In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, a new satellite town is being built beside the Myaungmya-Latputta Highway, about three miles away from Latputta. Currently, the real estate business is on a upswing in this area.

Torrential rains along with mild winds have begun hitting Sittwe, capital of western Burma's Arakan state, ahead of the expected arrival of Cyclone Bijli, according to a local resident...

In the wake of cyclone 'Bijli' warning being issued, people in the Cyclone  'Nargis' devastated region in Irrawaddy Division are reportedly moving to safer areas inland, eyewitnesses said.

Cyclone Bijli, having formed earlier in the week in the Bay of Bengal, is now advancing in the direction of the Burma-Bangladesh border region. U.S. Navy weathermen predict that the surface wind speed of the storm may reach up to 75 mph on late Saturday

Even as Burmese people across the country, swathed in a festive mood, look forward to the Burmese New Year and the rejuvenating water festival, a resident in Laputta town of the Irrawaddy delta

A Special Court in the notorious Insein prison precincts in Rangoon on Friday, sentenced relief workers, who were helping victims of Cyclone Nargis, to prison terms ranging from two to four years.

Burma’s military government is making plans to supply electricity to several cyclone devastated areas in the Irrawaddy delta through the use of bio-energy. According to the plan, electricity..

The United States government recently donated over 16,000 tons of rice as part its humanitarian assistance program directed at the most vulnerable victims of Cyclone Nargis, which struck coastal...

The role of a United Nations-backed group assisting in reconstruction and recovery in Burma, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, has been extended to another year for facilitating...

Cyclone Nargis victims in Labutta Township, Irrawaddy Division badly need potable water, a relief team said today that. The villagers of 35 villages in the township are facing acute water crisis.