YANGON, June 12, 2025 — Myanmar has been severely impacted by the March earthquake, and the economic aftershocks are compounding ongoing challenges faced by firms and households, according to a new ...

Myanmar's beleaguered economy is expected to contract by 2.5 percent in the 2025/26 fiscal year largely due to the devastating impact of a powerful earthquake in late March, the World Bank said in ...

ADB President Masato Kanda said the $100 million in relief aid – the ADB’s largest single grant to Myanmar, “will deliver ...

The poverty rate may climb 2.8 percentage points from an already high ratio of 31% last year, according to the World Bank. Myanmar’s budget deficit is seen widening to 6.9% by the end of March ...

According to Myanmar’s ruling junta, the death toll has topped 3,700. World Bank division director for Thailand and Myanmar Melinda Good said in a statement: “The earthquake caused significant ...

Myanmar's beleaguered economy is expected to contract by 2.5 percent in the 2025/26 fiscal year largely due to the devastating impact of a powerful earthquake in late March, the World Bank said in a ...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Myanmar, Julie Bishop, has warned the General Assembly that Myanmar is on the “path to self-destruction” as the country grapples with the aftermath of the March 28 ...

Myanmar’s economy is headed for its worst performance since the pandemic as the strife-torn country reels from the impact of a devastating earthquake in March that’s estimated to have caused ...

Myanmar’s budget deficit is seen widening to 6.9% by the end of March next year, up from 5.1% a year earlier with much of the deficit funding coming from the central bank, the report said.

Even for a legitimate, internationally recognised government the prospects for recovery would be bleak after the quake, which ...

[NAYPYIDAW] Myanmar’s economy is headed for its worst performance since the pandemic as the strife-torn country reels from the impact of a devastating earthquake in March that’s estimated to have ...

Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of ...