Fire at Myanmar department store kills 7

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 14:11

Seven people were killed after a fire broke out at a department store on the outskirts of Yangon due to a suspected electrical fault, a fire department official said today.

IMF chief urges Myanmar to focus on poverty reduction

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 21:19

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde urged Myanmar -- which is enjoying an economic boom after decades of international isolation under the junta -- to urgently prioritise tackling widespread poverty.

India-Myanmar relations rooted in history: President Pranab

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 19:44

Terming relations between India and Myanmar as being rooted in history, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said it is in the mutual interest of both the countries to strengthen these ties.

`Myanmar has much to learn from India`: Myanmar leader to Prez

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 18:18

Myanmar has much to learn from India as it returns to a multi-party democratic system of governance, Speaker of the country`s Upper House told President Pranab Mukherjee as he met him here.

Pentagon not for normalisation of defence ties with Myanmar

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 14:17

The Pentagon at this point does not recommend normalisation of the defence relationship with the South East Asian country, US lawmakers were told.

BJP writes to PM, wants halt to fencing work along border with Myanmar

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 00:51

BJP has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop fencing work along Myanmar border in Manipur, claiming such an exercise will leave huge tracts of Indian land into Myanmar territory.

Myanmar still enlists boy soldiers despite reforms

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 16:21

Political prisoners have been freed, censorship has been abolished and, the government promises, the days of child soldiers are over.

Suu Kyi urges `freedom from fear` on World AIDS Day

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 16:29

Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi today urged greater openness and compassion in the global struggle against AIDS as experts warned against complacency despite falling infection rates.

Myanmar`s remaining independence fighter dies

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 13:20

The last member of Myanmar`s legendary "Thirty Comrades" the group that spearheaded the struggle against British colonialism has died.

Japan helps Myanmar maintain railroads

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 12:49

Japan has provided modern railway equipment to Myanmar to help the country maintain its railroads, media reported Thursday.

CCS may take up plan to hand over Myanmar border to BSF

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 21:13

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is expected to take up tomorrow the proposal of handing over security duties of the Myanmar border to BSF replacing Assam Rifles.

Heavy deployment of BSF troops, Rs 5,000 cr infrastructure for Myanmar border?

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 15:39

A plan to deploy 41,000 troops and setting up of Rs 5,000 crore infrastructure will be on the government`s table this week as it looks to replace Assam Rifles with BSF to guard Indo-Myanmar border.