World Bank provides assistance to Ministry of Health and Sport
Dr. MyinT Htwe, Union minister for Health and Sport, arrived at the Myo Chaung Special Station Hospital on Saturday, where he toured the hospital, made sure that instructions given on his previous...
View Article2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw celebrate 1st...
The ceremony 1st anniversary of the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The ceremony marking the 1st anniversary of the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw,...
View ArticleTurkish aid arrives in villages in northern Rakhine State
Bags of rice from Turkey are delivered to villages yesterday in Maungtaw, Rakhine State. Photo: Zaw Zaw Aid from the government and people of Turkey was delivered to the communities in Maungtaw...
View ArticleWife of Japanese PM donates cash, stationery to monasteries, nunneries
Mrs Akie Abe meets children at a Monastic Education School, Yangon yesterday. Photo: MNA A delegation led by Mrs Akie Abe, wife of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, currently visiting Myanmar...
View ArticleMinisters request budget approval at the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw fourth...
Ministers requested budget approval for a nationwide housing project on the third day meeting of the 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s fourth regular session yesterday. U Win Khine, the Union Minister for...
View ArticleManagement committee of 70th Union Day, meets troupes
Dr Myo Aung, chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Council, welcomes cultural troupes from regions and states. Dr Myo Aung, chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Council and chairman of the management committee of the...
View ArticleThai authorities hand over 44 trafficked victims back to Myanmar
Forty-four Myanmar national sold into forced labour in Thailand have returned home. Photo: Htein Lin Aung (IPRD) Forty-four Myanmar nationals, half of them women, who were sold into forced labour in...
View ArticleADB to support Myanmar to develop transport projects through PPPs
Asian Development Bank will help Myanmar with its transport infrastructure, which is critical to the country’s development and will improve people’s access to markets and basic services. Photo: Phoe...
View ArticleDemocratic Party (Myanmar) presents their policies, philosophy and programs
U Tint Swe of Democratic Party (Myanmar). Vice Chairman U Tin Swe of the Democratic Party (Myanmar) presented the policies, philosophy and programs on 30 January on Radio and TV. The complete text of...
View Article2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 4th Regular Session Holds its 2nd Day Meeting
Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than. During the 2nd day meeting of the Amyotha Hluttaw, action on a law was tabled at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, prompting the Pyithu Hluttaw to make known their disagreement over...
View ArticleMPs discuss motion on preventing dyed food at 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw
Speaker U Win Myint. The 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 4th regular session’s 2nd day meeting was held at the Hluttaw in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, focusing on amendment of the Penal Code and the control of chemically...
View ArticlePresident receives Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
President U Htin Kyaw welcomes Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak. Photo: MNA U Htin Kyaw, the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, received a delegation led by...
View ArticleState Counsellor presents cash assistance to displaced persons
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi stresses need to provide health care services to temporally displaced persons. Photo: MNA State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended a ceremony at the Ministry...
View ArticleEmployment agencies ask for relief from ten-fold license increase
The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF) will submit a letter to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population to reconsider the plan to increase the deposit paid by agencies to...
View ArticleMyanmar, Thailand sign two MoUs, one agreement on bilateral cooperation
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Dr Somkid Jatusripitak yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw after talks on bilateral cooperation. Photo: MNA Following talks between...
View ArticleAll Mon Regions Democracy Party presents policy and programs
Nai Win Htut (a) Nai Mya Win of All Mon Regions Democracy Party. party logo Nai Win Htut (a) Nai Mya Win, Central Committee Member of All Mon Regions Democracy Party presented the policy, outlook and...
View ArticleMyanmar health department declares war on tuberculosis
THE MYAMAR government plans to raise the budget expenditure to combat tuberculosis by 2.5 per cent within three years, hoping to reduce TB incidence by 40 per cent through new health facilities,...
View ArticleSenior General Min Aung Hlaing receives delegations
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds talks with Mr Thomas J Vallely. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received a delegation led by Mr Thomas J Vallely, the senior...
View ArticleThailand delegation visits Shwedagon Pagoda
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Samkid Jatusripitak pays homage to Jade Buddha Image at the Shwedagon Pagoda. A Thailand delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Samkid Jatusripitak visited Shwedagon Pagoda...
View ArticleOver 120 high-rise buildings granted permits to build
A high-rise building is under construction in Yangon. Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) has now granted permission to 123 out of 130 projects to build high-rise structures after scrutinising the...
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