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Bago Chief Minister inspects Shangaing floodgate
18/07/19
Bago region Chief Minister U Win Thein together with departmental heads inspected Shangaing floodgate in Wall Township and gave instructions yesterday afternoon.
State Counsellor attends dinner with authors in Yangon
18/07/19
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi participated in a dinner gathering with authors at the Novotel Hotel in Yangon yesterday.
Union Minister U Min Thu meets GAD staff of Yangon Region
18/07/19
U Min Thu, Union Minister for the Office of the Union Government, met with staff of the Yangon Region General Administration Department at the Yangon Region Government office (2) yesterday.
Diversity is an opportunity for Unity
18/07/19
Today, many persons in charge are poorly prepared to manage diversity issues. We have grew up in different religions, languages, education, socioeconomic status, work background, tradition and culture which are great challenges when we are working with such diverse people.
Public health push needed to tackle periodic influenza outbreaks
18/07/19
Seasonal influenza poses a significant public health challenge for Myanmar every year. Yangon Region is the worst-affected in the current season, accounting for 147 cases and 43 deaths out of 56 fatalities reported nationwide as of 16 July.
Myanmar weaving businesses face shortage of weavers
18/07/19
Earlier, Myanmar weaving businesses were passed down through generations as family businesses. But now, weaving businesses are surviving on a manageable scale in rural areas, including the Chaungzone Township of Mon State.
Yangon dump fire site set to receive trash again
18/07/19
The Hteinpin dump site in Hlinethaya Township, Yangon Region, which was engulfed by fire in 2018, is preparing to receive trash again, said Dr Aung Myint Maw, the deputy head of the Yangon City Development Committee’s Pollution Control and Cleansing Department.
NRPC, KNPP hold peace talks in Nay Pyi Taw
18/07/19
National Reconciliation and Peace Centre Vice Chairman U Tun Tun Oo, who is also the Union Attorney-General, met with a delegation led by Khu Oo Reh, the leader of the peace implementation committee of the Karenni National Progressive Party, yesterday to discuss the peace process and the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw examines human rights report, government budget proposals
18/07/19
ON the 2nd day of the Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s 13th regular session yesterday, MNHRC Chair U Win Mra read the commission’s annual report for 2018 and vari-ous officials read the budget pro-posals of government institutions for the Hluttaw to deliberate on.
Yangon to get more smoke-free zones
18/07/19
YANGON Region will get more smoke-free zones with nine more townships set to implement an-ti-smoking campaigns, said Dr Than Sein, the Chair of the Peo-ple’s Health Foundation.
