United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon will leave New York on Monday on a trip that will take him to Myanmar and Australia to attend regional summits, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said.Ban's first
New Delhi: Its now almost six months since Narendra Modi was inaugurated as India's Prime Minister and he has undertaken many foreign trips with heavily packed schedules aftyer taking over the reins of power.This month
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar will deploy 20,000 police personnel to secure the upcoming 25th ASEAN Summit, officials said on Tuesday.The ASEAN Summit is scheduled to be held Nov 12-13 at the Myanmar International Convention Centre
Agartala: Transport bottlenecks have forced India's northeastern states to procure much needed rice from neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh.The Indian government has floated bids to import rice from Myanmar for Manipur and Mizoram. The Food Corporation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a series of multilaterals next month including G-20 in Australia and SAARC in Kathmandu as well as hold bilateral meetings with various top leaders.The Prime Minister will
Yangon, Myanmar: Thailand's appointed prime minister, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, makes his first official overseas trip Thursday since seizing power in a military coup in May.He will fly directly to Myanmar's sprawling capital, Naypyitaw, where he
Yangon: Myanmar authorities on Tuesday tightened security in the Yangon region, especially around religious buildings, in the wake of a threat from the Al Qaeda terrorist group."Patrolling has been intensified and entry points are being
New Delhi: In a breakthrough agreement, Myanmar has agreed to resume the repatriation of registered Rohingyas from Bangladesh within the next two months.Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque on Sunday evening said while talking about the
Nay Pyi Taw: President U Thein Sein today assured India that Myanmar will never allow its territory to be used for anti-India activities as visiting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj raised serious concern over some
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar today hailed the Gujarat development model, implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of the state, and said the model could be effective for it as the
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar - a police officer said.The announcement comes as a part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to
New Delhi: India's Look East Policy, in which Myanmar plays a key role as the route for major connectivity between India's landlocked northeast and Southeast Asia, needs to rise above "mere academic talk" to show
Yangon: Britain will introduce an aid programme to help Myanmar reform its police force, state media said on Wednesday.The implementation of the British assistance programme was discussed when Gen. David Richard, former Chief of the
Yangon: Myanmar will launch its first stock exchange by October 2015 and its stock exchange will be operated by the Myanmar Economic Bank in partnership with Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange and Daiwa Securities Group, finance
Dhaka: Tensions escalated afresh along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier as border forces of the two countries traded gunfire for hours sparked off by the killing of a Bangladeshi guard on patrol, officials said here today. “The
Nay Pyi Taw: The 24th ASEAN leaders' meeting started here Sunday, an event that Myanmar President U Thein Sein described as a symbol of "unity and dedication for building a better future for the region
Nay Pyi Taw: Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have started arriving in Myanmar Saturday to attend meetings that will focus on many issues including Thailand's political crisis, an official said.Malaysian Prime
New Delhi: Myanmar and India signed an agreement in Nay Pyi Taw to prevent insurgency and curb human trafficking through the border areas of the two neighbouring countries, a media report said on Saturday. According
Yangon: Myanmar got $4.107 billion foreign investment in the fiscal year 2013-14, up from $1.4 billion in 2012-13, media reports said Friday.The foreign investment in 2013-14 covered manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, mining, hotels and
United Nations: U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power is calling on Myanmar's government to take urgent steps to stop violence in western Rakhine state, where Rohingya Muslims have fled.Power's written comments followed a closed-door briefing to the
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