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Myanmar detains foreign journalists for flying drone over parliamentary bu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 28 (ANI): Myanmar Police has detained a Singaporean and a Malaysian journalist for flying a drone over a parliamentary building in Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw.
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Little attention paid to Rohingyas ties with international terrorism: Expe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): Little attention has been paid to Rohingyas ties with international terrorism despite media covering the mass exodus of the minority community following violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, says an expert.
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Myanmar Consul General Pyi Soe dies in road accident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Giridh (Jharkhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): Myanmar Consul General Pyi Soe died in a road accident in Jharkhand on Friday.
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UN official expresses 'deep disappointment' in Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 27 (ANI): Given the state of affairs in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the United Nations investigator of human rights abuses in the country expressed deep disappointment in Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her 'indifferent' response to the violence agai
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Tillerson calls on Myanmar army chief over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], October 27 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday morning urged Myanmar's army chief General Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence in the Rakhine state and allow the safe return of the Rohingya Muslims displaced during the crisis.
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Myanmar to start new education department for Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 26 (ANI): Myanmar will open a new education department for Rohingya Muslims attending Sittwe University at Takka Pyin village in Sittwe township.
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U.K., Canada, Switzerland pledge to donate $33.5m for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Switzerland have pledged additional USD 24 million as assistance for the Rohingya refugees, who are fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the persecution of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Rohingya crisis: Myanmar, Bangladesh agree on border cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 24 (ANI): Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed two agreements on border cooperation to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Khaleda to visit Rohingya refugee camps next week
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 24 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Rohingyas' refugee camps in Cox Bazar next week.
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US exploring sanctions on Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Oct 24 (ANI): The United States is considering sanctions against Myanmar for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslims in restive Rakhine state.
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Myanmar to launch own satellite system in 2019
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 23 (ANI): Myanmar will be launching its own satellite system MyanmarSat-2, which will be used on joint ownership system.
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Swaraj meets B'desh PM discusses Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Ocotber 22 (ANI): India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused due to influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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