Rescue and relief workers seeking access to some of the worst quake-hit areas are being blocked by the military.

The BBCs Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter the country since the disaster struck.

Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country.

It says the truce will be in effect from 2-22 April to speed up relief efforts after last week's deadly earthquake.

Scores of Muslims died in Sagaing when their mosques collapsed during Friday prayers at the end of Ramadan.

The head of Myanmars military government told a forum for relief donations in Naypyitaw that 2,719 people have now been found dead, with 4,521 others injured and 441 missing.

The BBC speaks to people in Mandalay close to where Myanmar's deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck.

Residents in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, speak of despair and sleepless nights since last week's earthquake.

(Reuters) - On Thursday night, Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing stood astride a jeep, touring columns of saluting soldiers as fighter jets shot flares and helicopters buzzed overhead in an annual display of military might in the capital, Naypyitaw

BANGKOK (Reuters) - All leaders of member countries of the BIMSTEC grouping are still scheduled to join this week's summit in Bangkok, although the attendance of Myanmar's junta leader remains unclear after an earthquake in that country, host Thailand said on Tuesday

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Aid groups arriving in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after last week's devastating quake which killed more than 2,000 people, including 50 preschoolers in one school

Myanmar's military government says at least 2,000 people were killed in last week's 7.7 magnitude quake.

At least 12 children were killed when their preschool collapsed as Fridays huge quake hit Myanmar.

They fled war - now Myanmar's diaspora feel helpless watching their country struggle after the quake.

Friday's powerful earthquake in Myanmar was also felt in Ruili, a border city in neighbouring China.

The BBC is in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw to see the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake.

At least 1,700 people have died in Myanmar, and while many countries have sent aid and support, a lack of equipment is severely hampering rescue efforts.

Dozens of workers were trapped when the building collapsed after a huge earthquake hit neighbouring Myanmar.

In his first statement since he was briefly hospitalized on March 27, Charles said that he was 'shocked and saddened to learn of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar.'

Myanmar rescuers search for missing people and injured survivors of Friday's earthquake beneath a damaged building in Naypyitaw, Myanmar

An acute lack of equipment, patchy communications and wrecked roads are hampering the search for survivors.

A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".

Rescuers in Myanmar were cheered as they carried 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing away on a stretcher.

Widespread destruction has been caused by a huge earthquake hitting central Myanmar.

The size of the earthquake and the length of the fault line it occurred on contributed to the devastation.

Dozens remain unaccounted for after the 33-storey building, which was under construction, gave way on Friday when a powerful earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Foreign rescue teams began flying into Myanmar on Saturday to aid the search for survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation crippling critical infrastructure amid a grinding civil war

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday vowed the United States would assist Myanmar after it was hit by a huge earthquake, following a rare plea for aid by the South-East Asian nation's ruling junta

The quake hit central Myanmar with strong tremors felt as far as south-west China and Thailand.

A rescuer in Mandalay said he was digging through rubble with bare hands after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar.

BBC Verify has been checking dozens of videos of damage and destruction following the earthquake in Myanmar.

The quake comes at a time of ongoing civil war, food shortages and a declining economy

The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, south-east of Mandalay, collapsed following an earthquake.

The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.

Video shows damage to the Ava Bridge, near Mandalay, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar.

(Reuters) -A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional leaders' summit in the Thai capital next week and is seeking bilateral meetings on the sidelines, three sources with direct knowledge said on Friday

Critics say the announcement is a sham designed to maintain the junta's power through proxy parties.