US President Barack Obama has moved to restore trade benefits to Myanmar, saying broader sanctions would soon be scrapped as he hosted the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House.
A Chinese think-tank on Wednesday said that India is threatened by the growing strategic ties between China and Myanmar. However, the Shanghai-based think-tank acknowledged that India had less barriers in building its relations with
It is regrettable to see some Indians still in a zero-sum mindset and treat China's increasing influence in Myanmar with ‘suspicion’ and even ‘hostility’, China's state-run Global Times said in an article today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured it of support of the 1.25 billion people of India as the two countries resolved to deepen ties and actively cooperate to combat terrorism and insurgent activities in the region
Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale today jolted Myanmar and northeast part of India. Tremors were also felt in Patna, Guwahati, Kolkata and Lucknow.
Nay Pyi Taw: Severe flooding has hit Myanmar's Rakhine state, affecting over 6,000 people since Tuesday, officials said on Friday. Triggered by torrential rain, two river banks of Laymyo and Kaladan bursted, affecting 64 wards
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar is planning to export anti-venom to neighbouring Asian countries this year, the media reported on Monday. U Ko Ko Aung, General Manager of the government-owned Myanmar Pharmaceutical Factory, said the exporting
Thanphyuyone: It's as vital to life in Myanmar as cheese is to France or tea to Britain. For millions of people in the Southeast Asian country, the day is incomplete without chewing the juicy, teeth-staining
In a surgical operation, Indian troops are said to have entered Myanmarese territory and killed at least eight insurgent responsible for May 22 deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur.
Imphal: An Indian Army patrol team and unidentified insurgents exchanged heavy gunfire along the international border in Manipur early today, intelligence sources said. There was no report of any casualty on either side. The army
Bangkok: India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on a 1,400-kilometre long highway that will link India with Southeast Asia by land for the first time in decades, giving a boost to trade and cultural exchanges
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar new President U Htin Kyaw on Monday submitted a proposal to union parliament for changing two out of four portfolios held by Aung San Suu Kyi. U Htin Kyaw nominated U
Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar's president Wednesday, taking a momentous step in the country's long-drawn transition toward democracy after more than a half-century of direct and indirect military
Htin Kyaw, 70, a longtime confidant and former driver of Aung San Suu Kyi, today become Myanmar's first democratically elected Present after more than half a century of military rule.
Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) today officially confirmed that Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will not become country’s next President.
Naypyitaw: Myanmar's parliament dominated by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party on Monday began a new and historic session that will install the country's first democratically elected government in more than 50 years.The National
New Delhi: The Cabinet today approved the construction of 69 bridges including approach roads on a major road section of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar at a cost of Rs 371 crore.Government said the project
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar's opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has won 880 parliamentary seats (77.3 percent) out of a total of 1,139 in the elections, Union Election
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today congratulated Myanmar's pro-democracy crusader Aung San Suu Kyi for her party's landslide victory in the historic parliamentary polls there. Gandhi remembered her "long struggle and steadfast commitment" to the
Yangon (Myanmar): Coming from a politician who has spent her career fighting military rule, the statements seem rather authoritarian: "I'll be above the president," who "will be told exactly what he can do."Though officially barred
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