It quickly spread to six other smaller townships in Thayawady district in Bago Region in Lower Myanmar. According to Human Rights Watch, it also spread to 11 townships in Mandalay and Pegu divisions, ...

OR centuries, the polities located in the Bengal delta  — the Bengal Sultanate, the Bengal subah, or the Bengal Presidency — ...

Background Since gaining independence from British rule in 1948, Myanmar has grappled with effective governance in its multiethnic society. After a coup in 1962, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military ...

The death toll in a communal riot in Meikthila in northern Myanmar has risen to 32, state-run media reported. DNA Web Team Updated : Mar 24, 2013, 09:55 AM IST The death toll in a communal riot in ...

SITTWAY, MYANMAR June 15 (Xinhua) — Myanmar government has vowed to bring security back to riot-hit villages scattered in western ethnic Rakhine state to ensure the safe return of local villagers who ...