Thailand on Monday added 21 new imported coronavirus cases, including two Thai women returning from Myanmar, bringing the total to 3,998. No new deaths were reported.
Xiaomi and other China smartphone titans dominate Myanmar
A smartphone boom and reforms introduced in 2013 that ended a state phone service monopoly have led to the modernization of Myanmar, despite a relatively immature digital economy. Since 2013, …
Myanmar’s cross-border migrant workers and the Covid-19 pandemic
English Analysis on Myanmar and 3 other countries about Protection and Human Rights, Recovery and Reconstruction and Epidemic; published on 26 Nov 2020 by TNI …
Myanmar extends Covid-19 preventive measures to Dec 15
Yangon, Nov 29 (IANS) Myanmar’s national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19 has extended the period of preventive measures until December 15.
Bangladesh disburses $500,000 to OIC for Gambia’s case over Rohingya genocide
Gambia had brought the case against Myanmar to the International Court of Justice Bangladesh has disbursed $500,000 to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as foreign ministers of the …
Record catch: Myanmar military seizes US$634mil worth of narcotic drugs; Covid-19 cases surges above 86,000
The Myanmar military has seized a large haul of narcotic drugs which were worth 837 billion kyats (US$634.09 million) in the first 11 months of this year, a military spokesperson told a press briefing …
Bangladesh disburses $500,000 to OIC over Rohingya genocide case
In November last year, Gambia had brought the case against Myanmar to the International Court of Justice Bangladesh has disbursed $500,000 to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as foreign …
UNICEF statement on the death of a child and his parents and injury of four more children due to a landmine explosion in Rakhine State, Myanmar
English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Mine Action and Protection and Human Rights; published on 23 Nov 2020 by UNICEF …
Danger and desperation in Myanmar’s jade mines
It is a risk, we all know,” said Aye Yi, a 33-year-old who has been working in Myanmar’s jade mines since she was 14. “We don’t know when it will happen. But we know it definitely will at some point.” …
Bangladesh has called for a safe zone for Rohingya inside Myanmar, would it work?
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