A court in Mandalay’s Chan Myay Thazi Township has sentenced six nationalist monks who led an anti-government sit-in protest in early August to 18 months in prison with hard labour.
Lead Story News Protest Religion
A spokesperson for the religious affairs ministry said that local and township chapters of the Sangha Maha Nayaka have been instructed to stop the protests.
National League for Democracy co-founder and patron Tin Oo was rushed to the hospital after he fell in the bathroom of his home at around 11pm on Wednesday night.
Crime Lead Story Mandalay Division News
The authorities in Mandalay are planning to install more CCTV cameras across the central Burma city as part of a plan to more effectively fight crime.
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
The India-Burma-Thailand stretch of the Asian Highway is set to open in November, so DVB has mapped out the must-see stops along the way.
Activists staged the symbolic acts to draw attention to the continued detention of Burmese citizens.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Supporters gather in Mandalay and Pegu, while activists appear in Myingyan court for the first time.
Environment Lead Story Mon Travel & Tourism
News of a cable car planned for Mon State’s famed Mount Kyaiktiyo next year has been greeted with a mixed reaction.
The first celebration of the newly established Arakan National Day, was held in Rangoon on Wednesday.
Arakanese monk arrested in August at his monastery-cum-orphanage is given an eight-year sentence on obscenity and political activism charges
Monk who bought 120 children from human traffickers and sheltered them at his Arakan state monastery is arrested on a raft of charges
