Recently there appeared an Article in the Global New Light of Myanmar regarding the Covid 19 Period “Cash for Work” scheme for people in the rural areas.

IN efforts to conserve Inle carp or locally called Nga Hpein (Cyprinus intha), a Cyprinid fish commonly found in Inle Lake and an endemic species in Myanmar, a government-hatchery in Nyaungshwe produces over 700,000 fingerlings of the species yearly.

THE Myeik Archipelago (MA) comprises about 800 islands of primarily limestone and granite located along 60 km off Myanmar’s southern coast, supporting breeding grounds for turtle species which are facing extinction in the world.

MYANMAR has its own traditional dances. A variety of traditional dances which captivates the viewers or audiences due to beautiful and synchronous movements of the dancer’s head, waist, legs (feet) and hands in line with Myanmar tunes or Myanmar scale. Myan-mar styles of dances, Myanmar music, traditional musical instruments and display or setting of dazzling Myan-mar orchestra on stage with performing arts captivate the locals and foreigners alike. The Myanmar orchestra is dazzling-ly beautiful as its decoration or ornamentation is made of glass mosaic embedded in gilding. Basic Myanmar traditional musical instruments consist of bronze instrument, string instrument, leather (skin) covered instrument (long and short drums ) , wind instru-ment and bamboo-clapper.

THE sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus towards the end of 2019 had caught most of us by surprise. The whole world was affected -- sparing almost no country, both rich and poor or developed and developing.