The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
BY Frontier
Despite the relative lack of armed conflict in Rakhine State in recent months, tens of thousands of internally displaced people still languish in camps where food shortages are becoming more common.
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Another jump in fuel prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has brought extra suffering for the people of Myanmar as they struggle with economic fallout from the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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အဆိုပါ လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း ပစ္စည်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မြို့သို့ သယ်ယူလာနိုင်သဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးအတွက် မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေသည်
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The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.
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ထိုသို့တိုက်ခိုက်ခံခဲ့ရသည့်အမှုအား ကချင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရက စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကာ စစ်ဆေး ဖော်ထုတ်သွားမည်ဟု သိရသည်
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Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
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Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
BY Oliver Slow
Yangon's long-suffering commuters finally have something to celebrate after the launch of the Bus Rapid Transit service.
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