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Regime seeks economic recovery, but drops NLD reform agenda

The military regime is set to drop meaningful structural reforms from an economic recovery plan initiated by the former National League for Democracy government, and is instead promising to slash red tape in a bid to shore up collapsing business confidence.

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‘Workers have lost all their rights’: Coup and third wave leave factory workers at risk

Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.

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Myanmar facing economic calamity from coup and COVID: World Bank

The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.

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Myanmar’s post-coup cash crunch creates a shadow money trade

Mobile money agents and informal brokers have been meeting the demand for cash at a time when banks are severely limiting withdrawals, but some accuse them of profiteering by charging steep fees.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

၂၀၂၀ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ, 2020 Election MM

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Unwieldly loan limit causing complications for nation’s farmers

A state-owned bank’s cap on lending to farmers is being blamed for contributing to distress and costly disputes amid calls for it to be scrapped.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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Industry welcomes removal of trading band as kyat continues to slide

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The business of the Aung Bar Lay lottery

The Aung Bar Lay lottery generates tens of millions of dollars a year for the state but there are concerns about the overcharging of customers, a few large distributors monopolising tickets and the potential for money laundering.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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ကမ်းလွန်ရေနံနှင့် ဓာတ်ငွေ့တင်ဒါများ မကြာမီခေါ်ယူရန်ရှိနေချိန်တွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကို နိုင်ငံတကာနှင့် ပိုမိုယှဉ်ပြိုင်နိုင်စွမ်းရှိစေရန်အလို့ငှာ ထုတ်လုပ်မှုခွဲဝေရးစာချုပ်ပါ ဘဏ္ဍာရေး စည်းကမ်းသတ်မှတ်ချက်များကို ပြန်လည်သုံးသပ်ရန် လျှပ်စစ်နှင့်စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကြီးဌာနက လုပ်ဆောင်လျက်ရှိသည်။

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