International Democracy Day 2019 was held at the Thabin Hall of Hluttaw Building in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon, and it was opened with speeches by President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
A fire drill was conducted in conjunction with a knowledge sharing event about the natural disaster in Satkhingyi Village, Mahlaing Township in Mandalay Region on 14 September.
A ceremony to present land compensation to farmers whose farmlands were confiscated when Aukseik river water pumping project was constructed was held in Myinkawa Village, Seikphyu Township in Magway Region on 14 September.
The Fire Services Department organized a natural disaster preparedness drill in conjunction with a knowledge sharing event at the basic education high school (Daka) in Kangyidaung Township, Ayeyawady Region on 14 September.
RIVER catfish and Viet Nam but-ter fish will now be bred as local species in Myanmar, according to U Hla Htay, the deputy head of the Yangon Region Fisheries Department. Meanwhile, basa fish, bred in hatching camps, will be phased out, he added.
FINGERLINGS were released on 13 September into the Nar Yakar and Hae Htan dams in Banmauk Township, Katha dis-trict, Sagaing region, in a move aimed at enriching the country’s fisheries resources.
