Cyclone Mora makes landfall in Bangladesh; north-eastern states in India on alert

The NDMA has warned of heavy rain in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh

Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India

Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake

Myanmar will import timber to save its own forests

The resource-rich country has lost 10 million hectares of forest cover since 1990

Natural resources can pay for Myanmar's needs

The government can allocate money more rationally between ministries and set ministry spending limits based on available resources, thanks …

On the trail of tsunami

Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …

Illegal wildlife trade growing in two border cities of southeast Asia

Lack of government intervention to be blamed for alarming trade of animal body parts

Poppy fields forever

Myanmar to check foreign newschannels

FUDGING FIGURES

Bad investment

Taste of freedom

Newspaper>> Democracy • Myanmar

South Asia

Greeted with black

Newspaper>> Censorship • Myanmar

Malaria’s defiant act

Drug-resistant malaria is spreading; India and Bangladesh could be hit soon

All work and no foreplay

Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination

Mega earthquakes

Conservation corridors

Asia to have its first cross-country linkages of fragmented habitats

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Pipped to the post

India loses Myanmar's natural gas to China, well almost

Exploring Mekong expedition

Book>> Mad About The Mekong by John Keay, Exploration and Empire in Southeast Asia Harper Collins London 2005

Bird considered extinct rediscovered in Myanmar

Jerdon’s Babbler rediscovered in country after 73 years

How MEA torpedoed the Bangladesh-India gas pipeline

Mani Shankar Aiyar is known for the many controversies sparked by his provocative comments and controversial ideas. As minister for petroleum and …

Oil explorers ready to withdraw

Many oil companies in Myanmar are pulling out of expensive but fruitless exploriation projects, dashing the military regime's hopes of future oil …

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