The repatriation of people who fled Rakhine State has not borne fruit yet due to various impediments and the biggest ones are the threats from terrorists preventing people from returning willingly.
Earthquakes are in the category of natural disasters whose impact cannot be mitigated. They vary in size, with the damage they cause only increasing the larger they get.
Representatives of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) and four members of the Northern Alliance — KIO, MNTJP, PSLF, and ULA — held talks on 31 August for ceasing the ongoing armed conflicts at the earliest.
With wide-ranging amendments, the new Mining Law has made the industry attractive in terms of permits and investment in small- and medium-scale projects.
The world is witnessing a monumental shift in its centre of economic gravity, a global economic rebalancing towards Asia, which is expected to account for over 50 per cent of the global GDP by 2040.
