25 bodies of Hindu villagers identified
Of the 93 missing Hindus from Yebawkya Village in northern Rakhine State, the remains of 45 were discovered in a mass grave and 25 were identified by the leader of a Hindu assistance group and Yebawkya...
View ArticleState Counsellor receives Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with Rt. Mon Hark Field MP, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Photo: MNA Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union...
View Article3rd Meeting on recommendations regarding Rakhine State affairs
Dr. Win Myat Aye (Centre, Left) and Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu (Centre, Right) discuss at meeting of the Implementation Committee on Recommendations on Rakhine. Photo: MNA The 3rd Meeting of...
View ArticlePaper reading on performance for internal peace process in Myanmar held
Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint delivers the opening address at the paper reading on performance for internal peace process in Myanmar. Photo: MNA Ceremony for paper reading on performance...
View ArticleVerification process for refugees to launch soon
The government will begin a national verification process soon for refugees who fled Rakhine to Bangladesh, said Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye yesterday....
View ArticleSlaughtered Hindus testament to brutality of ARSA terrorists
A Hindu villager reacts while identifying the bodies of relatives found by government forces that authorities suspect were killed by terrorists last month. The bodies were founf in mass graves near...
View ArticleShoe factory creating 300 job opportunities by to be opened soon in Myawady...
Factories seen at Myawady Economic Zone near the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Photo: Supplied A shoe factory which can create job opportunities for 300 people will be opened soon in Myawady Economic...
View ArticleWorkshop on amendment of land confiscation act held
Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-General Kyaw Swe delivers a speech at the opening ceremony for a workshop on amendment of land confiscation act. Photo: MNA The opening ceremony for a workshop on the...
View ArticleInle Phaungdaw-U Buddha images conveyed for public obeisance
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint presents prize to male contestant winners team during the Inle Phaungdaw-U Pagoda Festival. Photo: Sai Albe (Nyaung Shwe) Inlay Phaungdaw-U Buddha Images are conveyed...
View ArticleHumanitarian aid reaches Sittway IDP camps
Red Cross members present commodities to displaced persons at camps in Sittway for internally displaced people. Photo: MNA Humanitarian aid donated by the Red Cross Movement were delivered to local...
View ArticleAmyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives Country Director of Plan...
Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung, right, holds talks with Country Director Mr. Kelly Stevenson, left, from Plan International Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Photo: MNA Amyotha Hluttaw...
View ArticleVice President U Myint Swe attends meeting to organize Kahtina ceremony
Vice President U Myint Swe addresses the meeting for Kathina ceremony in the hall of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA The organizing committee for the Union of...
View ArticleMNHRC members meet two societies
Members of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) meet ethnic Mro people in Aungthabyay Village in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State yesterday. Photo: MNA Myanmar National Human Rights...
View ArticleSnub-nosed monkeys of Myanmar face extinction
An endangered species of snub-nosed monkey. Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society (Myanmar) Of the three species of snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus stryken) native to Myanmar — the white eyebrow...
View ArticleMinister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin attends 72nd Session of the...
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin presents the instruments of ratification on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and acceptance of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the...
View Article11th World Rabies Day ceremony
Veterinary doctor giving vaccination injection to dog at 11th World Rabies Day ceremony. Photo: MNA The 11th World Rabies Day ceremony organised by the Ministry for Agriculture, Livestock and...
View ArticleUnion Minister Dr Win Myat Aye holds talks with Danish ambassador, WFP and...
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye meets with Danish Ambassador Mr. Peter Lysholt Hansen at the Ministry’s Office. Photo: Myanmar News Agency Union Minister for...
View ArticleWe will perform our duties in accord with the law, putting the rule of law...
Following is the interview with Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye Union Minster for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye. Q. Let me know how...
View ArticleMyanmar to celebrate World Tourism Day on 9 October
Tourists taking the bullock carts for sightseeing in Bagan, Mandalay Region. Photo: Phoe Khwar THE Ministry of Hotels and Tourism announced that it will officially celebrate World Tourism Day 2017 on 9...
View ArticleMangroves for the Future holds 14th Regional Steering Committee Meeting
Participants of the MFF 14th Regional Steering Committee meeting pose for photo. Photo: Supplied Regional coastal initiative Mangroves for the Future (MFF) is currently holding its 14th Steering...
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