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Satellite images show destruction by Myanmar military in Chin state
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 9 (ANI): Satellite images show heavy destruction caused by the Myanmar military in sections of Chin state where clashes between the soldiers and anti-junta forces escalated after a coup overthrew the democratically elected government.
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Myanmar teacher-turned-activist gunned down in Sagaing region
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 8 (ANI): May Hnin Aye, a middle-school teacher turned activist was gunned down by three assailants in the Sagaing region believed to be working for the military regime.
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Myanmar reports 960 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 960 new COVID-19 cases with 4.20 per cent of daily test positivity rate in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
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Myanmar military attempting to curb media freedom, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 6 (ANI): Myanmar's latest amendments in telecommunications law are an attempt by the junta to suppress the voice of journalists and muzzle the media, experts and rights activists said on Friday.
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Myanmar: Dozens of overthrown party's offices attacked since military coup
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 6 (ANI): The Myanmar Military after ousting the democratically elected government in the country has bombed and destroyed the offices of the National League for Democracy (NLD), which was overthrown by the junta in February.
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Myanmar Military abducts civilians to use them as 'human shields'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 4 (ANI): As clashes between the Myanmar Military and anti-coup forces escalated in Kayah State, the junta forces abducted 19 men from Ka-the village, to use them as 'human shields during the fight.
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Ex-US diplomat on humanitarian mission meets Myanmar Junta Chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 3 (ANI): With COVID-19 deepening hardship for people in Myanmar, former US diplomat Bill Richardson on a humanitarian mission to the country met its junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing.
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Senior NLD leader jailed for 20 years for criticizing Myanmar coup
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 31 (ANI): Myanmar authorities on Friday jailed an Octogenarian opposition leader for criticizing the coup that ousted the democratically elected government in the country.
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Myanmar military torched over 60 homes in Chin state
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 29 (ANI): Myanmar Military has destroyed at least 60 civilian homes in Chin state where clashes between the junta and ethnic armed organizations have escalated since the coup ousted the democratically elected government in the country.
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Seven offices of private bank in Myanmar hit by blasts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 29 (ANI): As many as seven branches of a private bank, KBZ, were blown up in the center of Mandalay, Myanmar, local media reported.
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Myanmar to reopen schools from next month
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 29 (ANI): Myanmar on Thursday announced to reopen schools across the country from next month, Xinhua reported.
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After ASEAN excludes Min Aung Hlaing from summit, Myanmar pledges to coope
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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