UEC pledges free and fair April election
The meeting of the Union Election Commission being held in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA THE Union Election Commission held a meeting with 70 political parties on the holding of the by-election on 1 April,...
View ArticleArts Exhibition by NUCFA teachers in Yangon Public Square
Arts Exhibition by NUCFA teachers in Yangon Public Square. Teachers of the Painting Department of the National University of Culture and Fine Arts (NUCFA) (Yangon) organized an Arts Exhibition titled...
View ArticleFew schools reopened in Maungtaw District
School children listening to the lecture of a teacher at a school in Sittway, Rakhine State. Photo: Min Thit Only some schools can reopen in Maungtaw District due to ongoing security concerns. Even...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw delivers speech at WEF
President U Htin Kyaw poses for a documentary photo with the leaders of the countries in Mekong Region. Photo: MNA President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw delivered a speech at...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw arrives in Hanoi for state visit
President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin are seen off at the Nay Pyi Taw Airport by State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Vice Presidents U Myint Swe and U Henry Van Thio and Commander-in-Chief...
View ArticleState Counsellor delivered remarks at reception to celebrate 71st Anniversary...
(Following is the transcription by the Global New Light of Myanmar) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivers remarks at the ceremony to celebrate the 71st Anniversary of the United Nations. Photo: MNA My...
View ArticleState Counsellor receives former PM of Norway, AIIB president
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and the Founder and President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights. Photo: MNA...
View ArticleVP U Henry Van Thio attends prize-giving ceremony for Performing Arts...
Vice President U Henry Van Thio presents prize to a winner of the 22nd Myanmar Ethnic Traditional Performing Arts Contest. Photo: MNA THE 22nd Myanmar Ethnic Traditional Performing Arts Contest held at...
View ArticleVice president U Henry Van Thio presents certificates of honour to artistes
Vice President U Henry Van Thio seen posing for a group photo. Vice President U Henry Van Thio delivered a speech and presented certificates of honour to doyen artistes who performed as judges at the...
View ArticlePrice of 92 octane higher than that of diesel in Yangon market
A worker fills a car with fuel at a filling station in Yangon on 26 August. The price of 92 octane fuel is higher than that of diesel in the Yangon market, even though the imported price of octane is...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw receives warm welcome from president of Viet Nam
President U Htin Kyaw inspects the guard of honour in Hanoi. Photo: MNA President U Htin Kyaw was accorded a warm welcome by the President of Viet Nam and wife at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi...
View ArticleElection commission seeks cooperation from ministries to hold by-election
The Union Election Commission has urged relevant ministries to cooperate in preparation for holding an April-1 by-election. At the consultation meeting between the UEC and seven ministries, UEC’s...
View ArticlePresident attends Mekong summits in Hanoi
President U Htin Kyaw delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 8th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam Summit (CLMV-8) and the 7th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit...
View ArticleSuspected border police attackers arrested, one dies after altercation
One of the six suspects arrested in an area clearance operation made by Tatmataw columns on 14 October died on the way to the hospital three days later. The death sparked an official investigation as...
View ArticleMyanmar business environment improves after reforms — East Asia and Pacific...
Workers are seen at the production line of a garment factory in Yangon. Myanmar has improved its business regulatory environment over the past year through reforms on business registration and the...
View ArticleCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services and wife attend Kathina robe offering...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla offering Kathina robes. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla offered Kathina robes to...
View ArticleFirst case of Zika found in Yangon
A first case of Zika infection has been identified in a pregnant foreigner woman in Yangon, according to Ministry of Health and Sports. Authorities confirmed the infection in the 32-year old foreign...
View ArticleAnnouncement on date and vacant constituencies for by-elections
Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Announcement on date and vacant constituencies for by-elections 27th October, Nay Pyi Taw The Union Election Commission, exercising vested...
View ArticleThe Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union election Commission Notification...
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union election Commission Notification 24/2016 11th Waning Day of Thadingyut, 1378 ME 27th October, 2016 Designation of dates for submission of names of candidates,...
View ArticlePresident receives BIDV acting chairman, Viettel CEO in Hanoi
President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with Acting Chairman Tran Anh Tuan of Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV). Photo: MNA President U Htin Kyaw received the Acting Chairman Tran Anh...
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