Vice President and Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker visit injured service personnel,...
Vice President U Henry Van Thio and Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint comfort an injured service personnel at 100-bed Defence Services Hospital No 9 in Lashio, northern Shan State yesterday. Photo:...
View Article10 tonnes of Myanmar green tea and tea leaf to be exported to Germany, Singapore
A Tea leaf field seen at Mong Mao in northeast Myanmar on 1 October 2016. Photo: Reuters The Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producers (MFVP) Association is gearing up to export about 10 tonnes of...
View ArticleAid flowing into villages in northern Rakhine State
UN officials deliver aid to villagers in Rakhine. Photo: State Counsellor’s Office Information Committee The Union Government, Rakhine State Government and UNHCR are working together in Rakhine State,...
View ArticleSignatories to NCA ready for national political dialogues
Peace Commission and eight signatories to the NCA hold a meeting in Yangon. Photo: Po Htaung Saw Kwe Htoo Win, leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
View ArticleMuslim villagers refute claims of rape and murder by British newspaper
Members of the Rakhine State Investigation Commission talk to villagers at Gwazon Village in Maungtaw Township. Photo: MNA Residents of the village of Kyetyoepyin in Maungtaw, the site of alleged rapes...
View ArticleLocal, foreign investments in first half of FY reach only US$2billion
Factory workers work at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone outside Yangon, on 23 September 2015. Photo: Xinhua Both local and foreign investments in the first half of fiscal year 2016-2017 reached only...
View ArticleTrade Department, USAID, host explanatory session on GSP
An explanatory session on GSP in progress. Photo: Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay) Jointly organized by Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce and the USAID-Funded Private Sector Development Activity,...
View ArticleInterview with U Tun Myat, ex-top security official for United Nations
By Tin Maung Lwin (Myanma Alin) A member of the investigation commission meets with villagers during the visit to conflict areas in northern Rakhine. Photo: Tin Maung Lwin (Myanma Alin) Vice President...
View ArticleState Counsellor delivers video message to WAW-2016
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of Myanmar, delivered a video message to the World Assembly for Women (WAW) 2016 being held on 13 and 14 December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. The Assembly was...
View ArticleInvestigation Commission interviews jailed suspects
A police officer recounts the violent attack that happened at Koetankauk Outpost as the investigation commission led by its Chairman Vice President U Myint Swe inspects the outpost. Photo: Zeyar...
View ArticleGovernment can perform its best from commission’s findings: Dr Aung Tun Thet
By Tin Maung Lwin (Myanma Alin) Dr Aung Tun Thet. The members of the investigation commission on Rakhine State ended their first fact-finding mission to Maungtaw Township yesterday, where violent...
View ArticlePyidaungsu Hluttaw cuts budget proposals of government ministries
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is convened in Nay Pyi Taw . Photo: MNA During the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session on Tuesday the additional budget of government ministries and organizations for 2016-17 fiscal year were...
View ArticlePyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint receives Ambassador of Canada
Speaker U Win Myint meets H.E. Ms. Karen MacArthur, the ambassador of Canada to Myanmar. Photo: MNA Speaker of the Pyithu Hlttaw U Win Myint received H.E. Ms. Karen MacArthur, the ambassador of Canada...
View ArticleGovt troops discover body of MNDAA member, seizes arms in Mongko
The government troops found the body of a Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) member and 20 bullets for an M-21 weapon and one grenade near the fence of the Mongko outpost around 9:45am...
View ArticleFire destroys two houses in Sabai Gone village in Maungtaw Township
Two houses are totally destroyed by fire in Sabai Gone village in Maungtaw. Photo: State Counsellor’s Office Information Committee A fire broke out in Sabai Gone Village in Maungtaw Township on Monday...
View ArticleVice President U Henry Van Thio discusses natural disasters, climate change
Vice-President U Henry Van Thio delivering opening speech. Vice President U Henry Van Thio, chairman of natural disaster management committee, addressed the opening ceremony of a workshop on...
View ArticleFour IEDs and ten car pistons found in Maungtaw
Security forces discovered and disarmed four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), a pack of medicines and a 3K 70 AHC battery in Maungtaw Township in the morning of 13 December. While conducting an...
View ArticleStatement issued by Investigation Commission on Rakhine State
The Investigation Commission led by Vice President U Myint Swe, left, seated at table, talks to the Muslim community during at fact-finding mission at Dargyisar Village in northern Rakhine on Monday....
View ArticleAmyotha Hluttaw debates transparency over MICA
MP Naw Christ Tun. Photo: MNA An MP submitted a proposal at the Amyotha Hluttaw meeting yesterday to ensure greater transparency of ways of doing the business and profits of Myanmar International...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw sends message on 42nd Anniversary Rakhine State Day
Following is the message sent by the President on the 42nd Anniversary Rakhine State Day. Dear esteemed our national brethren in Rakhine State, I am sending my congratulation wishes to you all on the...
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