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Myanmar generals under sanctions pressure

"We will be waiting for the EU sanctions announcement" on Monday, said Thinzar Shunlei Yi, one of the main activists who kicked off an online "Civil Disobedience Movement" campaign which has spilled onto the streets.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 09:46am

World

UK and Canada impose sanctions on Myanmar generals after coup

Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s ruling generals on Thursday for toppling the civilian-led government while Japan said it had agreed with the United States, India and Australia that democracy must be restored there quickly.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 12:06am

World

Anti-coup hackers target Myanmar govt sites as protesters jam Yangon roads

"The practice is detrimental to public safety and incites confusion, fear and distress in difficult times," NetBlocks tweeted.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 05:09pm

World

Anti-coup hackers target Myanmar govt sites as protesters jam Yangon roads

Dozens of police patrolled the vicinity of Myaynigone junction as motorists also blocked roads.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 09:45am

World

Myanmar protesters stage biggest rallies since troop deployments

Demonstrations over the past two days had been noticeably smaller since troops were deployed around Yangon on the weekend.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 05:15pm

World

Suu Kyi's lawyer 'hoping for best, preparing for worst'

"We hope for the best but are prepared for the worst," Khin Maung Zaw told AFP by phone, adding he is hoping for a fair trial.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 04:38pm

World

Myanmar coup protesters mass again, reject army's claim it has public support

Tens of thousands of protesters, including show-business celebrities, on Wednesday rejected the Myanmar army’s assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and said their campaign would not burn out.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 02:16pm

World

Myanmar youth sound off against military coup

A YouTube video clip of a Yangon flash-mob performing to Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" has garnered nearly 40,000 views in five days.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:52am

World

China's ambassador to Myanmar says situation 'not what China wants to see'

China nonetheless agreed to a UN Security Council statement that called for the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other detainees and voiced concern over the state of emergency.
Many countries in transition are overcoming difficulties and challenges through their own efforts, and exploring development paths suitable for their own circumstances.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 07:49pm

World

Myanmar military guarantees new election; protesters block train services

Military denies its action was a coup.
Says will not hold power for long.
Protesters block train service to south.
China dismisses rumours of help for military.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 06:59pm

World

Aung San Suu Kyi 'in good health': military junta

"We are keeping Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and (president) U Win Myint at a safer place for their security. They are in good health."

Published 16 Feb, 2021 05:16pm

World

Suu Kyi hit with second charge as Myanmar junta tightens grip

The military justified its power seizure by alleging widespread voter fraud in November elections that Suu Kyi's party won.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 04:46pm

World

Myanmar military guarantees new election; protesters block train services

Myanmar’s military on Tuesday guaranteed that it would hold an election and hand power to the winner, denying that its ouster of an elected government was a coup and denouncing protesters for inciting violence and intimidating civil servants.
The military has not given a date for a new election but it has imposed a state of emergency for one year. Zaw Min Tun said the military would not hold power for long.

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 03:36pm

World

Aung San Suu Kyi faces second charge by military: lawyer

Since she was ousted from power, she has already been charged under the country's import and export law for having walkie-talkies in her home.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 02:18pm

World

UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

The coup has prompted an angry response from Western countries and the United States has already set some sanctions against the ruling generals.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 12:08pm

World

Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more soldiers, armoured vehicles

Smaller protests in several cities.
Military deploys armoured vehicles, more soldiers.
Security forces fire rubber bullets in Mandalay.
Internet restored after overnight suspension.
Groups of protesters begin to gather in Yangon.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 06:18pm

World

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court this week: lawyer

Neither has been publicly seen since the coup, though Suu Kyi's party has heard that she is "in good health".

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:51pm

World

Myanmar troops fire on protesters in signs of feared crackdown

YANGON: Myanmar security forces fired on a protest and arrested journalists in the country’s north on Sunday as...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

World

Thousands march in Tokyo to protest Myanmar coup, biggest Japan demonstration so far

"As a Myanmar national, I absolutely cannot accept the military's coup in Myanmar," said Thwe Thwe Tun, 27, who works at a construction company.

Published 14 Feb, 2021 06:23pm

World

Myanmar junta warns public not to hide fugitive protesters

Crowds returned to the streets of Yangon on Sunday, with hundreds massing on an intersection near the commercial capital's famed Shwedagon pagoda.

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 05:12pm

World

Myanmar army hunts protest backers over social media comments

Thousands march in Yangon, Naypyitaw, other cities.
Journalist among the latest in wave of arrests.
Suu Kyi in good health, a party aide says.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 05:53pm

World

Myanmar protesters block arrests as UN demands Suu Kyi's release

Officers cleared a sit-in protest in the port city of Mawlamyine on Friday with rubber bullets, injuring several demonstrators.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 05:25pm

World

Three wounded in Myanmar as hundreds of thousands of protesters defy junta

Fresh demonstrations erupt across Myanmar.
Facebook restricts content run by Myanmar military.
Junta orders release of thousands of prisoners.
US imposes sanctions on military leaders, businesses.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 05:40pm

World

Three wounded as hundreds of thousands of protesters defy Myanmar junta

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings.
Mostly peaceful protests erupted around the Southeast Asian country in the biggest mass demonstrations so far against last week’s military coup, a day after Washington slapped sanctions on the generals who led the takeover.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 03:40pm

Technology

Facebook reducing distribution of Myanmar military content

The social media giant said it had also suspended the ability for Myanmar government agencies to send content-removal requests to Facebook through the normal channels used by authorities across the world.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 11:08am

World

Myanmar gunshot victim fights for life amid online hunt for shooter

Doctors say she needs help to breathe with machines and only has a small chance of survival.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 05:08pm

World

Suu Kyi aide, electoral officials arrested in Myanmar, Biden approves sanctions

A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said on Thursday, as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 02:48pm

World

Myanmar anti-coup protesters march again as US sanctions generals

"We aren't doing this for a week or a month -- we are determined to do this until the end when (Suu Kyi) and President U Win Myint are released," one bank employee who had joined the protest told AFP.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 10:34am

World

Biden announces new sanctions against top Myanmar generals after coup

Biden also announced a freeze on $1 billion of "Burmese government funds held in the United States" that would prevent the generals from accessing those funds.

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:36am

World

Myanmar military tightens grip as anti-coup protests enter fifth day

Massive crowds returned to the streets of Yangon on Wednesday, where the day before they had faced off against a phalanx of riot police standing alongside water cannon trucks near Suu Kyi's residence.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 05:19pm

Forex
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Currency	Rate

Stock	Volume

Item	Value

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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