Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News Politics
The “88 Generation” has established a party organising committee in the ethnic Bamar heartland of Hinthada Township, Irrawaddy Division, as it eyes becoming a major political force in future.
Farmers Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
Residents of some villages in Irrawaddy Division’s Ngapudaw Township say they are beating back a recent infestation of rats, with hundreds of the vermin dispatched by local brigades of amateur exterminators this week.
Experts say Burma is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, as the Health Ministry slashes anti-virus measures due to a lack of funds.
Celebrated Burmese meteorologist Tun Lwin has predicted that floods will soon blanket all of western Arakan State, as well as the Chin, Sagaing and Kachin regions.
Accidents Lead Story Military News
All three crew members aboard a Burmese Air Force helicopter were killed when it crashed in the Pegu Division town of Daik-U on Tuesday.
Environment Farmers Lead Story News
Last year’s floods and other extreme weather events have prompted many farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta to leave some of their land fallow.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The cyclone is not expected to hit Burma directly, but will likely cause heavy rainfall in western parts of the country.
Villagers say they have been baffled by the appearance of an unusual, yellow dust that has sprinkled over their town in Kachin State this week.
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Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Celebrated Burmese weather expert Tun Lwin warns that the Kachin capital could be hit by flooding and landslides caused by melting Himalayan glaciers.
Environment Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 lists Honduras as the country suffering most from the effects of extreme weather events in the 20-year period.
No hotels or motels will be licensed to operate within the vicinity of colleges and universities in Rangoon, according to the city’s mayor, Hla Myint. The directive was issued in[…]
Environment Lead Story News Photos
Each year, as Burma’s monsoon season reaches its peak, stories of inundated fields, homes and entire villages pour into the DVB newsroom. Poor drainage systems and a chronic lack of[…]
About 1,000 homes have been inundated in Hlegu, Rangoon Division, after heavy rains flooded the Ngamoeyeik creek and the Pegu River.
Environment Lead Story News Video
One hundred and fifty people have been made homeless in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon, after a whirlwind swept through the neighbourhood on Monday morning.
Farmers in central Burma are blaming El Niňo weather phenomena for poor cultivation conditions this summer, according to state-run media. Declining rainfall, hot weather, drought and a late monsoon have[…]
People should prepare immediately for a heat-wave as potentially record-breaking temperatures look set to envelop many parts of Burma, with Rangoon expected to reach 39°C this weekend and Mandalay set to sizzle at 42°C.
Ethnic issues Law Lead Story News
130 famers face eviction as land requisitions for a military golf course in Shan State begin.
Environment Lead Story News Video
Villages in Mon, Karen and Shan states inundated after days of monsoon rains while in Pegu some 600 residents are evacuated into monasteries and shelters.
Ten Arakanese activists, who face up to one year in jail for staging an “unlawful” protest against a controversial China-backed oil and gas pipeline, appeared in court in western Burma on Monday
Meteorological expert used as a scapegoat by the government after Cyclone Nargis to set up warning centre in Irrawaddy division
Farmers selling off land to repay gambling debts as growing crisis threatens to send greater numbers of Burmese into poverty
Hat Yai under four feet of water as low pressure zone moves over the Andaman Sea, potentially making landfall in southern Burma in 48 hours
Around 30 dead or missing in Arakan state as locals complain that international and domestic relief supplies have been slow to arrive
Farmland in Bago division remains underwater, bug infestation eats away at crops in nearby Rangoon and Mandalay is hit by record rainfall
May 12, 2009 (DVB), Burma's government, widely condemned for its slow response to cyclone Nargis last year, has voiced confidence in its new disaster warning technology after receiving support from[…]
Htet Aung KyawMay 1, 2009 (DVB), A year ago today, families living in Burma's Irrawaddy delta knew nothing of the cyclone that was about to wreak total havoc on their[…]
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Htet Aung KyawMay 1, 2009 (DVB), A year ago today, families living in Burma's Irrawaddy delta knew nothing of the cyclone that was about to wreak total havoc on their[…]
Jan 23, 2009 (DVB), The mother of recently imprisoned Dala National League for Democracy youth coordinator Htet Soe Linn has accused local authorities of framing her son to put a[…]
