Leprosy removed from the list of top priority Leprosy has been removed from the list of top priority diseases after the world countries including Myanmar hit the goal of elimination which was defined as a prevalence of less than 1 case per 10,000...

Religious freedom at risk in one of five countries: report Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, in part because of an increase in "aggressive ultranationalism", a Catholic NGO said in a report...

State Counsellor urges religions to lead followers on right path State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged the country’s religious leaders to guide their followers on the right path to encourage dialogue and avoid interfaith...

Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of human rights award for ‘shameful betrayal of values’ in Myanmar Amnesty International has announced it is stripping Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious human rights award over her “shameful...

Uniting ethnic Karen armed groups 90 per cent successful Karen State Border Guard Force General Secretary Col. Saw Chit Thu said that they were about 90 per cent successful in their negotiations for reuniting ethnic Karen armed splinter...

Gov’t Looks East to Revive Flagging Foreign Investment Looking to arrest a two-year decline in foreign investment, the government plans to hold a summit targeting investors from East Asia before the end of the year, a senior economic...