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The northern Shan State capital of Lashio is in disarray because there has been no orderly administrative handover since the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) retreated just over a week ago. [1]

The junta retook most of the district-level town of Thabeikkyin in northern Mandalay Region on Wednesday, ending 11 months of resistance control. [2]

More than 3,000 Buddhists gathered for a ceremony in Bandarban, a town in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tract, to pray for peace and ward off the threat of sectarian violence spreading from neighboring Arakan State, according to the Narinjara news age... [3]

Repatriations of Rohingya refugees 26 November 2018 Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated Sunday against the planned... 17 November 2018 Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladeshi refugee camps gave prayers of thanks Friday after... [4]

LEH, India -- For the people of Ladakh, a former Buddhist Himalayan kingdom wedged between Pakistan and China in India's remote far north, Halloween from now on has taken on a whole new meaning. [5]

RANGOON — A political analyst has pegged Irrawaddy Division and the capital Naypyidaw as two regions dominated by Burma’s ethnic Burman majority that the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) will struggle to win when voters go to the polls ... [6]

MANDALAY — The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) believes it may lose the November by-elections in Rakhine and Shan states, said U Zaw Myint Maung, the chief minister of Mandalay Region and chair of the party’s Mandalay chapter. [7]

PATHEIN, Irrawaddy Division — President’s Office Minister Thein Nyunt and Irrawaddy Division Transport Minister Than Tun, both members of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), have registered with the local electoral body in Irraw... [8]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-04-30 · 35% match

Lawlessness Stalks Northern Shan Capital After Myanmar Junta’s Return

The northern Shan State capital of Lashio is in disarray because there has been no orderly administrative handover since the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) retreated just over a week ago.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-07-23 · 34% match

Myanmar Junta Wrests Control of Mandalay Gold Hub From Resistance Forces

The junta retook most of the district-level town of Thabeikkyin in northern Mandalay Region on Wednesday, ending 11 months of resistance control.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-08-21 · 40% match

Buddhists in Bangladesh Pray to Prevent Riots

More than 3,000 Buddhists gathered for a ceremony in Bandarban, a town in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tract, to pray for peace and ward off the threat of sectarian violence spreading from neighboring Arakan State, according to the Narinjara news age

[4] MM mizzima.com · 2023-12-14 · 38% match

Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight

Repatriations of Rohingya refugees 26 November 2018 Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated Sunday against the planned... 17 November 2018 Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladeshi refugee camps gave prayers of thanks Friday after...

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-12-11 · 37% match

India's newest union territory eyes visitor boom

LEH, India -- For the people of Ladakh, a former Buddhist Himalayan kingdom wedged between Pakistan and China in India's remote far north, Halloween from now on has taken on a whole new meaning.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-11-05 · 36% match

Delta, Capital Tipped as NLD Hard-Sells in Burman Heartland

RANGOON — A political analyst has pegged Irrawaddy Division and the capital Naypyidaw as two regions dominated by Burma’s ethnic Burman majority that the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) will struggle to win when voters go to the polls

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-10-26 · 36% match

NLD Prepares For By-Election Losses in Rakhine, Shan

MANDALAY — The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) believes it may lose the November by-elections in Rakhine and Shan states, said U Zaw Myint Maung, the chief minister of Mandalay Region and chair of the party’s Mandalay chapter.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-07-29 · 35% match

Mogul, Minister Among Irrawaddy Election Hopefuls

PATHEIN, Irrawaddy Division — President’s Office Minister Thein Nyunt and Irrawaddy Division Transport Minister Than Tun, both members of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), have registered with the local electoral body in Irraw

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-07-19 · 35% match

Indian Protest to Highlight Rohingya Plight

Indian Islamic organization Darsgah-e-Jihad-O-Shahadat is planning to hold a “dharna” protest in Hyderabad on Thursday to highlight the perceived slaughter of Muslim Rohingyas in Burma.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-08-31 · 34% match

Mandalay PDF nears goal of attacking Nay Pyi Taw as operations intensify in Northern Shan State and Mandalay Region

Mizzima The People’s Defense Forces Mandalay (MDY PDF) announced that they are approaching their goal of launching an attack on Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city and stronghold of the Military Council.

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