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Myanmar delegation participates in Global Labour Market Conference 2026

Local

30/01/26

A Myanmar delegation led by Un­ion Minister for Labour U Aung Kyaw Hoe attended the Global Labour Market Conference 2026, held on 26-27 January in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and arrived back in Yangon on 28 January.

3rd Myanmar-Russia Biosafety Meeting boosts biotech cooperation

Local

30/01/26

THE third Myanmar-Russia Co­ordination Meeting on Biosafe­ty was held yesterday morning at the Ministry of Science and Technology in Nay Pyi Taw.

127 foreigners linked to telecom fraud, gambling repatriated

Local

30/01/26

A total of 127 foreign nation­als involved in telecom fraud and other criminal activities were repatriated to their re­spective countries through the Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge II in pursuit of legal procedures, humanitar

Yangon-Mandalay Expressway enforces 23-tonne cap, bars overloaded vehicles

Local

30/01/26

THE Yangon-Mandalay Ex­pressway allows a maximum gross weight of 23 tonnes per vehicle, including passengers and cargo, and any overloaded vehicles exceeding this limit will not be permitted to use the expressway under any cir­cu

CBM to sell THB30M to importers, $23M to fuel oil importers

Business

30/01/26

THE Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) announced on 28 January that it would sell US$23 million to fuel oil-importing companies and 30 million baht to import­ers.

Myanmar fighters set to headline ONE Friday Fights 140 in Thailand

Sport

30/01/26

MYANMAR fighters Thway Lin Htet and Son Rak are set to compete in the main event and co-main event, respectively, at ONE Friday Fights 140, taking place today in Thailand at 5:30 pm Myanmar Standard Time.

Over 6.9M pilgrims visit Shwedagon in Jan-Dec 2025

Local

30/01/26

FROM January to December 2025, a total of over 6.9 million pilgrims, including monks, nuns and laypeople, visited Shwedagon Pagoda in the Yangon Region to pay homage.

MoI Union Minister inspects preparations for 2025 Academy Awards Ceremony

Local

30/01/26

UNION Minister for Informa­tion U Maung Maung Ohn visit­ed the Myanmar International Convention Centre I (MICC I) in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening, where the 2025 Myan­mar Motion Pictures Academy Awards Ceremony is to be held, to

Myanmar begins second round of oral arguments at ICJ

Local

30/01/26

ORAL hearings in the case be­tween The Gambia and Myan­mar are currently held at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 12 to 29 January, with Myanmar’s second round of s