Effort to get tax exemption to export garment
Wokers prepare clothing for export at a garment factory in Hlinethayar Industrial Zone in Yangon. Photo: Aye Min Soe Local garment factories are attempting to export their own branded garments,...
View ArticleRubbish bins to be donated for the Magway hospital
Parame blood donation social organization donated rubbish bins to the Magway general hospital. Photo: MMAL A member of the Parame blood donation social organization donated rubbish bins to the Magway...
View ArticleMaungtaw braces for storm, orange alert issued
Evacuation team announces cyclone warning over loudspeaker. Photo: Ye htut Residents in Maungtaw in northern Rakhine State are bracing for a tropical cyclone that has been predicted to cross the...
View ArticleUPDJC reaches agreements on most issues except secession
Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) holds its 11th meeting in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Myanmar News Agency The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) yesterday reached agreement on 33 points...
View ArticleInterview with Ambassador of India to Myanmar Mr Vikram Misri
A wide-ranging interview with Ambassador of India to Myanmar Mr. Vikram Misri by the Global New Light of Myanmar and MRTV touched upon democratic and economic reform, peace process and bilateral...
View ArticleKyaikhtiyo Pagoda floor to be replaced with heat resistant tiles
Pilgrims praying to Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda also known as the Golden Rock Pagoda. Heat resistant floor tiles will be used to replace marbles sheets on the platform of Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda during the closing...
View ArticleMTSH stock trading volume rose with all-time low price
A man looks at the LED board showing the stock exchange rates at YSX, in Yangon. Stock trading of Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings (MTSH) on Yangon Stock Exchange hit 19,352 shares on 30th May when the...
View Article2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 5th regular session holds its 6th day meeting
Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw Mahn Win Khaing Than. Six day meeting of 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 5th regular session was held at the meeting hall of the Amyotha Hluttaw in Nay Pyi Taw at 10 am yesterday....
View Article2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 5th regular session holds its 6th day meeting
Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint. At the 6th day meeting of 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw 5th regular session, held on 30 May, as regards the motion put forward by Daw Aye Aye Mu (a) Daw Sharmie of Kalay...
View ArticleParkland rental fees in Yangon to be examined
The current rental fees of all parkland in Yangon should be re-examined, said U Htay Aung, a former committee member of Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). “Some parkland projects are under the...
View ArticleSenior General holds talks with Turkish Ambassador
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds talks with Turkish Ambassador Mr. Kerem Divanlioglu in Nay Pyi Taw. Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received Turkish...
View ArticleJMC opens office in Shan State
The new office of the Joint Monitoring Committee on ceasefire in Shan State (JMU-S) was inaugurated yesterday at this office in Kholan, Southern Shan State, attended by member of the Union Joint...
View ArticleNatural disaster Management Committee discusses 2016 survey
Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses the attendants of the work coordination meeting on a 2016 natural disaster survey in the meeting room of the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday....
View ArticleIndia -Myanmar -Thailand highway: Project likely starts next month
To strengthen connectivity with Southeast Asia, Indian government is likely to kickstart work on highway from Meghalaya to Myanmar, as part of the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral pact, from next...
View ArticlePresident U Htin Kyaw visits modern crop plantations in Heho
President U Htin Kyaw listens to Mr. Daniel Bennett, the director of Prime Farm, explaining the farm’s operations. Photo: MNA President U Htin Kyaw observed modern crop plantations grown using...
View ArticleState Counsellor receives Chinese General Fang Fenghui
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Chinese General Fang Fenghui in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the...
View ArticleIn the wake of Cyclone Mora, Myanmar debates ASEAN-Russian disaster response...
Myanmar announced plans yesterday to strengthen its disaster response systems in the wake of Cyclone Mora, which killed scores of people in neighbouring Bangladesh and left thousands homeless in both...
View ArticleChildren’s Literature Festival in Taunggyi features more variety
Children of rehearsing Shan traditional dance for Children’s Literature Festival. The Children’s Literature Festival in Taunggyi will start today and will feature reading rooms for children to develop...
View ArticleFourth day of the fifth session of second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
The second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw held its fourth day meeting of the fifth session yesterday morning in Nay Pyi Taw. At the meeting matter relating to signing an Agreement on Cooperation in Natural...
View ArticleFord Continues ‘Driving Skills for Life’ Programme in Myanmar to help raise...
Ford Motor Company continued its global Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) driver safety programme in Myanmar by hosting a series of DSFL workshops in Yangon on 28-29 May. More than 100 drivers –...
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