Report on RB News website fabricated, government says
The RB News website described in an article posted on January 8 that Myanmar government forces entered the village of Gorduthara in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State on the evening of January 7, beating...
View ArticleAnnouncement for those wishing to make donations to the Peace Fund of the...
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National Reconciliation and Peace Centre Notification 1/2017 13th Waxing of Pyatho 1378 ME 10 January, 2017 Announcement for those wishing to make donations to the...
View ArticleTwenty-four investment businesses permitted by MIC; create over 15,000 job...
Containers seen at the container yard in Yangon on 8 December 2016. A total of 24 businesses are permitted to invest in Myanmar, creating over 15,000 job opportunities, according to the Myanmar...
View ArticleProperty worth over Ks75.6billion sold through expos in 2016
A file photo shows a general view of Yangon City. Condominiums, apartments, detached houses, flats and land worth over Ks75.6billion (US$56million) were sold in 2016 through real property expos,...
View ArticleU Shwe Mann holds talks with Norwegian ambassador
Thura U Shwe Mann welcomes Norwegian Ambassador Ms Tone Tinnes. Thura U Shwe Mann, Chairman of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission, received Ms Tone Tinnes,...
View ArticleFood, solar panels delivered to villages in Maungtaw
U Win Htut Oo (R) of the Relief and Resettlement Department presents solar panels to villagers in Thayetoak Village in Maungtaw. Photo: MNA The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement...
View ArticleDiplomats from US, UK, EU and Australia visit Maungtaw, Rakhine State
Yangon-based diplomats visit Maungtaw, Rakhine State. Photo: State Counsellor’s Office Information Committee Diplomats based in Yangon arrived in Maungtaw, Rakhine State, on Tuesday and visited...
View ArticleIllegal businesses in Bayintnaung brokerage compound to be cleared away
Officials hold a meeting on cracking down illegal business in Bayintnaung Brokerage in Yangon. Illegal businesses in the Bayintnaung Brokerage Compound will be removed under the projectaccording to...
View ArticleMRTV to reform into public service media
Union Minister Dr Pe Myint meeting with employees of the Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV). Photo: MNA Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint stressed the need to lay down plans to improve Myanma...
View ArticleUkraine Consulate in Myanmar inaugurated
U Kyaw Zeya, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shakes hands with U Aung Hlaing Oo, Ukraine’s honorary consul to Myanmar. The inauguration ceremony of the Ukraine Consulate in...
View ArticleUN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee visits correctional facilities in Mon State
Ms Yanghee Lee visits Wutgyi quarry. Photo: MNA Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Ms. Yanghee Lee visited the production camp of the Correctional Department in Zinkyeik,...
View ArticleMyanmar hosts 4th BIMSTEC energy meeting for senior officials in Nay Pyi Taw
Senior officials from BIMSTEC countries pose for photo before 4th BIMSTEC meeting. The fourth senior officials’ meeting of the BIMSTEC was held at the Hotel Shwe Pyi Taw in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday...
View ArticleTurkish agency delivers rice to two communities in Maungtaw
Villagers are seen together with aids and volunteers from the Turkish aid agency. Turkish Cooperation Coordination Agency officials provided rice bags to villagers from Hsihogyun, Hnwar Yontaung,...
View ArticleState Counsellor receives Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi holds talks with Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine. Photo: MNA State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...
View ArticleMaterials used in manufacturing explosives seized in LaukKai Township
Some material used in making explosives . Materials and accessories used in manufacturing explosives were found under an old explosives-producing factory and its premises nearby the Myanmar-China...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw meets Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister
President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine, in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA PRESIDENT U Htin Kyaw received Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Affairs Minister of...
View Article70th Anniversary of Union Day to be held in support of Union Peace Conference
Vice President U Myint Swe addresses the 2nd coordination meeting of the central committee for convening the 70th anniversary Union Day 2017 celebration in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA Union Day, which...
View ArticleMyanmar, Bangladesh to consult on villagers who fled to Bangladesh
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin, Special Envoy of the State Counsellor, presents a gift to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday. Photo: MNA Myanmar...
View ArticleSix Bangladeshi fishermen to be pardoned, deported
Immigration and Population Department will expel the six illegal fishermen from Bangladesh after further procedures. Six imprisoned Bangladeshi fishermen were granted a pardon by the President on...
View ArticlePeace Advisory Committee and DPN to meet in Thailand
The Peace Advisory Committee led by U Aung Kyi and members U Hla Maung Shwe and Dr Min Zaw Oo and U Kyaw Lin Oo of its technical supporting team will meet with representatives of the Delegation for...
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