Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...

“Three weeks after catastrophic twin earthquakes hit Myanmar on 28 March, the worst-affected communities are still without safe shelter, clean water and sanitation, stable electricity, health ...

BANGKOK, April 22 (Reuters) - A plan to build a nuclear power plant will continue in Myanmar, a war-torn Southeast Asian country partly devastated by a massive earthquake in March, the Russian ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said Qatar can use its good offices to exert pressure on Myanmar for starting repatriation of Rohingyas without any further delay. Given the renewed ...

YANGON: A Myanmar ceasefire declared after last month's devastating earthquake was due to expire on Tuesday (Apr 22), after aid groups and international mediators called for an extension to ease ...

Myanmar Junta Extends Ceasefire to Support Earthquake Relief, State Media Says (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military has extended a temporary ceasefire in its conflict with rebels to April 30, in ...

egrettably, the recent devastating earthquake in Myanmar compounds the longstanding pain and suffering inflicted on the peoples of the country due to authoritarianism and human rights violations.

BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) - China has recently sent a team to Myanmar to monitor a ceasefire it brokered between the country's ruling military and a rebel group, China's foreign ministry said on ...

YANGON, Myanmar — More than 60,000 students in Myanmar must retake university entrance exams after their answer papers were incinerated in a blaze caused by last month's earthquake, state media ...

YANGON: Myanmar's junta on Tuesday (April 22) prolonged a ceasefire declared after last month's devastating earthquake to April 30, after aid groups and international mediators called for an ...

Myanmar law enforcement authorities handed over more than 920 Chinese telecom fraud suspects, previously apprehended in areas such as Tangyan and Mong Hsu in southern Shan State, to Chinese ...

As of April 20, the earthquake has claimed 3,735 lives, injured 5,108 people, and left 120 people missing, said Maj Gen Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the State Planning Council. Speaking about the ...