A man from Thaketa township has been sentenced to 37 years prison for the murder of a 16-year-old girl.
Construction will begin this year on an extension to Yangon General Hospital, as a prelude to major renovations in 2014.
The South Korean government will send doctors to support the NLD's health network when it launches in Yangon in the coming months.
One of Yangon’s leading international schools is pressing on with plans to significantly increase tuition fees.
Yangon City Development Committee will increase the daily capacity of the city’s water distribution network by 45 million gallons from the end of May, an official says.
Shopkeepers at the Yarpyae Market in Tarmwe township are planning to defy an order from municipal authorities to vacate by May 1 unless they are they are given proof that they will be given spaces in the redeveloped project.
Eight families who defied an eviction notice from the Tatmadaw have been forced from their homes in South Dagon township in a pre-dawn raid.
Residents of FMI Garden City in Hlaing Tharyar call for more security, following a string of break-ins.
An investigation has found farmers who complained about land grabs were compensated, and had signed papers saying they wanted to leave farming.
Around 300 trishaw drivers in Yangon gave up their career in March alone, as changes to licensing regulations take hold.
