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Aizawl: Over 6,000 children of Myanmarese refugees, who have taken shelter in Mizoram since March last year following the military coup there, are enrolled in government and private schools across the state, officials said. Mizoram Education Department officials said that of the 6,195 Myanmarese children, 5,221 were enrolled in government schools, 184 in government-aided institutes […]

Hyderabad: Ninety per cent of the world’s jade is mined in Myanmar. Myanmar’s jade industry is worth billions of dollars annually. Most stones are bought by Chinese traders. However, the industry is plagued by corruption resulting in illegal export of the country’s natural wealth. Read on… Myanmar produces 90% of the world’s jade. Most of […]

Hyderabad: Two senior paediatric cardiologists from Hyderabad, Dr Nageswara Rao Koneti and Dr Shweta Bakhru, both from Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute (RCHI), were specially invited to perform a heart procedure on the grandchild of the Prime Minister of Myanmar. Dr Nageswara Rao and Dr Shweta travelled to Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, last week, […]

It is ‘constructive disengagement’ that the people of Myanmar are asking for in their struggle to restore their fledgling democracy

They were stranded in the Andaman islands after their boat developed serious technical snags on February 18, a week after it sailed out of Bangladesh

The five-point consensus reached by Asean on Myanmar can form an ideal framework for the way forward

Three people died when the armed forces suppressed a protest in Monywa, in the Sagaing region on Saturday morning, dpa news agency quoted the Myanmar Now website as saying in a report.

Kachin Independence Army, the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organisation, attacked a police station in Shwegu township and seized weapons and supplies, and wounded one police officer

In the advisory issued to the DCs of Chandel, Tengoupal, Kamjong, Ukhrul and Churachandpur on March 26, Special Secretary (Home) H Gyan Prakash also asked them to stop Aadhaar enrolment exercise.

The killings quickly drew international condemnation, with multiple diplomatic missions to Myanmar releasing statements that mentioned the killing of civilians Saturday, including children

The army's seizure of power halted the Southeast Asian nation's move toward democracy that began when Suu Kyi's party took office in 2016 for its first term, after more than five decades of military rule.

Witnesses outside Insein Prison in Yangon on Wednesday saw busloads of mostly young people, looking happy with some flashing the three-finger gesture of defiance.

No privately owned newspapers were published this past week for the first time in eight years, following bans and voluntary suspensions.

Since the takeover six weeks ago, Myanmar has been under a nationwide state of emergency, with its civilian leaders ousted and detained and military leaders in charge of all government.

There were also reports of injuries from live rounds and rubber bullets.

Myanmar has been roiled by protests, strikes and other acts of civil disobedience since the coup toppled Suu Kyi's government on February 1 just as it was to start its second term.

An internationally isolated Myanmar can put a spoke in the central idea of China’s Belt and Road Initiative – connectivity

Australia announced late Sunday it had suspended a defense training program with Myanmar worth about 1.5 million Australian dollars ($1.2 million) over five years.

Bagan is best known for being one of the country's top tourist attractions, but it has also been the scene of large protest marches against the military's February 1 seizure of power.

The Rohingyas are a Bengali-dialect speaking Muslim minority in Myanmar.