Ring road to be built in Kengtung
MPs sign in attendance book. The Amyotha Hluttaw session yesterday focused on the construction of new ring roads for Kengtung and Tamu. The representative of the Shan State Constituency raised a...
View ArticlePyidaungsu Hluttaw, Hanns Seidel Foundation sign MoU
MPs of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and officials of Hanns Seidel Foundation pose for photo: The Memorandum of Understanding-MoU was signed between Myanmar Hluttaw and the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany...
View ArticleSate Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives ambassadors
Sate Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes with Ms. Ina Marciulionyte, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the...
View ArticlePresident accepts credentials of newly-accredited ambassadors
President U Htin Kyaw poses for a documentary photo with Ambassador Mr. Tshewang Chophel Dorji and diplomats of the Kingdom of Bhutan at Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw . Mr. Haydar Kerem...
View ArticleReports of hundreds fleeing Myanmar being pushed back by Bangladesh said to...
An inquiry into news reports by Reuters that nearly 200 people fleeing Myanmar had been arrested and repulsed yesterday by Bangladesh border guards has been found to be false, according to the News...
View ArticleSender of fake news in Rakhine linked to int’l extremist groups
A 21-year-old resident of Buthitaung Township in the northern Rakhine State has been sending fake, inflammatory news to extremists in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, an investigation has...
View ArticleAids flowing into northern Rakhine State
Service personnel of the Tatmadaw unloading donations off a ship for the local people and service personnel in Maungtaw township yesterday. Military aircraft carrying aid including food sent by people...
View ArticleDefence Services C-in-C holds talks with JPN-MYN Friendship Association Chairman
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds talks with Mr Hideo Watanabe at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received Mr Hideo...
View ArticleMarine Aquaculture Farming Entrepreneurs and Merchants Hope for Returning to...
Workers at a shrimp processing factory in Maungtaw, Rakhine State. Photo: Min Htet /Pho Htaung Recent armed attacks in northern Rakhine state that prompted the temporary closure of border gates has...
View ArticleElectrocution suspected in death of endangered dolphin in Ayeyawady
Volunteers remove the carcass of dolphin from the Ayeyawady River. Photo: Supplied by WCS (Myanmar) The recent killing of a pregnant dolphin, which is believed to have been killed by illegal...
View ArticleResidents in Maungtaw District decry recent arsons
The dormitory destroyed by arson attack. Photo: Phoe Htaung Villages in southern part of Maungtaw Districts were relatively peaceful yesterday but residents requested greater security after two...
View ArticleFighting between Tatamdaw and RCSS/SSA found to be ignited by low level...
Peace makers holds the meeting at Myanmar Peace and Reconciliation Centure in Yangon. Photo: Zaw Gyi Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the RCSS/SSA in recent months were caused by weaknesses of low...
View ArticleActivities for social protection and development in Rakhine State underway as...
Officials meet for resettlement and socio-economic development in Rakhine State. Photo: MNA Dr Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement made a speech at the meeting of...
View ArticleFresh water aquaculture firms to be expanded in northern Rakhine
A fish pond is seen in Maungtaw. Photo: Min Htet Maungtaw District Fishery Department is planning to expand aquaculture business to villages in the district as part of efforts for assisting in...
View ArticleShame/Guilt-Culture Are Found To Decrease In Our Society
In this frenetic age, most people are hurriedly going to and fro, as if they have no enough hours to do their daily routines. Office-men are commuting to their work by train, bus or taxi. On streets...
View ArticleUS dollar exchange rate hits the highest at Ks1,323
A woman counts US dollars at a money changer in Yangon. Photo: Reuters The exchange rate stood at its highest point of Ks1,323 per US dollar on 19th November, according to the black market of foreign...
View ArticleSugar re-export to China earns over US$677million in seven months
A woman prepares sugar-canes to plant in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: AMS Sugar re-export to China over the past seven months in this fiscal year 2016-2017 earned over US$677million when that in the similar...
View ArticleThirty-three more suspects in Maungtaw violent attacks arrested
Suspected terrorists of recent violent attacks on some villages in Maungtaw Discrtict being rounded up by security forces in area clearance operations. Photo: MNA The security forces comprising of the...
View ArticleMid-year Gems and Jewellery Emporium-2016 opens
Vice President U Henry Van Thio and Union ministers visit the mid-year gems and jewellery emporium. Photo: MNA MID-year Gems and Jewellery Emporium for 2016 kicked off yesterday at Maniyadana Jade Hall...
View ArticleFood provided to residents of Maungtaw
Residents receive aid from Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. Photo: MNA The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and the Rakhine State Government are providing food to...
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