A man who made headlines two years ago when he launched a failed search for the Great Bell of Dhammazedi has announced plans to resume his quest.
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MP: Dhammazedi bell search a ‘national shenanigan’
An MP says the highly publicised recovery attempt of the Dhammazedi Bell which ended in failure was a “national shenanigan” and the organisers should be charged with fraud.
Oracle monk denies Dhammazedi Bell was found
A Buddhist monk rumoured to have clairvoyant powers who was involved in efforts to retrieve the Great Bell of Dhammazedi from the Rangoon River – has dissociated himself from announcements that the fabled bell had been found.
Renewed search underway for the fabled Dhammazedi Bell
Efforts are underway on the Rangoon River by a local team to find and recover the Great Bell of Dhammazedi, which sank 400 years ago.
Yangon silent on Martyrs' Day
July 19 is Martyrs’ Day in Burma — a day in which the country remembers the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San and seven other leading figures of the country’s independence movement. In recent weeks, rumors had spread that the military was planning to use the day to present Aung San Suu Kyi to …
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