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Fire victim receives cash, household items in Phapun Tsp

Local

27/03/20

Phapun  27 March

A donation event to provide a fire victim with cash assistance and household items took place in the village of Whaysan in Phapun township, Kayin state yesterday afternoon. 

Message of Greetings from Commander in Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee of Armed Forces Day on 27 March 2020

Local

27/03/20

Citizens of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, ethnic national brothers and sisters, born of this Union, The 27 March 2020 is the 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of Armed Forces Day. Our Republic of the Union of Myanmar has achieved the 72nd anniversary of independence and sovereignty on 4 January 2020.

Bean market in Mandalay going strong amid global pandemic

Local

27/03/20

The spread of COVID-19 across the globe has caused Myanmar’s crop sales to come to an almost complete standstill but Chinese demand has kept the trade of lima beans, mung beans, rice beans and peanuts thriving in Mandalay, according to local merchants.

Returnees from Thailand can face action unless reporting to authorities under disaster law

Local

27/03/20

Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye called on officials of the ministry’s departments in regions and states for cooperating with regional authorities in fighting the COVID-19 in their regions respectively.

Voice of Myanmar nationals returning from Thailand

Local

27/03/20

The Kayin State government has arranged free transportation for Myanmar nationals returning from Thailand via Friendship Bridge 2 in Myawaddy to their hometowns. Hpa-an District Administrator U San Maung and officials assisted the return trip at Hpa-an Highway Terminal on 25 March.

Over 4,000 to buy apartments in Mya Yee Nanda affordable housing complex

Local

27/03/20

More than 4,000 people have applied for buying flats in the Mya Yee Nanda affordable housing complex, which will be sold by Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC), an MCDC news release stated.

UMFCCI, associates to sell basic foodstuffs at fairer prices in industrial-zone townships

Business

27/03/20

By Nyein Nyein

The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) and its affiliated organizations have considered selling basic food commodities at the much fairer price in the townships where industrial zones are located, said UMFCCI Vice-Chair Dr Maung Maung Lay.

Stay at community based quarantine called key to preventing spread of Covid-19

Editorial

27/03/20

The return of thousands of Myanmar’s migrant workers from Thailand has placed our country at a high risk of spreading the COVID-19 infection.

Trade Department to launch online services as of 1 April

Local

27/03/20

The Department of Trade under the Ministry of Commerce will provide online services for export and import licences as of 1 April, aiming to reduce person-to-person contacts in preventing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19).

China’s Xi calls for tariff cuts at G20 virus talks

Feature

27/03/20

CHINESE President Xi Jinping on 26 March urged G20 countries to remove trade barriers in an effort to spur a global recovery after the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.