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After ASEAN excludes Min Aung Hlaing from summit, Myanmar pledges to coope
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 24 (ANI): After the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) excluded military top commander Min Aung Hlaing from taking part in a summit this week, Myanmar's junta on Sunday pledged to cooperate "as much as possible" with a peace plan agreed with the regio
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COVID-19: Myanmar extends closure of schools till October end
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 23 (ANI): Following a surge in COVID-19 cases, Myanmar on Saturday extended the closure of schools nationwide until the end of October.
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Singapore to allow travellers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Paki
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, October 23 (ANI): Singapore on Saturday eased travel restrictions caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed entry of travellers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to visit the nation.
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Myanmar authorities re-arrest over 100 political prisoners after amnesty
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 23 (ANI): Myanmar authorities have rearrested around 110 political prisoners who were freed earlier this week under the general amnesty announcement by the junta, reported local media.
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Gunmen kill seven in Bangladesh Rohingya camp attack
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], October 22 (ANI): Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 20 on Friday in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, heightening tensions in the settlements after the recent shooting of a community leader, a media report said
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Myanmar reports 683 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 683 new COVID-19 cases with a daily test positivity rate of 4.95 percent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
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Myanmar junta frees thousands of detainees in amnesty
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): Myanmar's military freed thousands of people arrested for protesting its February coup under strict conditions on Monday, prompting observers to dismiss the move as a bid to appease the international community at a time when the junta is facing both glo
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Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): Hundreds of Myanmar political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman have been freed from Insein prison, Al Jazeera reported citing local media.
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Myanmar junta to free 5,000 anti-coup protesters after Military's exclusio
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): The Myanmar Military on Monday announced that more than 5,000 people who were arrested for opposing the coup will be freed under a grant of amnesty.
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Myanmar remits sentences of 1,316 prisoners
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 18 (ANI): Myanmar's State Administration Council on Monday remitted sentences of 1,316 prisoners.
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Myanmar military junta 'extremely disappointed' over Min Aung Hlaing exclu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 17 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta on Saturday said that it was 'extremely disappointed' over its leader Min Aung Hlaing's exclusion from the upcoming ASEAN summit.
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Myanmar Military bans NLD defence lawyer from speaking to media
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 17 (ANI): Myanmar Military has issued an order against the lawyer of the National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders, banning him from talking to media persons after he revealed that the coup has forced the President to resign from his position.
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