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    66 Search results for "Bassein"

    Dozens hospitalised with food poisoning in Bassein

    Dozens of people in the Irrawaddy Division capital of Bassein have been hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning after attending a church opening ceremony. Eighty-seven locals from Bassein’s Taethonelone village[…]

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    Bassein solo protestor released

    Aug 31, 2007 (DVB)

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    Deadly fever hits high numbers of children in Bassein

    June 21, 2007 (DVB)

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Military News

    Military to sue 9 schoolchildren for defamation

    One student explained that while the play carried an anti-war message, it was in no way meant to be anti-military.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Irrawaddy Delta braces for storm

    Villages have been evacuated and schools in Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta have been ordered to close.

    Lead Story News Religion Society

    Six Burmese dead, five still missing in wake of Hajj disaster

    Six Burmese nationals were among those who died in the stampede at the Islamic holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia last week, according to the Myanmar Hajj Committee.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News Rangoon

    7 die in Irrawaddy delta floods

    Seven people have died in Irrawaddy Division in the past two days, where high floodwaters and dangerous conditions have prompted warnings from local officials.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Teacher jailed for leading Irrawaddy protest ‘column’

    Wai Yan Aung of Bassein Government Technical College, a leader of the Irrawaddy protest against the National Education Law, was jailed under Article 18.

    Crime Lead Story News Parliament

    Emergency Provisions Act endures abolition vote

    Critics allege that the act is widely used by the Burmese government to persecute political activists and journalists.

    Business Interview Lead Story News

    Selling rice to China

    As a pilot programme to export rice to China nears, DVB’s Aye Nai speaks to Ye Min Aung, the Myanmar Rice Federation general secretary.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Students issue white armbands to protest violence

    There are plans to take the campaign against the use of vigilante thugs nationwide.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Students boycott parliament briefing

    CDEM members walk out of briefing session on National Education Law, while ABFSU do not attend in protest to treatment of students in Letpadan.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Student protests: apparent breakthrough reached in Rangoon

    “If our demands are met, we will call off the march right here and now.”

    Education Lead Story News Rangoon

    Troubled education dialogue resumes

    After more preliminary negotiations in Rangoon, the four-way talks on the National Education Law are set to continue on Wednesday.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Student protests: Thein Lwin suspended by NLD

    Nationwide protests continue to grow, as negotiations on stalled four-way talks are held between reform groups and education officials.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Student protests: Ministry says it will amend Education Law

    Burma’s Ministry of Education announces that it is working on amendments to the National Education Law, which it then intends to present to parliament.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Mandalay marchers make university stopover in Magwe

    As the Mandalay column of students head towards Rangoon, they stop to rally more students in Magwe.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Students vow action after govt delays talks

    A petty squabble over attendees at the meeting leads to the government postponing talks. But student leaders hit back, saying public protests will resume.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Society

    Affordable rented housing pledge

    More housing will be built for those living illegally, minister tells parliament.

    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News Protest

    Confrontation looms as students approach Taungtha

    Police establish roadblock as student protestors approach, and protest movement widens.

    Interview Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Election 2015 – fighting for the farmers and workers

    The Myanmar Peasants, Workers, People’s Party aims to represent the the “poorest and most vulnerable” the party’s general secretary, Aung Myo Khine, explains to DVB.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Cyclone to miss Burma, Met Office says

    A depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm, however it is not moving towards the Burmese coastline, the DMH says.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Women's Issues

    Women lead Peace Day marches in Rangoon

    21 September was International Peace Day, and in Burma women’s groups led marches in Rangoon and other cities calling for an end to war.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Severe flooding drowns 1,000 homes in Hlegu

    About 1,000 homes have been inundated in Hlegu, Rangoon Division, after heavy rains flooded the Ngamoeyeik creek and the Pegu River.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Media News

    Irrawaddy journalists hold mass prayer for reporters facing legal action

    Twenty-one media workers in Irrawaddy Division staged a mass prayer in the capital Bassein [Pathein] as a symbolic protest.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Latpadaung monastery to be moved, despite public outcry

    A famous monastery on the site of the Latpadaung copper mine is to be moved despite opposition from locals, who fear the destruction of the sacred structure.

    Health Lead Story News

    Burma cuts HIV rates, but minorities still at risk: UN

    Burma has made enormous strides in addressing its HIV epidemic, slashing infection rates by 72 percent in little over a decade, but vulnerable groups including sex workers and gay men remain at risk, the UN warned on Tuesday.

    Lead Story News Politics

    56 political activists to be released from Burma’s prisons on Tuesday

    Fifty-six political prisoners will be released on Tuesday, many of whom are Kachin and Shan detainees.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Parliament approves farmers’ bill

    Burma’s parliament on Thursday approved the Farmers Rights Protection and Raising Interest Bill, ignoring President Thein Sein’s recommended amendments.

    News Politics

    Land seized by crony companies to be returned to locals

    Preparations are underway to return about 50 acres of land confiscated by the crony-connected Max Myanmar Group to local residents, according to Irrawaddy division’s Land Records Department

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