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Thousands seek to leave Myanmar after military service diktat: What's happening

People stand in line to get visas at the embassy of Thailand in Yangon after Myanmar's military government said it would impose military service.
world news
Published on Feb 16, 2024 04:20 pm IST

Myanmar Airways International launches Chennai-Yangon direct flights

Myanmar Airways International launches direct flights between Chennai and Yangon to boost connectivity with India
travel
Updated on May 08, 2023 03:01 pm IST

Top military-appointed election official shot dead in Myanmar

Resistance groups earlier this year attempted to disrupt preparations for a new election the military.
world news
Published on Apr 23, 2023 04:11 pm IST

Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail

US journalist Danny Fenster works out of his van that he made into a home/office in Detroit in 2018. 
world news
Published on Nov 12, 2021 11:32 am IST

Myanmar protesters don't relent in face of deadly crackdown

The extent of protests Wednesday in Yangon was hard to gauge as the government further restricted communications, limiting access to timely information.
world news
Published on Mar 17, 2021 03:12 pm IST

Myanmar police raids railway workers' homes in Mingalar Taung Nyunt area

Security forces have responded with mass arrests and at times lethal force. At least 60 protesters have been killed since the military takeover, according to the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
world news
Published on Mar 10, 2021 05:40 pm IST

Thousands of protesters on Myanmar streets after night raids by security forces

The biggest turnout was in Myanmar's second city, Mandalay, where activists staged a sit-in protest after two minutes of silence in honour of people killed by police and the army, video showed.
world news
Published on Mar 07, 2021 02:54 pm IST

Myanmar: Protests reported in Myitkyina, Myeik and Dawei, tear gas fired

Large protests have occurred daily across many cities and towns. Security forces responded with greater use of lethal force and mass arrests. At least 18 protesters were shot and killed last Sunday and 38 on Wednesday, according to the UN Human Rights Office.
world news
Published on Mar 06, 2021 05:06 pm IST

Coup stalls democracy, protesters gather in Myanmar after hundreds arrested

Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing has said authorities have been using minimal force. Nevertheless, at least three protesters have died over the days of turmoil. The army said a policeman has been killed in the unrest.
world news
Published on Feb 28, 2021 09:26 am IST

Myanmar cops fire rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters in Yangon

A injured man lies on the ground after the police fired rubber bullets during protests against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar in this file picture from February 20. Credit: Reuters/For Representational Purposes
world news
Published on Feb 27, 2021 02:06 pm IST

Myanmar junta cuts internet again to grind down anti-coup rallies

Troops have fanned out around the country in recent days and fired rubber bullets to disperse one rally in Mandalay, hours before authorities again cut internet gateways.
world news
Published on Feb 16, 2021 02:42 pm IST

Myanmar shuts down all airports and flights post detention of Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar shuts down all airports and flights post detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
travel
Updated on Feb 01, 2021 06:59 pm IST

Ports, trains and trade: Xi to offer Myanmar billion-dollar bounty

Chinese President Xi Jinping.
business
Updated on Jan 15, 2020 02:41 pm IST

Myanmar kids dodge cows, garbage to play rugby

Children of Yahon’s North Dagon playing touch rugby
trending
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 01:09 pm IST

2 Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed after 500 days

Convicted of breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act, Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had spent more than 500 days in jail when they were freed on Tuesday.
world news
Updated on May 10, 2020 08:36 am IST

The Myanmar Manifesto: Double Wednesdays and other stories

Shwedagon pagoda is Yangon’s most famous and biggest pagoda
brunch
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 12:47 am IST

India pledges support to Myanmar’s national peace process

India's President Ram Nath Kovind meets with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the presidential palace in capital Naypyidaw on December 11, 2018.
india news
Published on Dec 11, 2018 01:59 pm IST

Indian women’s football team enters Olympic Qualifiers 2nd round for first time

The Indian women’s football team qualified for the Olympic Qualifiers second round for the first time.
football
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 11:36 pm IST

Myanmar court postpones verdict for Reuters journalists accused of breaching Official Secrets Act until Sept 3

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo outside Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar in July 9.
world news
Published on Aug 27, 2018 10:16 am IST

Myanmar floods claim 12 lives, forces 132,000 out of homes: Report

Members of Myanmar Rescue Team carry residents in a boat to travel along a flooded road in Bago, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar on July 29, 2018.
world news
Published on Aug 01, 2018 08:36 pm IST

Excerpt: India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe

Abhishekh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan celebrating Gudi Padwa at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai. Chinmay Tumbe points out that the Rai-Bachchan marriage is a result of two migratory corridors, one from coastal Karnataka and one from east Uttar Pradesh, meeting in Mumbai.
books
Updated on Jul 06, 2018 07:25 pm IST

Dozens hospitalised as Myanmar battles week-long landfill fire

Shaheda, 40, a Rohingya refugee woman who said her body was burnt when the Myanmar army set fire to her house.
world news
Updated on Apr 28, 2018 12:31 pm IST
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