The midstream and retail arm of Trafigura, Puma Energy, has agreed to sell its Myanmar business to a local private company, Puma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Philippines’ Marcos open to buying Russian fuel, proposes new Myanmar approach
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday said his nation may need to turn to Russia to fulfil its fuel needs amid rising global energy prices, bucking pressure from Western allies for …
Bangladesh seeks Spain’s support for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh called for Spain’s proactive support to Bangladesh’s stance on repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
13 trapped in Myanmar to return home
All 13 are expected to land at Chennai around 2am on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu government official said requesting anonymity. “They escaped from Myanmar and reached Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand …
Troubled Myanmar may return to financial crime watchdog’s blacklist
SOMETIME in October, the Paris-based global watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to decide whether to put Myanmar on its blacklist, a move that would put the South-east Asian nation …
H&M, Zara’s Owner Stick With ‘Made In Myanmar’ After Coup, but Some Brands Exit
Western retailers are increasingly divided over whether to buy clothes made in Myanmar, where some say labor abuses have worsened under military rule.
NUG Raises Over US$9 Million Selling Land Illegally Seized by Myanmar Military
The new fundraising scheme in Mandalay follows the success of a similar project launched in Yangon last month.
AFP photo falsely shared as ‘Bangladesh response to cross-border shelling from Myanmar’
After a Rohingya man was killed when mortar shells fired from Myanmar landed across the border in Bangladesh, a photo surfaced in Facebook posts claiming it showed Bangladeshi forces hunting down …
At a tea shop for Myanmar exiles, rebels at the counter, revolution in the air
At a newly opened tea shop named “Freedom,” the tea is brewed strong, then stirred with evaporated and condensed milk by a revolutionary on the lam. Food is cooked over a gas stove by a 53-year-old …
Firing inside Myanmar again rocks locals in Bangladesh’s Reju Amtali
The firing on the Myanmar side of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border started again Monday a week after it had stopped – the latest in the series of violent incidents in the area.Firing resumed on the …