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Union Minister U Thant Sin Maung discusses logistics sector development

Local

03/09/20

​​​​​​​THE Ministry of Transport and Communications held a meeting to design a roadmap for the development of the logistics sectors in Myanmar,....

76 more new cases of COVID-19 reported on 2 September, total figure rises to 995

COVID-19

03/09/20

​​​​​​​MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rise to 995 after 76 new cases were reported on 2 September according to Ministry of Health and Sports.

Commerce Ministry takes steps for Dawei- Hteekhee highway construction

Local

03/09/20

​​​​​​​THE Ministry of Commerce held a coordination meeting for the construction of a two-lane highway between the Dawei Special Economic Zone and the Myanmar-Thailand border town of Hteekhee.....

Illegal sawn Padauk timbers seized in Kaleinaung

Crime

02/09/20

Illegal sawn Padauk timbers were seized at Mahlwetaung checkpoint in Kaleinaung Township, Dawei District, Taninthayi Region on 30 August. 

Two people missing after ferryboat capsizes in Ayeyawady River

Crime

02/09/20

Two people went missing after a ferryboat capsized in the Ayeyawady River in NyaungU Township, Mandalay Region at about 6:30 p.m. on August 26, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.

Person with mental disability torches his own house in Wetlet Twsp

Crime

02/09/20

Two houses and one motorbike were burnt to ashes in a fire in Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday.     

Electoral training course opens in Khamti

Parliamentary news

02/09/20

A multiplier training course on election for ward and village administrators was opened at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Khamti, Sagaing Region this morning.     

IDPs in Rakhine State supplied with gov’t financial aid

Local

02/09/20

The Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement held a virtual meeting with the chief minister of Rakhine State to hand over cash and kind for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rakhine State at a rate of K 40000 per person on August 21.

Locals from Lashio Twsp flee for fear of clashes

Local

02/09/20

A total of 218 people—81 men and 137 women—from two villages in Lashio Township, Shan State have fled to Mansu Monastery on 1 September to take shelter there in fear of being trapped in the possible clash.

3500 pieces of face masks distributed free of charge in Tedim

Local

02/09/20

Under the leadership of the township committee for Covid-19 prevention, control and treatment, measures have been stepped up to fight against the virus at crowded places in the town of Tedim.