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    479 Search results for "Sagaing"

    Lead Story News Politics

    Sagaing students protest over changes to distance education

    Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing

    “Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    Measures to prevent violence put forward after Sagaing jade mine killings

    Sagaing divisional authorities are undertaking a four-step plan to prevent violent confrontations between licensed mining companies and so-called “freelance” jade scavengers at the Khamti jade mines after an altercation two days ago saw four scavengers shot dead by law enforcement personnel.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News Protest

    Sagaing marchers get prison for May protests

    Fifteen workers from a Sagaing-based plywood company receive prison sentences for scuffling with police during a protest in Naypyidaw in May.

    Accidents Labour Issues Lead Story News Sagaing

    Liquid nitrogen tank explodes in Sagaing sugar plant

    An employee at the Great Wall sugar refinery factory in Katha died on the spot when a liquid nitrogen tank he was handling exploded.

    Lead Story News Protest Sagaing

    Sagaing marchers indicted on unlawful assembly, sedition charges

    The tree female defendants were indicted on two unlawful assembly charges each, while the 12 men were also indicted for sedition.

    Health Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing villagers infected after contact with dead cattle

    Several people have been developed rashes and skin lesions after coming into contact with cattle that have died in recent weeks from an unidentified disease.

    Lead Story Logging News Sagaing

    Soldiers nabbed with illegal logs in Sagaing

    The officials said they stopped and searched the lorry, which was accompanied by two servicemen, following a tip-off. They found 29 logs of milled lumber, weighing a total of nearly three tons.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Flooding leaves Sagaing villagers short of drinking water

    Villagers in Sagaing Division are finding it more difficult to find safe drinking water amid flooding along the Chindwin River.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine

    Residents from 22 villages around the town of Tigyaing said they lost a total of 16,632 acres to land grabs by the military government between 2005 and 2008 to make way for the Tagaung Nickel Mining Project and other ventures.

    Crime Environment Lead Story Logging News

    Sagaing seizes 800 tons of illegally logged timber so far this year

    Police in Sagaing Division say there has been a noticeable increase in illegal logging activities since a one-year ban went into effect on 1 June.

    Environment flora and fauna Lead Story News

    Rare deer faces extinction in Sagaing sanctuary

    A rare species of deer that has been endangered for decades could soon vanish completely from a wildlife conservation area in northern Burma’s Sagaing Division.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Puppy to sniff out crime in Sagaing

    An Alsatian puppy has become the newest addition to the police department in Sagaing Division’s Kale District, helping in the fight against crime and drugs.

    Drugs Lead Story Mandalay Division News Sagaing

    Police seize drugs in Sagaing, Mandalay

    Massive quantities of speed and some heroin have been seized in Sagaing Division and Mandalay as police claim a chain of successes.

    Business Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian company buys majority stake in Sagaing mine

    Brisbane-based Metro Mining is one of the first Western mining companies to invest in Burma since a revised mining law was introduced late last year.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing

    2 killed as flash floods hit Sagaing

    Two people were reportedly killed when flash floods hit the village of Myelin in the Sagaing Division town of Pinlebu on Thursday.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    More than 50 Sagaing marchers charged

    A police officer said that of 71 protesters detained, 51 had been charged and taken to Yamethin Prison near the capital after they refused to be split up from fellow demonstrators.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News Protest

    Sagaing workers’ march ends in arrests

    Police in the Naypyidaw Union Territory said they arrested eight people as they attempted to march into the capital to set up a rally camp in front of the President’s Office.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    Sagaing marchers to face police as they near Naypyidaw

    As former workers from a wood-processing plant in Sagaing approach Naypyidaw after a long march, police will be ready to prevent them entering the Burmese capital.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    Sagaing workers begin march to Naypyidaw

    The march, which follows a 60-day sit in, aims to get the government to mediate in a labour dispute with Myanmar Veneer & Plywood Private Ltd company.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Further details emerge from Sagaing earthquake

    No casualties and no major damage resulted from the earthquake that struck western Sagaing Division late Wednesday evening.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Children arrested in Sagaing on suspicion of theft

    Police said they hadn’t decided what to do with the children, who were reportedly between the age of 13 and 16.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News Sagaing Shan

    16 dead as flooding strikes Sagaing, Mandalay, Shan

    A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that 40,000 people had been “seriously affected” and that the UN was ready to provide aid.

    Two dead as flood waters sweep Sagaing video

    Lead Story News Sagaing Video

    Two dead as flood waters sweep Sagaing

    As many as one hundred and fifty towns in lower Sagaing Division have been inundated, impacting as many as ten thousand people.

    Crime Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing protestors say drug addicts need help

    “My husband died from drug addiction and it left me scared, angry and inconsolable,” said one protestor. “I get very upset seeing young people whose lives are dictated by their drug habit – it brings tears to my eyes.”

    Education Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing students protest controversial Education Bill

    Burmese university students protest, at Sagaing, against the controversial draft of the National Education Bill.

    Land Lead Story News

    More farmers jailed for Sagaing land protests

    Eighteen farmers in Kanbalu, Sagaing Division, have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three and half years for ploughing seized lands, a newly popular form of protest in Burma.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing

    Three farmers in Sagaing Division were sentenced to three years in prison for “trespassing” after staging a “plough protest” in Kanbalu.

    BRIEF – NLD rally in Sagaing comes under slingshot attack

    An NLD rally in Sagaing Division, campaigning for the amendment of constitutional Article 436, was disrupted on Sunday evening when unknown assailants used slingshots to launch rocks into the crowd.[…]

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing farmers say insect infestation stipends were misappropriated

    Farmers in Ayadaw, Sagaing Division, said that authorities have unfairly disbursed agricultural stipends after insects ravaged the paddies of around 160 people.

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