Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker shares parliamentary experiences with regional lawmakers
Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint. Photo: MNA Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint met with lawmakers of the Taninthayi Region Parliament yesterday, calling on them to coordinate and cooperate...
View ArticleUnion Minister Dr Pe Myint attends meeting on republishing of Myanma...
Union Minister Dr Pe Myint addresses at a coordination meeting on the republishing of Myanma Encyclopedias by the Ministry of Information and the Tun Foundation. Photo: MNA A coordination meeting on...
View ArticleSecurity forces defuse bomb in Kutkai
Security forces had to defuse an improvised bomb found in a house in Ward-5 in Kutkai on Saturday. Acting on a report that an improvised bomb was found at the house of Daw Mar Mon in Ward-5 in Kutkai...
View ArticleVice President U Myint Swe opens Taungup Degree College
Vice President U Myint Swe (second from left), inspects a lecture room at Taungup Degree College in Rakhine State. Photo: MNA Vice President U Myint Swe formally opened Taungup Degree College in...
View ArticleGovernment, UN agencies, int’l aid orgs discuss humanitarian aid in northern...
Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye, fifth from left) delivers aid to villagers on his visit to the villagers in northern Rakhine. Photo: MNA The government is optimistic about the current cooperation with...
View ArticleGovernment troops skirmish with TNLA
Weapons and ammunitions seized from TNLM group are seen. Photo: MNA While conducting security operations in Kutkai, notrthern Shan State, columns of government troops came under heavy weapons fire from...
View ArticleGovernment investigates attacks on Myanmar workers in Malaysia
As they left overtime work at the factory of Elecol Switchgear in Serdang, Myanmar workers were brutally attacked with swords by four masked assailants on Thursday. As a result of the attack, four...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur holds talks with authorities, SCOs in Myitkyina
Ms Yanghee Lee meeting with authorities at Kachin State Government Office. Photo: MNA Ms Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, held talks with Kachin State...
View ArticleForeign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw
The following are messages of felicitations from Foreign Heads of State / Government sent to President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw, on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary...
View ArticleForeign Ministers send felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
The following are messages of felicitations from Foreign Ministers sent to State Counsellor, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary...
View ArticlePlan for 2017-2018 discussed prior to parliament submission
President U Htin Kyaw, left, addresses the meeting of the National Planning Commission of the Union Government in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA The National Planning Commission of the Union Government held a...
View ArticleMessage of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw to the Kachin State Day...
My dear esteemed brothers and sisters, national brethren residing in the Kachin State, On this very blessed, significant and auspicious 69th Anniversary of Kachin State Day which falls on 10th January,...
View ArticleFinance Commission discusses budget for next fiscal year
The finance commission holds its meeting in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA A meeting of the Finance Commission was held at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon to discuss the budget for...
View ArticleOver 2,700 jade mine licences expire in Kachin’s jewellry territories
A file photo shows people gather around machines at a jade mine in Pharkant, Kachin state. Photo: Reuters THE licences of over 2,700 jade mining blocks in six jewellry territories including Lonekhin...
View ArticleNobel Myanmar Literary Festival to be held from 22 to 24 January
Press conference on Third Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival at Orchid Hotel in Yangon. The third Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival will be organized at the National Theatre in Yangon from 22 to 24 January,...
View ArticleForeign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw
The following are messages of felicitations from Foreign Heads of State / Government sent to President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw, on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary...
View ArticleSenior General Min Aung Hlaing receives China’s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds talks with China’s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received H.E. Mr. Sun Guoxiang,...
View ArticleUN special rapporteur visits IDP camps in Kachin State
UN Special Rapporteur Ms Yanhee Lee meets with people at Jarmaingkaung church. Photo: Kachin State IPRD United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Ms Yanhee Lee and...
View ArticleBus stop volunteers to help passengers
A BRT bus is thronged with passengers in downtown Yangon. Photo: Phoe Khwar According to the Yangon Region Hluttaw Representatives, volunteers will be stationed at bus stands for the convenience of...
View ArticleFishing trawlers in Maungtaw District to be registered
Men clean fishing nets in Rakhine state, on 15 November 2016. Photo: Reuters Fishing trawlers, which temporarily ceased operation due to violent attacks in the district last year, will be registered by...
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