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Senior NLD officials at a flag-raising ceremony in Naypyitaw to mark the start of the election on September 8 (Nyan Hlaing Linn/Myanmar Now)
NLD dismisses calls to postpone election because of Covid-19 outbreak
Top party officials said there is no ‘credible’ reason to change November 8 polling date
Published on Sep 16, 2020
‘Nothing like this has ever happened in our village’ said one local (Supplied)
NLD MP seeks arrest of vandal who destroyed campaign sign board in village 
Maung Maung Swe filed a case with the police after the board was slashed with a knife
Published on Sep 11, 2020
USDP Party's Headquarter at Naypyidaw (Photo - Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
USDP announce election candidates as ex-chair Shwe Mann says he won’t contest a seat for his new party 
Former generals and military-backed ministers will vie for seats in the hope of eroding the NLD’s huge majority
Published on Aug 13, 2020
Win Mya Mya was seriously injured during 2003 Depayin uprising and subsequently detained for a few months (Photo- Min Min/ Myanmar Now)
‘It’s not good to back down in politics’ - veteran Muslim activist finally able to contest a seat for the NLD 
Win Mya Mya survived a massacre and prison while fighting for the NLD, only to miss out on standing as an MP in 2015 because of her religion
Published on Aug 7, 2020
Kyaw Htin (left), a former brigadier general and the director general of Myanmar's customs department, and Ni Aung (right), a former general and the managing director of the Myanma Port Authority, both resigned from the MEHL board of directors on July 6. (Photos: Ministry of Information and Myanmar Times)
Ex-generals resign from MEHL board over conflicts of interest
Attorney general backtracks on previous statements clearing directors of military conglomerate to also run customs and ports
Published on Jul 21, 2020
Pictures of the unusual statues went viral in 2017
‘Unpleasant to look at’: officials remove goofy Buddha statues donated by top generals 
Former dictator Than Shwe and other top officials donated the carvings, whose strange gestures were a superstitious bid to keep power
Published on Jul 8, 2020
Grade 11 students leave their exam rooms in Mandalay in March (Photo Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now)
Education official: Students will go back to school almost two months late with social distancing in classrooms
High schools will be the first to go back followed by middle and primary schools if all goes well, says education official
Published on May 28, 2020
MPs attend a national parliamentary meeting on March 17, 2020. (Photo- Min Min/ Myanmar Now)
MPs to be tested for covid-19
They’ve arrived in Nay Pyi Taw for pre-session health screenings and will sit one seat apart when sessions resume
Published on May 13, 2020
Photo : Yan Moe Naing / Myanmar Now
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Health official announces first patient to recover from virus
A Myanmar-born US citizen has now twice tested negative for the coronavirus since his diagnosis
Published on Apr 6, 2020
Ye Ni is seen outside the Kyauktada Township court on March 16, 2020. (Photo- Kay Zon Nway/ Myanmar Now)
Military withdraws defamation charges against Reuters, The Irrawaddy
Both charges stemmed from reporting on clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine state
Published on Mar 18, 2020
NLD passes law requiring soldiers to vote at civilian polling stations
Military says move will expose soldiers to attacks, but lawmakers argue it will make election more open
Published on Feb 21, 2020

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