Guwahati: : Installation of a democratically elected government in Myanmar will further improve ties between India and Myanmar, which, in turn, will expedite the implementation of the Act East Policy. This was the view of the Government of India, which is keen on improving relation with Myanmar. Talking to TheContinue Reading

Yangon: Myanmar today ordered the release of thousands of prisoners including 210 foreigners, officials said, the latest in a series of amnesties under the reformist government that have seen sentences quashed for hundreds of dissidents. Authorities acting on the instructions of President Thein Sein ordered some 6,966 detainees — 210Continue Reading

Guwahati — The arrival of the refugees from Burma (now Myanmar) in Guwahati town took place much before the arrival of the refugees from the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in this town. Noted writer Kumudeswar Hazarika made this statement while talking to this correspondent. During the World War-II, around 1943-44,Continue Reading