Acting on a tip-off, Police members from Myawaddy Anti-Drug Squad raided the house of Phyo Wai Kyaw on Ayetharyar Road in Ward-4 in the town of Myawaddy, Kayin State yesterday, and arrested two men, identified as Aung Pyae Phyo and Zaw Lin Aung along with 1004 stimulant tablets and a mobile phone from them, according to the information released by Myanmar Police Force.

At least 36 houses were burnt to ashes in a bushfire in Pontat and Khatkya Villages in Mong Hsat Township, Shan State (East) on 2 April.

A fire broke out in Kyunmee village in Komaung village-tract in Hlaingbwe Township, Kayin State at 2:30 pm yesterday.

Two men were arrested in connection with posessing stimulant tablets in Mongsat township in eastern Shan state of Myanmar yesterday.

No casualties were reported in the fire that broke out at 2;50 pm in Ngakhuya market in Maungdaw township in Rakhine state yesterday.

Brazil's Health Ministry on Tuesday reported that the death toll from COVID-19 has climbed from 159 to 201, as cases of infection rose from 4,579 to 5,717.