Ministry set to broadcast three new TV channels
The Ministry of Information announced this week that the state television agency plans to broadcast three new TV channels for free by September
The Ministry of Information announced this week that the state television agency plans to broadcast three new TV channels for free by September
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News
Experts say the Chinese have brought jobs and higher wages to northern Laos, but have also drenched plantations with pesticides and other chemicals.
Hundreds of small farmers in southern Shan State have boosted their income through apiculture and they are trained, and enthusiastic, beekeepers.
Business Energy Environment Natural resources News
Burma has been an attractive investment destination for foreign investors in recent years and is ready to take on the challenge of achieving the new heights by bringing more Foreign[…]
Electricity Energy Lead Story News
Burma’s energy minister tells parliament that it will take another decade and a half for the the country realise its goal of universal access to electricity.
As the government’s agricultural bank begins handing out loans to farmers, some say they have to wait too late for money that has to be paid back too soon.
In his first move as president-elect, Htin Kyaw has called for cutting the number of ministries from 36 to 21.
Farmers Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Farmers in flood-hit Burma face a scramble to replant damaged paddy fields in the next two weeks to avoid food shortages.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News
“Natural disasters can’t be stopped once they start,” Thein Sein warns delta residents in a speech broadcast on state TV.
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Emergency flood relief aid was flown into Burma’s disaster zones over the weekend, as Burma’s president visited rural Sagaing Division where a state of emergency was declared after rains displaced tens of thousands of people.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing
Burma’s President Thein Sein has travelled to areas devastated by floods after a state of emergency was declared.
Development Land Lead Story News
A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.
Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: Ooredoo defends against boycott; Rangoon to get more freight ports, jetties; ADB supports renewable energy in Burma; US govt fines Fokker for breaking sanctions rules.
The Asian Development Bank is to provide an additional US$2 million to encourage the Burmese Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to harness renewable energy sources. The technical assistance project will[…]
Burma’s parliament has opted to shelve a proposal by the Ministry of Agriculture to accept a US$163m loan from the World Bank and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development,[…]
Analysis Contributor Development Lead Story News
The World Bank is revealing how little it knows—or is willing to admit—about Burma’s agricultural sector, writes Rachel Wagley of US Campaign for Burma.
Regional Administrations have been the focus of a third of the cases lodged by the newly formed Anti-Corruption Commission and verified by the Ministry of Home Affairs, according to a Burmese lower house MP.
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Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin met South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se in Seoul on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties.
Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
Burmese kyat and fuel prices remained much the same this week, two Indian hydro projects are said to be stalled, more int’l flights for Mandalay, and Burma gears up for the census.
Burma has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to improve agricultural ties and expertise exchange, South Korean Yonhap News reported[…]
Burma’s union parliament on Tuesday urged the government to roll out a plan for dealing with an estimated US$1.1 billion in ministerial debts, accrued over years of military rule.
The Burmese government and the International Rice Research Institute sign a new MoU this week aimed at boosting rice production and improving other aspects of the rice sector.
Farmland was severely affected by floodwaters in Karen, Mon, Arakan and Shan states, and Pegu, Rangoon and Irrawaddy divisions. Meanwhile, in central Burma’s Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe divisions a complete lack of rain killed crops.
Thousands of acres of paddy fields have been severely affected this month with floods inundating crops in the Irrawaddy delta while a drought has hit Upper Burma.
Apr 21, 2009 (DVB), Fertile farmland is being confiscated by the government and converted to army barracks, outposts and training sites as Burma's military increases in size, says a report[…]
Apr 11, 2009 (DVB), China's insatiable hunger for rubber has led to land confiscation and forced labour in eastern Burma as the ruling junta look to increase exports to its[…]
Tai Kyaw Jun 20, 2008 (DVB), When Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on 2-3 May, it was a natural disaster that affected not only Irrawaddy division but also the whole of[…]
Tai Kyaw Jun 20, 2008 (DVB), When Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on 2-3 May, it was a natural disaster that affected not only Irrawaddy division but also the whole of[…]
Feb 26, 2008 (DVB), The Burmese government's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has imposed a ban on slash and burn agriculture in ethnic Kayan villages near the new capital Naypyidaw.[…]
Dec 10, 2007 (DVB), An inundation of water destroyed crops and farmlands in east Bago after a lake owner dug a hole in a river dam, according to a local[…]