The Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation is carrying out water supply tasks in 123 villages in Magway Region where local people suffer from water scarcity and about 75 percent of the tasks have been completed.     

At  the  invitation  of  His  Excellency  Mr.  Xi  Jinping,  President  of  the  People’s  Republic of China, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, will pay a working visit  to  the  People’s  Republic  of  China  to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, in the near future.

The closing ceremony for JCGV Toto’s Film Making Batch -1 was held at the JCGV Junction City (Starium Theater), Corner of Bogyoke Aung San Road, Yangon yesterday morning. Union Minister for Information Dr. Pe Myint attended and delivered an opening remark at the event.

Soldiers at a regional military headquarters near MraukU opened fire and drove off an approaching AA group trying to attack at about 4 a.m. yesterday morning.

LOCAL people in Mawlamyine gathered at the Kyaikthanlan Pagoda in Mawlamyine yesterday to listen to a peace sermon delivered by Sayadaw Ashin Sandadika o commemorate the arrival of religious objects to be fixed atop Nay Pyi Taw Eternal Peace Pagoda and Buddha images to the Kyaikthanlan Pagoda.

The 17th Dr. Tin Shwe Literary Award presentation ceremony was held at the Sedona Hotel, in Yangon yesterday afternoon.