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Union Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr. Kan Zaw received Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ms. Ma Jia at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday. They cordially discussed matters pertaining to furt
The 14th World Standards Day (2026) ceremony was held in a hybrid format at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Science and Technology on October 14. Dr. Myo Thein Kyaw, Chairman of the National Standards Council and Uni
The opening ceremony of the Thanlyin Refinery (Phase I) was held on Wednesday. President U Min Aung Hlaing attended the ceremony. To commence the ceremony, Union Minister for the Ministry of the President's Office U Khin
Union Minister for Cooperatives and Rural Development U Myo Zaw Thein attended a meeting on the micro-manufacturing and income generation projects of the Department of Small-Scale Industries for the 2026–2027 fiscal year
Union Minister for Labour U Maung Myint received Ambassador Mr. Maziad Mohammed Maziad M. Alhowishan and officials from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based in Yangon at the Union Minister’s reception hall on
President U Min Aung Hlaing made an inspection tour in Yangon Region on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the performance and potential expansion capacity of Myanmar’s port sector. First, at Thilawa Railway Station, after h
In accordance with Section 232 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Section 12 of the Union Government Law, Union Minister for Defence U Tun Aung has been transferred and appointed as Union Min
In accordance with Section 232 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Section 12 of the Union Government Law, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae has been appointed as Union Minister for Defence and Dr. Ko Ko Lwin a
Ayeyarwaddy Times October 14 A court in eastern China has sentenced three members of a criminal syndicate who operated scam networks in Myanmar to death, it has been learned. According to a statement released on Tuesday,
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcased an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States at a defense exhibition, state media KCNA reported. The news emerged a day after U.S. President Donald
“It was only after completing seventeen years of teaching that I finally realized, ‘Oh, I have only just become a teacher.’” THESE were the words spoken by the Township Education Officer during a briefing ceremony held a
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human health in the twenty-first century. Rising temperatures, floods, droughts, storms, air pollution, and the spread of infectious diseases can seriously affect t
The NCA is a sound foundation for achieving lasting peace and serves as a gateway to the peace process. Therefore, all stakeholders should have the courage and determination to pursue the path of dialogue for national re
DENKO Trading Co Ltd and the Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association (MRPPA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 10 October at the UMFCCI head office to help alleviate fuel shortage difficulties. Signator
THE Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will offer a four-month theory and practical training on vegetable seed production from 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, cover
THE Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will purchase water resource-related operational equipment for projects implemented under the Nay Pyi
SPECIALIST doctors from Yangon General Hospital and other specialist hospitals provided comprehensive healthcare services to older people at Yangon General Hospital yesterday morning to mark International Day of Older Pe
MYANMAR nationals who had faced difficulties in Malaysia and returned to the country on 4 October were repatriated to their respective hometowns, with 142 returnees from Taninthayi Region arriving in Myeik from Yangon ye
UNION Minister for Labour U Maung Myint received Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Maziad Mohammed Maziad M Alhowishan, who is based in Yangon, and embassy officials at Union Minister’s guest room yesterday afternoo
DEPUTY Minister of Construction Dr Thaung Naing and Chin State Minister for Electricity, Energy, Industry and Transport U Nay Lin Aung, accompanied by members of the Chin State Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Committee
MYANMAR has approved 1,131 national standards to enhance domestic product quality and facilitate entry into global markets, Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Myo Thein Kyaw announced yesterday. Speaking at the
THE 16th day of the third regular session of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw was held at 1:30 pm yesterday at the Pyithu Hluttaw meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw. The session was attended by Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Yi, Deputy
THE fifth day of the third regular session of the Third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning, with 533 of 560 eligible representatives attending, representing 95.18 per cent. Speaker U Aung Lin Dw
UNION Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr Kan Zaw received Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ms Ma Jia at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue (Building 26) in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon. They cordially discussed matters
THE Myanmar delegation, led by Union Minister for Home Affairs General Ko Ko Oo, attended the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting and the first BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in New Delhi, India, from 12 to 13 Octob
President of the Republic of Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by union ministers, the Yangon Region chief minister, senior military officers and relevant officials, toured Yangon Region yesterday afternoon
THE seventh day of the 61st Myanma Gems Emporium 2026 was held at the Maniradana Jade Hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, with local and foreign gem merchants inspecting jade lots displayed in designated areas outside the hal
SMALL businesses affected by the earthquake in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Mandalay Region and Sagaing Region can apply for financial assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) by 19 October. The fundi
ACCORDING to UN-Habitat Myanmar, nine “Fish Condos” have been installed to provide shelter for fish, along with “Coral Beds” designed to help coral fragments regenerate and grow in the underwater areas of Bird Island and
President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech in honour of commissioning Thanlyin Oil Refinery (Phase I) under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy in Thanlyin yesterday morning
The 79th Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination will be held for 33 days, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The examination will be held for 33 days from December 23, 2026, to January 24, 2027,
A 60-year-old man collapsed from heatstroke in the Bogyoke Aung San automobile parts market in Yangon on the afternoon of October 13, according to the Khema Aung Social Rescue Association, which went to the scene to prov
My experience as a Rohingya lawmaker reveals why Myanmar cannot achieve lasting peace without equal citizenship, political inclusion and recognition of its diversity. Guest contributor Shwe Maung In 2010, I was elected to Myanmar’s Parliament to represent Buthidaung, a township in northern Arakan State, which was later renamed to Rahine by then-dictator Ne Win as a divide and rule tactic. Five years later, Myanmar’s electoral authorities barred me from seeking reelection on citizenship grounds. I had served as a lawmaker in a country that was supposedly moving toward democracy. Yet the same political system that had allowed me to represent my constituents now questioned my eligibility to participate in its elections. That contradiction revealed something fundamental about Myanmar’s political transition: Elections alone cannot create democracy when the state refuses to recognize the equal rights and ethnic identity of its people. It also explains why the Rohingya crisis remains unresolved. For years, the international community has approached the plight of the Rohingya primarily as a humanitarian emergency. The world has witnessed mass displacement, persecution and atrocities, including the military’s brutal campaign in 2017 that drove more than 700,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh, which the U.S. government determined as genocide. Humanitarian assistance has saved lives. International legal proceedings have kept attention on accountability. Diplomatic initiatives have sought conditions for refugee repatriation. All these efforts matter. But they cannot substitute for a political solution. The Rohingya crisis is not simply a refugee crisis. It is a political crisis rooted in the denial of identity, discriminatory citizenship policies and systematic exclusion from political power. In this, both the Myanmar military and Arakan Army have the same policies although they are fighting each other. I learned this firsthand. When I entered Parliament, Myanmar was attracting international optimism. After decades of military dictatorship, the country appeared to be opening its political system. Elections were taking place, political institutions were evolving and foreign governments were cautiously welcoming reform. But beneath that optimism lay a profound contradiction. The political transition did not dismantle the institutional discrimination that had long marginalized the Rohingya. Instead, our citizenship, identity and right to political participation remained extremely vulnerable to decisions by those in power. As a Rohingya parliamentarian, I expected to participate in a political system in which my community’s very identity was increasingly rejected. The issue was never merely a disagreement over terminology. The refusal to recognize Rohingya identity was closely connected to efforts to exclude Rohingya from citizenship, political representation and national belonging. Myanmar’s political leaders could celebrate democratic reform while denying that an entire community belonged within the country’s political future. My disqualification in 2015 exposed the limits of that transition. If an elected representative or a sitting MP could be excluded on citizenship grounds after serving in Parliament, what protection could ordinary Rohingya citizens expect? The lesson was unmistakable: Democracy without equal citizenship is not genuine democracy. The question of Rohingya identity has frequently been framed as a historical dispute. Competing narratives about migration, illegal migration, ancestry and ethnicity have been used to challenge our place in Arakan as well as Myanmar. Historical questions deserve rigorous scholarly examination. But fundamental human rights cannot depend on whether a government accepts a particular interpretation of history. People do not lose their rights because political authorities reject their ethnic identity. Nor does recognizing Rohingya identity require denying the history, identity or legitimate rights of the Rakhine people. Arakan has long been home to diverse ethnic and religious communities. Its future cannot be built by forcing one community to surrender its identity to satisfy another. The security of one community should never depend on the insecurity of another. This principle is especially urgent today. Myanmar’s military coup in 2021 destroyed the remaining foundations of the country’s democratic transition and plunged it into a wider political and armed conflict. In Arakan State, the rise of the Arakan Army and the changing balance of territorial control have created a new political reality. But a change in who controls territory does not automatically resolve the underlying questions of citizenship, equality and political legitimacy. The central question is not simply who governs Arakan. It is how Arakan will be governed — and whether all its communities will have equal rights, meaningful political representation and credible guarantees of security. No authority, whether military, revolutionary or civilian, can establish durable peace by excluding a population from its political future. Rakhine people have legitimate aspirations for security, political participation, cultural preservation and greater control over their own affairs. Rohingya people have equally legitimate aspirations to live safely and freely in their ancestral homeland, with citizenship, dignity and political rights. These aspirations need not be mutually exclusive. An inclusive political settlement must recognize that both communities, alongside other ethnic and religious groups, have a stake in Arakan’s future. That requires more than promises of peaceful coexistence. It requires institutions, legal protections and political arrangements that prevent discrimination, protect civilians and guarantee meaningful participation. For Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, the right to return remains essential. But repatriation without citizenship, freedom of movement, physical security and protection against renewed persecution would risk recreating the conditions that forced them to flee. Returning people to a place where they remain politically excluded is not a durable solution. The international community must therefore reconsider how it approaches the crisis. The United Nations, the United States, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other international partners should connect humanitarian assistance and diplomatic engagement to a coherent political strategy.
Malaysia hails ‘diplomatic breakthrough’ with Myanmar regime Malaysian Minister of Communications Fahmi Fadzil told the media in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday that his country is the first to successfully persuade the regime
Two individuals suspected of recruiting locals and sending them as "human shields" to Moscow's war in Ukraine were arrested by Bangladesh authorities on October 14, police said. Citizens of some countries, particularly f
Instructions were given to increase domestic fuel oil production and reduce imports and foreign exchange expenditure, and to effectively manage costs from production to distribution, by State Administration Council Chair