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Union Minister for Information inspects construction of Community Centre in Patheingyi

Local

10/11/19

Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint arrived at Mandalay Region Patheingyi Township Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) yesterday afternoon and inspected the construction of a Community Centre and a hall.

Union Attorney-General attends 12th ASEAN-China Prosecutors-General Conference

Local

10/11/19

Union Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo attended the 12th ASEAN-China Prosecutors-General Conference held at Siem Reap, Cambodia from 6 to 7 November.

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi opens religious building in Mogok, meets local people

Local

10/11/19

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Union Ministers Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe, Lt-Gen Ye Aung, U Min Thu, Dr Win Myat Aye, U Ohn Win and officials left Nay Pyi Taw by special flight and arrived at the Mandalay International Airport yesterday morning.

Myanmar moves to put thanaka on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

Local

10/11/19

Efforts are on to put thanaka, which is a distinctive feature of Myanmar culture, on the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list for the first time, said U Kyaw Lwin Oo, director-general of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, at the Thanaka Conference held in Monywa.

Focusing only on one community is not a sustainable answer to complex issue

Editorial

10/11/19

During the ARSA terrorist attacks in 2017 in Rakhine State, local people fled their homes, and since then there have also been people who sought shelter in the homes of their closest relatives, but did not flee to the neighbouring country.

Manaung Island’ traditions gradually become almost extinct

Feature

10/11/19

Manaung Island is separately situated in the Bay of Bengal with a peculiar custom. Ancient people who would become Manaung Islanders had probably crossed from the nearest Yanbye town and the Rakhine coastal regions.

Car catches fire in Katha Tsp.

Crime

09/11/19

Katha, 9 November