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Around 2,000 local visitors, tourists throng two CBT villages in Sagaing Region

Culture & Travel

13/01/20

Two community-based tourism villages in in Sagaing Region attracted 1,976 local and foreign visitors in 2019, said an official from Sagaing Region’s Directorate of Hotels and Tourism.

School library opened in Sidoktaya Tsp.

Local

13/01/20

A ceremony to open a school library at Basic Education Post Primary School in Sidoktaya Township, Minbu District, Magway Region was held at the library yesterday.

New school building opened in Nawnghkio Tsp.

Education

13/01/20

A ceremony to open a new school building in conjunction with school family day was held at Naungaue Basic Education Post Primary School in Nawnghkio Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State (North) this morning.

Poppy plantations eradicated in Shan State

Crime

13/01/20

The police destroyed acres of poppy plantations in Namhsan, Mongnai and Kunhing Townships in Shan State, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. 

Fire torches 12 houses in Mogok

Crime

13/01/20

No casualties were reported after a fire broke out in Ward-2, Mogok Township in Mandalay Region, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

One injured in train-trawlargi accident in Hmawbi

Crime

13/01/20

One man was injured when a train struck a trawlargi, according to a source from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

To end human-elephant conflict, protect forests

Feature

13/01/20

With their habitats disappearing due to the depleting natural forest cover, wild elephants have begun frequenting villages and damaging crops in some areas. In the incidents, the wild elephants entered villages, looking for food. In some incidents, some villagers were killed by wild elephants.

MARCH symposium held in University of Medicine (2)

Local

13/01/20

Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe delivered a speech at the Myanmar-Australia Research Collaboration for Health (MARCH) Symposium at the University of Medicine (2) in Yangon yesterday morning.

Man dies from bullet wound in Kyaukme, Shan State

Local

13/01/20

A man identified as U Thein Lin Tun (a) Maung Wyne, 22, was fatally shot by four armed and unidentified men on motorcycles in Kyaukme Township, Shan State, yesterday morning.