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Rakhine State Day reaches 45th anniversary

Local

16/12/19

Maungtaw District, Rakhine State, commemorated the 45th Rakhine State Day at Thiri Mingalar Hall yesterday morning.

4th Inter-School Sailing Championship begins in Yangon

Sport

16/12/19

The 4th Myanmar Inter-School Sailing Championship 2019 opened yesterday at the Yangon Sailing Club in Yangon.

4th Industrial Revolution — nurturing the next generation

Editorial

16/12/19

The current progressive trend in the world is being described as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The First Industrial Revolution saw the rise of steam engines and boilers, the second focused on electricity and automatons, and the third ushered in electronic technology and the world wide web.

Second day of Magway youth festival a roaring success

Local

16/12/19

The second day of the Youth All-Round Development Festival in Magway yesterday saw teachers and students from schools and universities of 25 townships in Magway Region filling up the scene along with curious local residents.

Chin State tangerines fetch good price despite low yield

Business

16/12/19

Organic tangerines produced in Chin State are fetching a high price during the harvest season.

Onions export to Bangladesh plunge to 366 tons in last week of Nov

Business

16/12/19

Myanmar exported 366 tons of onions, worth US$262,400, to neighboring Bangladesh through the Sittway border gate between 23 and 29 November, according to news released online by the Ministry of Commerce.

Slight earthquake strikes Sagaing Region’s Homalin Township

Weather

15/12/19

No immediate reports of damages or casualties were available following a slight earthquake which was recorded at 10:23 a.m. today, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced.  

Monywa hosts mass cycling activity

Sport

15/12/19

A mass cycling event jointly organized by the Sports and Physical Education Department, Myanmar Cycling Federation and Monywa Cycling Federation took place in Monywa, Sagaing Region this morning.

December mass walking activity held in Kengtung

Sport

15/12/19

A mass walking event was held in conjunction with a mini-marathon contest in Kengtung, Eastern Shan State on 14 December.

Nippon Foundation-funded school facility handed over to Education Dept. in Hsiseng

Education

15/12/19

A ceremony to hand over a new school facility to the Department of Education was held at a basic education middle school (branch) in Kontha Village, Hsiseng Township in PaO Self-Administered Zone in Shan State on 14 December.