The Lady vanishes: Aung San Suu Kyi back under house arrestUnder the cover of darkness early Monday, soldiers took Myanmar's de facto leader -- who became a beacon for democracy in the 1990s and a N...
02 Feb, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Myanmar's journey back to military ruleHere is a timeline of a nation that emerged from a military dictatorship, only to plunge into a trouble-filled -- and perhaps short-lived -...
01 Feb, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi's party expected to win second term in Myanmar pollsThere are about 37 million registered voters, though turnout is expected to suffer because of a recent surge in coronavirus cases.
06 Nov, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
Reuters journalists not jailed because of profession in Myanmar: Aung San Suu KyiWa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to 7 years of prison last week for breaching the country's hardline Official Secrets Act while repor...
13 Sep, 2018, 08.45 AM IST
US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu KyiSuu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long campaign against the country's military dictatorship, was awarded the Holocaust...
08 Mar, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford awardOxford City Council voted unanimously last night to permanently remove the honour given to 72-year-old Suu Kyi in 1997.
28 Nov, 2017, 11.46 PM IST
Pope demands rights for all in Myanmar, omits 'Rohingya'Francis did not cite the crackdown or even utter the contested word "Rohingya" in his speech to Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi...
28 Nov, 2017, 11.42 PM IST
European Union to discuss Rohingya crisis with Myanmar's Suu KyiEU's foreign policy chief along with foreign ministers from Asia and Europe visited the refugee camps in Bangladesh and heard testimony fro...
19 Nov, 2017, 07.39 PM IST
UN chief Antonio Guterres meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisisMore than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in two and a half months.
14 Nov, 2017, 01.59 PM IST
Big turnout at Myanmar pro-army rally defies Rohingya outcryMore than 600,000 Rohingya have fled western Rakhine state to Bangladesh since late August when raids by militants from the minority group ...
29 Oct, 2017, 03.46 PM IST
Oxford college drops Suu Kyi from common room nameStudents of St Hugh's College yesterday voted to remove the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's name from the junior common room with immediate ef...
20 Oct, 2017, 05.23 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticismThe 'Freedom of Oxford' had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy" by the Oxford City...
04 Oct, 2017, 04.31 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi’s address to state on lines of talks with IndiaThe footprint of Modi-Suu Kyi dialogue earlier this month was visible at the State address aimed at reaching out to the international commu...
21 Sep, 2017, 08.12 AM IST
Suu Kyi 'burying head in sand' over Rakhine crisis: Amnesty InternationalIn her speech today, Suu Kyi expressed sympathy for the "suffering of all people" swept up in the violence but did not address accusations ...
19 Sep, 2017, 10.18 PM IST
All stakeholders must work to preserve Myanmar's unity: PM Narendra ModiHundreds have died since Rohingya militants raided police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine State las month.
06 Sep, 2017, 12.25 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi meets Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu KyiThe prime minister's visit to Myanmar comes amid a spike in ethnic violence with Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state.
06 Sep, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Muslims from violence-torn Rakhine voice support for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu KyiMuslims have put their hopes in the NLD even though the party did not field a Muslim candidate on its lists of over 1,100 hopefuls standing...
17 Oct, 2015, 02.57 PM IST