HE enchanting scenicbeauty and biodiversity are captivating eco-travellers in Indawgyi Lake. The lake is packed with migratory and resident birds in winter as well.

MYANMAR regained its independence on 4 January 1948 which falls in the winter. On the cold and misty day, the entire people of Myanmar waited for the time to declare the independence of the motherland.

CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY The NLD government-appointed ethnic members at high-ranking positions in the executive and the legislature and as chief ministers of States. However, the lack of consultation with ethnic parties undercut NLD’s measures for national reconciliation. Arakan National Party’s (ANP) political disagreement with NLD was most obvious with serious ramifications. ANP was the single largest party that won 22 out of 35 seats in Rakhine State Hluttaw. ANP was of the view that if NLD wanted to see ethnic parties cooperate in the peace process, national reconciliation and constitutional amendment, it should first give an ethnic party like ANP the opportunity to nominate the chief minister and form the government of Rakhine State or at least negotiate with ANP. However, NLD failed to do so. Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and Mon National Party (MNP) were other ethnic parties that expressed similar disappointment towards the NLD. The Chairman of ANP, Dr Aye Maung, who was selected as the representative of ethnic parties in U Thein Sein’s six-party talk, missed the opportunity to represent ANP as the Chief Minister of Rakhine State. Instead, U Nyi Pu, the NLD member was appointed as the Chief Minister. Since then, NLD’s relations with Rakhine ethnic parties had become troublesome. The political rupture exacerbated existing security concerns in the Rakhine State. NLD’s failure to seize the opportunity of engaging governmental and nongovernmental actors/stakeholders to build confidence and common understandings rendered its reform dialogues half strained from the very beginning.

IN my Ywar Tha Yar village, Ba Gyi Hman has a wealth of knowledge. He weighs the words and thinks very carefully before he speaks. Although he is over 70, he is still active and alert. He can read well and is well versed in foreign and Myanmar affairs.

RECENTLY, my articles ‘the undeniable facts that led to widespread election frauds’ was described in the State-run newspapers and shared and reviewed by some interesting readers on their social network of Facebook. I also like to extend my special thanks to those who discussed and commented reviews on my article. As the outcomes, it found that the article provoked curiosities, questions and emotions from the heart of people regarding the electroal frauds occurred in 2020 election. That is a good point as it provides me an opportunity to stifle the emotions of uncertainities and respond to the questions of people and thus, the article emerges.

Countries in Southeast Asia are struggling to increase vaccination rates among their peoples, with less than 10 per cent of the population in many of them completing at least one vaccine shot to protect against the coronavirus.

This Myanmar poem was written by Kyi Aung (Kaytu-mati) in the ‘Naing-Ngant Gon-Yi’ Magazine of September 2005 issue. My literal translation of the poem is as follows: - Resolution of a literary mann - To be able to produce literature is a literary man’s work Bashing away on writing and thinking Composing vivid literary work Makes me pleased No matter whether I’m starving or not…