Health Lead Story News Sagaing
“We discovered that the contamination of heavy metals such as iron, copper and arsenic has increased in the Chindwin River due to waste disposal from gold mining operations,” said the Ministry of Transport’s Director-General.
The boat, Aung Soe Moe Kyat, was carrying more than 300 people when she was spun by a whirlpool and capsized on Saturday.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story
For centuries, the Irrawaddy River has served as Burma’s main riverine artery, but what does the future hold for this important waterway?
Relatives of the victims of last Saturday’s ferry accident on the Chindwin River are demanding an investigation into the cause of the incident, as the death count continues to rise.
At least four people have been confirmed dead and up to eight others are missing after a ferry capsized close to a whirlpool on the Chindwin River.
Families living on a roadside in Sagaing Division’s Kalewa Township after their riverbank houses were condemned say authorities have failed to provide them with alternative housing.
Excessive dumping of sand into a river in Kachin State is threatening the waterway’s future and may trigger more landslides in the area
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Villagers in Sagaing Division are finding it more difficult to find safe drinking water amid flooding along the Chindwin River.
DVB spoke to one resident who put the blame for the floods squarely on the Wanbao copper mine, saying it affects the free flow of the Chindwin River.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story News
Protestors marched from Monywa across the Chindwin River to the area of the copper mine where they met with the local villagers who are staging a series of sit-ins and rallies at the site.
Damage put at $170,000 as fire guts a market seen as strategically vital for trade along the Chindwin river in northern Burma
A Union minister says the government has netted almost $20 million in revenue from the Letpadaung copper mining project through the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.
Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
A coalition of 422 civil society and environmental groups are calling on the government to halt all proposed coal and large-scale hydropower projects, citing a raft of negative impacts on vulnerable local communities.
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Chin Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News Uncategorized
Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community
At 7am on 19 May, Pyae Phyo Aung and Win Ko Ko became the first Burmese nationals to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
One crew member is missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying aid was sucked into a whirlpool near Minbya.
In Monywa, although the current is just two inches above danger level, it is expected to rise, while levels in towns upstream should fall, the Met Office predicted.
Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
Burma’s largest producer of timber has declared a nationwide, one-year moratorium on logging, according to a spokesperson for the state-owned enterprise.
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.
DVB Debate Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video
A general election set for November could cap off five years of historic reform for Burma, but has disastrous flooding drowned Burma’s hopes for democracy?
IN PICTURES: Heavy rainfall and flash floods have inundated many parts of the country.
Burma’s jungles and plains are dotted with historical artefacts the envy of much of the world. But now many of those precious items are ending up overseas, thanks to a thriving black market.
2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Shan
As a new party representing five Shan ethnic populations in Sagaing Division and Kachin State is formed, DVB interviews the party founders.
Feature Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
You want to get off the “been there, done that” beaten track of Rangoon-Mandalay-Bagan-Inle-Ngapali? It’s time to discover those precious historical sites and natural wonders that are still unspoilt.
UNESCO has approved three ancient Pyu cities – Hanlin, Beiktano and Sri Kestra – as World Heritage Sites, the first time any historical monument in Burma has been recognised by the prestigious UN award.
Culture Features Lead Story News Video
Archaeologists are planning to excavate ancient ruins in Irrawaddy Division that could be as much as 2,000 years old and date back to the Pyu era.
Analysis Business Lead Story News Politics
The borderline between Burma and India, a strip of insurgent-infested forest, will eventually be drawn with some precision. But as the line that separates the two countries becomes more distinct, their ruling administrations are ever more entwined.
Burma wants to nominate the ancient Pyu city state of Hanlin as a World Heritage Site.
