Humanitarian needs remain pressing a month after Myanmar's deadly quake

Police on the trail of Myanmar national who killed his compatriot

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Myanmar national is believed to have been murdered by a compatriot earlier on Saturday (May 3) in a workers' dormitory at a used goods factory in the Asas Jaya Light Industrial Area, Bukit Minyak. Read full story

5 Filipinos confirmed dead in Myanmar quake

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yesterday confirmed the identities of five Filipinos who were among those killed in the magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.

The junta had joined the opponents in calling for a temporary suspension of the fighting in order to allow aid after the earthquake, which killed about 3,800 people on 28 March in the centre of this country in Southeast Asia. However, this ceasefire was "widely unobserved", according to the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced that two more of the four Filipinos who died in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 have been found.

Inside Myanmar’s Civilian-Centered Earthquake Relief Effort

With the military mostly absent from post-earthquake rescue and recovery, ordinary people have taken it upon themselves to spearhead reconstruction efforts.

Mercy Malaysia deploys medical team to assist victims of Myanmar earthquake

KUALA LUMPUR: Mercy Malaysia has deployed a medical response team to Kyaukse Township in Myanmar’s Mandalay Region to assist victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the country on March 28. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd