DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of the 8 November general election.
Accidents Lead Story News Rangoon
“At first, we [neighbours] could smell it. Then it became unbearable, and people started running around. The fumes lingered for about 20-25 minutes, burning our eyes, and causing breathing difficulties.”
Renowned activist group 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) is planning a public movement to call for an end to civil conflict across the country.
Kokang Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Burmese govt looks to exclude MNDAA, TNLA and AA, but ethnic bloc representative reaffirms the NCCT line that all groups must be included in NCA.
Burma’s opposition leader joins chorus of voices challenging government’s backsliding on media freedom.
Activists staged the symbolic acts to draw attention to the continued detention of Burmese citizens.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Protestors turned out in Mandalay and Rangoon over the weekend to call for the release of 100 student activists from Tharrawaddy Prison.
Education Lead Story News Protest
There are plans to take the campaign against the use of vigilante thugs nationwide.
The Rangoon Division government has taken action against 43 illegal massage parlours so far this year, according to the regional Border and Security Affairs Minister Col. Tin Win.
Lead Story News Parliament Rangoon Society
A proposal to legalise and regulate karaoke bars and massage parlours in Rangoon Division was put forward at a regional parliament session on Monday.
Rangoon youth groups launch a campaign urging revellers celebrating the Thingyan Water Festival to avoid unruly behaviour, drunkenness and dressing inappropriately as a measure to protect Burma’s image.
Lead Story Lifestyle News Women's Issues
More than one thousand women took to the streets of Rangoon on Sunday to take part in the city’s first ‘walkathon’ organised specifically for women.
Arts Culture Lead Story News Politics
“What I want are people who understand why they want a united peaceful prosperous country,” the Burmese opposition leader told a packed room at the Mandalay Hill Resort.
Burma’s former capital Rangoon is gearing up for major developments with a new zoning proposal that includes a recreational riverside green zone and demarcated heritage zones.
Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
BUSINESS in BURMA this WEEK: China offers tax breaks on Burmese gas; foreign banks to be allowed limited operations in Burma; construction begins at Thilawa industrial zone; telecoms giants ink deal; and new proposals for the Rangoon skyline.
Business Development Lead Story News Property
South Korean KDB Daewoo Securities has announced that it will invest nearly US$200 million in construction in Burma’s former capital Rangoon.
Burma launched its first international literary festival by Rangoon’s Inya lake over the weekend. The British ambassador to Burma, Andrew Heyn, said the event was ‘groundbreaking’ as international and local[…]
During a conference in Rangoon today, former All Burma Students’ Democratic Front leader Moe Thee Zun said that he had no intention to start a political party but was interested[…]
Opposition icon is released after seven years under house arrest and is currently addressing crowds from behind the gate of her compound in Rangoon
Images released by her family show the Burmese opposition icon as a newly-wed, doting on her children and traipsing the snowy mountains of Bhutan in the 1970s
UN body reaffirms stance that Burmese opposition icon’s house arrest is in violation of international law and is ‘because of her political views’
Renovations to begin after lengthy court battle between the opposition leader and her estranged brother over ownership of the house
The Burma tourism debate rages on, but much of the pro-boycott lobby fails to understand the benefits that outsiders can bring
Court hearings begin over dispute between Aung San Suu Kyi and her estranged brother over the Rangoon compound where she is held under house arrest
Jan 19, 2010 (DVB), Diplomats from the British embassy in Rangoon yesterday attended the court hearing for Aung San Suu Kyi's latest appeal, in which lawyers refuted the legality of[…]
Jan 11, 2010 (AFP), Soaring high in a hot air balloon over Bagan in central Burma at sunrise, foreign tourists gasp in awe at a vast plain dotted with around[…]
Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's proposal to renovate her Rangoon house-cum-prison has been met with resistance from her estranged brother, who claims part-ownership. The[…]
Dec 2, 2009 (DVB), Renovations on the house-cum-prison of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could begin this week after being approved by government authorities, Suu Kyi's lawyer said.[…]
Aug 11, 2009 (DVB), A list of conditions under which Aung San Suu Kyi will live out her house arrest has been laid down by the courtroom, following an announcement[…]
Aug 7, 2009 (DVB), Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with her lawyers yesterday to discuss the dispute over ownership of the house in which she has been[…]
