Two villages to be designated as towns in Maungtaw District
Villagers loading the boats with rice bags for trading. Photo: Nay Lin Myinlook and Khamaungseik villages in Maungtaw District, Rakhine State, are in the process of being upgraded into towns soon,...
View ArticleParade, salute in celebration of 96th National Day in Yangon City
Students march in commemoratin of 96th Anniversary National Day. Photo: Zaw Min Latt A parade and march from the Shwedagon Pagoda to People’s Square and a tribute at the obelisk in Maha Bandoola Park...
View ArticleMinistry of Border Affairs provides food to IDPs
Internally displaced persons gather to collect aids by Ministry of Border Affairs. Photo: Information Committee of the State Counsellor’s Office The Ministry of Border Affairs provided food to...
View ArticleKIA,TNLA set fire to vehicles
Armed groups set fire to trucks on the Union Highway. Troops of KIA and the TNLA stopped vehicles on Union Highway near Nangphalon village thirteen miles away from Kutkai yesterday morning and torched...
View ArticleCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services receives Chinese delegation
Senior General receives chinese vice foreign minister. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received a Chinese delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Mr Liu Zhenmin...
View ArticlePeace forum held in Yangon
Peace makers participate in peace forum in Yangon: Dr Tin Myo Win, chairman of peace commission, urged all participants of a public peace forum yesterday to help build trust among all stakeholders. At...
View ArticleDefence Services C-in-C Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets KNU Chairman Saw...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and KNU Chairman posing for a documentary photo after the meeting. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives KNU Chairman Saw Mutu...
View ArticleMore rations provided to villages in Maungtaw district
Locals receive aid presented by authorities . A responsible person said that food and other necessary commodities bought with the national fund on natural disasters were provided to villages situated...
View ArticleCash provided to the injured in northern Shan State clashes
Responsible personnel present cash assistance to a civilian receiving medical care at the hospital. A ceremony to provide cash for people who have sustained injuries during the fighting in Shan State...
View ArticleA house destroyed in an arson outbreak in Norular village in Maungtaw township
The fire in Norular Village totally destroys a house in the village. Information Committee of the State Counsellor’s Office released the news that police of Norular police outpost extinguished a house...
View Article3rd Myanmar-EU Human Rights Dialogue issues press release 3rd Myanmar-EU...
1. The Third Myanmar-EU Human Rights Dialogue was opened on 22 November 2016 by State Counsellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and co-chaired by European Union...
View ArticleJapanese war monument erected
The War monument is being formally opened. Three cherry trees were planted at a village in Nyaunglebin at a ceremony on 25th November in dedication to the Japanese soldiers killed during 1945 battles....
View ArticleJoint ventures to be allowed for investment into Thilawa residential zone
Thilawa Special Economic Zone. With plots of land in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) set to be developed into condominiums, joint ventures will be invited to make investments in the...
View ArticleSenior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses National Defence University
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addressing senior military officers at National Defence University. Tatmadaw has to continued to play a role in national politics for the political stability and ethnic...
View ArticleShan State cabinet assists attacked victims in Muse
Shan State cabinet officials inspect aids delivered for internally displaced persons. In armed attacks which occurred in Muse, northern Shan State, police forces, staff and civilians were killed and...
View ArticleVillager injured in artillery attack by KIA, TNLA & MNDAA
U Kyanyichan receiving medical care at hospital. A villager working in a sugar cane field was injured in an artillery attack on Friday by combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the...
View ArticleKIA, TNLA & MNDAA Attack In Kutkai, Northern Shan State
A woman was shot in the chest and seriously injured in an attack Friday from combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Myanmar National...
View ArticleAid delivered to remote villages in northern Maungtaw
Residents receive aids delivered by government. Food purchased with funds from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the Rakhine State Government and the National Natural Disaster...
View Article1,200 jade lots on sale
Gems and jade merchants examine jade lot at Mid-year Gem Emporium. A total of 1,200 jade lots were put on sale through the open tender system on the seventh day of Mid-Year Gem Emporium-2016 yesterday....
View ArticleSE Asian central bank officials discuss financial stability
52nd SEACEN Governors’ Conference in progress. The 52nd SEACEN Governors’ Conference/High-Level Seminar and the 36th Meeting of the SEACEN Board of Governors hosted by Myanmar was held at the Lake...
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