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RDD officials inspect road construction works in Chaung-U Tsp

Local

30/01/20

Officials from Monywa District Rural Development Department inspected the construction of a road to be used for transporting farm products in Wayar village in Chaung-U township, Monywa district, Sagaing region this morning. 

Standard clinic opened in Shwegu Tsp

Local

30/01/20

A ceremony to open a standard clinic was held in Shwe Chaungtha village in Shwegu township, Kachin state yesterday morning. 

Rural water supply projects inspected in Taungdwingyi Tsp.

Local

30/01/20

An inspection on rural water supply projects in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region was conducted by officials from Magway District Department of Rural Development yesterday morning.

90,511 shady trees to be planted in Pwintbyu Tsp.

Local

30/01/20

With the aims of heat protection and environmental greening, Pwintbyu Township Dry Zone Greening Department is arranging to plant a total of 90,511 shady trees in 2019-2020 FY, according to an official from the Township Dry Zone Greening Department. 

Surprise check on sale of prohibited food conducted in Chaung-U BEHS

Local

30/01/20

A surprise check on sale of prohibited and expired food was conducted at Basic Education High School in Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region this morning.

Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls in Ambassador of Bangladesh

Local

30/01/20

U Soe Han, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, called in Mr Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Myanmar, at 3 pm on 28 January 2020 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.

26 returnees accepted at Nga Khu Ya Reception Centre, taken to villages in Maungtaw

Local

30/01/20

Officials at the Nga Khu Ya Reception Centre in Maungtaw, Rakhine State, yesterday scrutinized and accepted 26 displaced persons from nine households who returned from Bangladesh of their own volition.

Union Minister U Thein Swe, UN Special Envoy discuss repatriation, issuing NV cards in Rakhine

Local

30/01/20

Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe received a UN delegation led by Mrs Christine Schraner Burgener, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, at his office in Nay Pyi Taw on 28 January.

Thailand’s high tax on corn imports leading to losses for traders

Business

30/01/20

Myanmar traders are stockpiling corns to export them to Thailand, but a high import barrier is posing difficulties, said traders from the Myawady border area.

Step up efforts to end drug menace

Editorial

30/01/20

With the implementation of the National Drug Control Policy in February, 2018, aimed at addressing all aspects of the drug problem and focusing on the unique needs of the country, Myanmar has made a significant shift towards an evidence-based and more people- and health-centric approach.