February 13, 2016

More natural gas discovered in Myanmar

More natural gas was discovered in the deep-sea offshore block AD-7 at Thalin (1) exploration well in Myanmar's western Rakhine Basin offshore, sources in the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise under the Ministry of Energy said on Friday.

The gas was jointly explored by Daewoo International Corporation and Woodside Energy (Myanmar)Co., Ltd in a joint venture business, Xinhua reported.

Further exploration and drilling will be conducted to identify whether the gas reserves will be commercially exploitable. (Courtesy of Business Standard News)

Police guard Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi after death threat

Police in Myanmar have assigned personnel to protect Ms Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time, after the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader received a death threat on Facebook.

A police chief told BBC Burmese that a special unit had been assigned to protect Ms Suu Kyi after the threat was issued over a possible constitutional change enabling her to become President in the wake of the NLD sweeping to power in the country in a landmark election last November.

The man who made the death threat against Ms Suu Kyi in a Facebook post, Mr Ye Lwin Myint, has since apologised. But the threat is being taken seriously, the police chief told the BBC: "I told the local police office straightaway to take care of her security when I saw the post. We cannot afford anything to happen to a person of her stature." (Courtesy of The Straits Times)

Bangladesh begins census of Myanmar's Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh has started to conduct a census on Myanmar's Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeastern districts bordering Myanmar to determine their exact figure.

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has began the listing of households as part of primary task in six southeastern districts - Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Patuakhali, Xinhua reported.

The listing of Rohingya households will continue till February 17, according to Md Emdadul Huq, joint director of Chittagong Divisional Office of BBS. After completion of listing of households, the census will begin by the end of the next month.

Officials said the census aimed at ending confusion about the exact number of Rohingya people living in Bangladesh. (Courtesy of Business Standard News)