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NLD members wear masks with Aung San Suu Kyi’s face on them at a campaign event in Pabedan township, Yangon on September 8 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Party office in opposition leader’s target constituency is silent as Suu Kyi cancels opening...
Published on Sep 8, 2020
Residents under quarantine at Mandalay’s Mya Ye Nandar Housing complex. (Photo- Yan Moe Naing/ Myanmar Now)
Healthcare workers still rely on donors or buy their own masks as prices skyrocket
Apr 9, 2020
Health workers spray disinfectant in a suburb locked down after a resident tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Mingaladon township, Yangon, late March (Photo: Thandar Moe)
The woman’s eight-year-old daughter is the youngest person to test positive in Myanmar
Apr 2, 2020
A netizen scrolls through the DMG website in March 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Government refuses to release list of sites it ordered blocked, arrests several reporters from ethnic news media
Apr 2, 2020
MPs vote on proposed constitutional amendments in parliament on March 16 (Photo- Nyan Hlaing Lin/ Myanmar Now)
The NLD spent a lot of energy drafting bills it knew would fail, but the effort may boost its election chances
Mar 21, 2020
Kyauktan township authorities spray disinfectant at Xin Fa textile factory on Tuesday (Photo: Kyauktan Township NLD information committee)
Police are searching for a Chinese national who disappeared after falling ill at a textile factory south of Yangon
Mar 17, 2020
JCGV was among the cinemas closed by government order on Monday. (Photo: Mung San Aung/ Myanmar Now)
Movie theatres suspended ticket sales across the country Monday after the information ministry ordered nationwide closures
Mar 16, 2020
Photo : Mung Sang Aung / Myanmar Now
Some were hit by strikes in recent months, but owners blame shortages of raw materials and high land prices for closures
Mar 6, 2020
Photo : Nyan Hlaing Lin / Myanmar Now
Lawmakers will vote nine times on 135 different proposals
Mar 4, 2020
A file photo of a large jade mine in Kachin State's Hpakant township (Htet Khaung Linn/Myanmar Now)
Among the companies are state and military-owned conglomerates and some of Myanmar’s largest corporations
Mar 3, 2020
Two Myanmar students (left) arrive in New Delhi with Indian Air Force officers Thursday morning (Photo: Vikram Misri on Twitter)
The pair were unable to return with a previous batch because one was ill and the other was travelling
Feb 28, 2020
The Bawdwin mine in northern Shan State's Namtu township contains rich deposits of silver, lead, zinc and copper and is among the most lucrative in Myanmar. (Photo: Kan Thar/ RFA)
Seven-year tax holiday is meant to encourage investment, but a mining consortium already stands to make enormous amounts without the incentive
Feb 14, 2020
Decision comes after Chinese passenger lands with flu-like symptoms in Yangon, WHO declares virus a ‘global health emergency’
Feb 1, 2020

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