Myanmar's powerful army picks lawmakers as transition moves forward
Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing has nominated military officers to their posts in Parliament.
Jan 19, 2016, 13:39 PM ISTMyanmar peace talks get a boost as Suu Kyi's attends
Suu Kyi has already shown she is willing to do business with former foes.
Jan 13, 2016, 10:56 AM ISTSuu Kyi takes part in talks to boost Myanmar ceasefire
Aung San Suu Kyi has for the first time participated in official talks to bring peace with the country's fractious ethnic minorities.
Jan 12, 2016, 15:43 PM ISTSuu Kyi vows to lead Myanmar peace efforts
Aung San Suu Kyi promised on Tuesday to use her party`s popular mandate to drive Myanmar`s peace process as she outlined a vision of a federal future to ethnic rebels who have battled for decades.
Jan 12, 2016, 14:08 PM ISTMyanmar's Suu Kyi sends new MPs to Parliament school
Aung San Suu Kyi is sending her newly-elected MPs on a crash course on Myanmar's Parliament as they prepare to take their seats for the first time early next year, her party said on Thursday.
Dec 17, 2015, 16:23 PM ISTMyanmar president meets Aung San Suu Kyi for dialogue
The dialogue is on Myanmar`s post-election government transition matters,
Dec 02, 2015, 12:21 PM ISTMyanmar`s top leaders to hold talks with Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi has requested "national reconciliation" discussions with the President.
Nov 30, 2015, 13:06 PM ISTSuu Kyi lays down law on party discipline to new Myanmar MPs
Aung San Suu Kyi has warned newly minted MPs she will not tolerate poor discipline or wrongdoing, party members said Saturday, as Myanmar`s democracy champion began marshalling her opposition for government amid sky-high expectations.
Nov 28, 2015, 14:54 PM ISTFresh fighting in Myanmar's north despite historic poll
Fresh fighting has broken out between the military and rebel groups in Myanmar's north.
Nov 18, 2015, 19:57 PM ISTAung San Suu Kyi's NLD wins 77.3 percent seats in Myanmar elections
Myanmar's opposition party National League for Democracy has won 880 parliamentary seats out of a total of 1,139 in the elections.
Nov 16, 2015, 09:37 AM ISTMyanmar president 'will hand power' to Suu Kyi after poll win
Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Sunday said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power.
Nov 15, 2015, 12:56 PM ISTAung San Suu Kyi’s party wins historic Myanmar elections
Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition on Friday won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the Army.
Nov 13, 2015, 13:01 PM ISTUN chief congratulates Suu Kyi, warns of hard work ahead
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday on her party's election performance, but warned that "much hard work" lay ahead to build democracy.
Nov 13, 2015, 07:16 AM ISTObama congratulates Suu Kyi on election win
US President Barack Obama has congratulated Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on her election win, the White House said on Thursday.
Nov 13, 2015, 00:57 AM ISTSuu Kyi's party on verge of landslide win in Myanmar polls
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party was on the verge of a formal victory on Thursday, as incoming results from Myanmar's historic polls pointed to a landslide win for the pro-democracy crusader and a resounding rejection of military rule.
Nov 12, 2015, 14:30 PM ISTMyanmar opposition secures 536 parliamentary seats
Myanmar's opposition party, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), has so far secured 536 parliamentary seats in the country's general election.
Nov 12, 2015, 12:41 PM ISTMyanmar's President pledges peaceful power shift
Myanmar's President has joined the Army Chief in congratulating Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition after it swept national elections, and promised a smooth transition of power.
Nov 12, 2015, 10:58 AM ISTAung San Suu Kyi has won, says Myanmar poll panel
Myanmar's apex poll panel on Wednesday said that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Sunday's general election.
Nov 11, 2015, 14:45 PM ISTAung San Suu Kyi holds her seat in Myanmar election
Suu Kyi's NLD looks set for a landslide win after Sunday's nationwide polls, winning nearly 90 percent of the seats declared so far in the upper and lower houses of Parliament.
Nov 11, 2015, 13:15 PM ISTMyanmar's election process transparent: EU mission
Myanmar's general election was credible and transparent, and the process was better than expected, head of an EU Election Observation Mission said on Tuesday.
Nov 10, 2015, 17:13 PM IST