PAGE 18 PHOTO: AUNG HTAY HLAING Major shift for health funding Criticised for overspending on flashy new hospitals in recent years, the Ministry of Health has promised to…

IMF warns of fiscal dangers Rapidly expanding credit, growing inflation and the widening trade deficit pose risks for the economy, the International Monetary Fund warned…

2 3 Staff writers Stuart Alan Becker, Mya Kay Khine, Nay Zaw Aung Win, May Thinzar Naing, Cherry Thein, Myat Noe Oo, Bill OâToole, Shwe Yee Saw Myint, Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myo…

20 freed ahead of court date Another 20 people – mostly bystanders – who were detained by police on March 10 at Letpadan have been released from prison ahead of a second…

2 Yangon 45% Mandalay 16% Other 39% A composite image assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012 shows Myanmar and surrounding countries…

2 SHWEGU THITSAR SINCE May 2013, 12 local insurance companies have been allowed to operate, breaking over a half-century of state monopoly. We are entering a new era of insurance…

BUSINESS 8 Government warns âillegalâ futures brokers Deputy minister for finance says firms will face legal action unless they voluntarily stop allowing customers to trade…

Confusion over govt plans for wine imports business 8 Bank pushes for support on mortgage plan business 10 Charges laid over poliCe shooting in ferguson WORLD 16 KIO meet…

2 3 Focus on: Open Day, British International School Yangon Class divide by Zon Pann Pwint [email protected] THE education system in Myanmar has long placed emphasis on…

IN PICTURES Demonstrators have called on President U Thein Sein to take legal action over a land dispute – against a department in his own government. The demonstrators…