinner meeting to honor Burma's Influential writers Dagon Tayar and Paragu on the 62nd anniversary of Independence Day, January 4, 2010. Photo: Mizzima The main opposition party The National League for Democracy observed the 62nd anniversary of Burma's Independence Day today in its headquarters  in Rangoon while the military regime held a separate ceremony. With India buying Toor (pigeon peas) from Burma, the price of the bean and its export rate are on the upswing. The prevailing buying price of the bean is Kyat 905,000 (about USD 950) per ton while the export price in over USD 1,000 per ton. Photo-Mizzima.
Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 17:29 )
 

Photo News - December 2009

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 16:23 Mizzima News
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Inaugural ceremony of the China-Myanmar Border Trade Fair 2009 being held at Ruili-Jiegao on the Sino-Burma border. Photo – Mizzima. Traders from China and Burma are exhibiting  a variety of products ranging from motorcycles to hardwood , jewellery and gems. Burmese women in New Delhi singing at a function organised by SANGAT, a Network of South Asian Network of Feminists, on November 30, while observing the ‘South Asian Women’s Day’. Photo – Niang Boi/Mizzima. Over 200 women from India, Tibet, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma joined the function.<br /> A pile of recyclable polythene being cleaned up and being readied for recycling. Photo – Mizzima. Though the Rangoon Division Peace and Development Council had set November 30 as the deadline to stop all production of polythene bags, after the request by factory owners and business entrepreneurs, the deadline was extended to March 31, 2010 for factories that have license and instructions were issued to produce only recyclable polythene.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:38 )
 

Photo News - November 2009

Monday, 02 November 2009 16:02 Mizzima News
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A group of youths in Northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai town preparing to release a hot-air balloon on November 2, 2009 night. Photo – Mizzima. Like the Kathina in Burma, traditional Loi Kathrong is being celebrated widely throughout Thailand. The premier Burmese Rock Band “Emperor” on November 1, Sunday, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a live-show in Rangoon’s Kandawgyi Myawsikyun, where hundreds of fans cheered through the night. Alongside the Emperor’s lead singer Zaw Win Htut, popular vocalists Ringo, Sithu Lwin, Alex, Myo Kyawh Myaing, E- Toe, Haymar Nawin, and Shee, performed during the show. Photo – Myo Thein The Bon Ka Htein Festival being celebrated in Rangoon on Sunday. Photo – Mizzima.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 18:20 )
 

Photo News - October 2009

Friday, 02 October 2009 13:48 Mizzima News
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Vehicular traffic came to a halt in Burma’s former capital Rangoon after water inundated the streets following incessant rain on October 20. Photo - Mizzima Chinese and Burmese people jointly march in a procession during the Ninth Friendly Festival (Paukphaw) on October 4. Photo – Mizzima. The Festival began in 2000 and is annually sponsored by the Chinese government. It is held regularly in the beginning of May. But, since the 8th festival last year, it has been shifted to October 3 -5. The new 5,000 kyat note, which entered circulation on October 1. Photo – Mizzima. Economic experts contend issuing the new 5,000 kyat note further indicates the erosion of Burma’s economy, in addition to sparking fears of increasing inflation.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 November 2009 11:04 )
 

Photo News - September 2009

Thursday, 03 September 2009 20:00 Mizzima News
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National League for Democracy (NLD), Burma’s main opposition party, on Sunday reiterates their call for the release of detained party leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi, as they marked the 21st anniversary of party founding. Photo – Mizzima. The NLD has said, it is willing to join the 2010 elections if the ruling junta releases political prisoners, start a dialogue with the opposition as the 1990 election winning party, and agrees to amend its 2008 constitution. Barbecues, which are widely known as ‘Korean Kim’, have become popular among people in Rangoon. But apprehensive that the barbecues might be used with chemicals that could cause cancer, the Ministry of Health and Food & Drugs Authorities (FDA), is conducting a test on the food. Photo – Mizzima. FDA has also been conducting  tests on other foods including the popular tea-pickle or Laphet, chilli powders, and fish and shrimp paste and are known to be slightly more outspoken about their findings and their work compared to other ministries in military-ruled Burma. Zaw Win, Director of the Prison Directorate admonishes prisoners of the notorious Insein, before they are set free as part of the government’s amnesty to 7,114 prisoners. Photo – Mizzima. The Burmese junta’s amnesty includes a few prisoners of conscience.         
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 18:36 )
 

Photo News - August 2009

Tuesday, 04 August 2009 17:46 Mizzima News
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Jeeps, carrying goods to be transported to India, being checked at a check point in Hai Muol town of Chin state’s Teddim Township, close to the India-Burma border town of Tio. Photo – Mizzima. Sources said, authorities have tightened regulations on the flow of goods and commodities along  the border. A fire broke out in the Myanmar Winery and Distillery Co. Ltd and a boiler exploded in Hlegu township, Rangoon on Saturday 7 p.m. killing three people and injuring six. Photo: Mizzima.  Investigations are on in the case of the company, which has a lion's share of the whisky  market in Burma. Over 170 sales centres of business enterprises selling off commodities including clothes, cosmetic, food items, electrical goods and electronics at the Rangoon Trade Exhibition at the ‘Tatmadaw Hall’ with discounts of up to 60 per cent . The exhibition was held from August 20 to August 23. Photo – Mizzima.       
Last Updated ( Monday, 31 August 2009 16:17 )
 

Aung San Suu Kyi supporters gather around Insein prison

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:33 Mizzima News
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