AFP Category: NewsRegionalAsian countries trying to control the media? This picture taken on April 7, 2018 shows Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak singing his party's anthem before launching his coalition's election manifesto ahead of the upcoming polls during a National Front coalition or Barisan Nasional rally, in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Mohd Ras […]
AFP Category: NewsDomesticA group of Rohingya refugee make their way to a temporary shelter after landing in Aceh province on Sumatra island on April 20, 2018, just weeks after dozens of the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar came ashore in neighbouring Malaysia. Photo: Amanda Jufrian/AFP About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia Friday, o […]
Min Min Category: NewsDomesticDr. Than Htut. Photo: Aung Myat Thu/Mizzima Zabuthiri Township police force arrested the Director General of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under Ministry of Health and Sports for allegedly misusing his power in the ownership of a house and plot of land valued at over 150 million kyats. The police say the accused Dr. Than Ht […]
Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives Beach in the Maldives One-third of the Maldives’ economy depends on tourism The Maldives will become carbon-neutral within a decade by switching completely to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power, its leader has said. President Mohamed Nasheed told the BBC the Maldives understood better than most what would happ […]
The upcoming G20 meeting is critical if the world wishes to avoid the economic turbulence seen in the 1930s, the UK government has warned. Cabinet minister Douglas Alexander said the summit in London of the G20 group of rich and emerging nations next month “was an important moment”. G20 finance ministers pledged to make a […]
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