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Rural bridge inaugurated in Phoungpyin Township

Local

07/10/19

A ceremony to open a rural bridge which was built with Ks. 112.02 million of the Union Budget allotted by the Ministry of Border Affairs and Ks. 20 million contributed by local people and gold entrepreneurs was held in Phoungpyin Township, Sagaing Region this morning.

Truck crash in Nay Pyi Taw claims 2 dead, 24 injured

Crime

07/10/19

Two people have died and 24 people were injured after a Faw truck overturned at a roundabout in Pobbathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with Myanmar mission in ROK

Local

07/10/19

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat visited Myanmar Embassy in the Republic of Korea, and met with the Ambassador and diplomats on 5 September noon local time.

Tomb of Poet King Nat Shin Naung in Thanlyin

Culture & Travel

07/10/19

We knew of Nat Shin Naung ever since we were young after being taught about him in our school lessons.

Building inclusive platforms

Editorial

07/10/19

Public participation is the main driving force behind the development of a nation, regardless of its administrative or political system.

Transport, Communications sector tops FDI line-up in last fiscal

Local

07/10/19

FOREIGN  direct  investment  of  US$1.538  billion  has  flowed  from  four  enterprises  into  the  transport and communications sector  in  the  past  fiscal  year  2018-2019, according to statistics provided  by  the  Directorate  of  Investment  and  Company  Ad-ministration (DICA). 

Maritime trade registered a sharp drop of $1.68 bln last fiscal

Business

07/10/19

THE value of Myanmar’s maritime  trade  for  the  period  be-tween  1  October,  2018  and  20  September, 2019 in the last fiscal year totaled US$24.1 billin, a  decline  of  over  $1.68  billion  compared with the year-ago period, according to data provided by the Ministry of Commerce.

Work on bridge linking Ayeyawady, Rakhine to start in Nov

Local

07/10/19

CONSTRUCTION work on  a  bridge  linking  the  Ayeyawady  Region  and  Rakhine  State  will  begin  in  November,  according to the Ministry of Con-struction.

Myanmar hospice care globally ranks seventy sixth

Local

07/10/19

Myanmar’s   hospice   care   ranked  seventy-sixth  in  the  world,  according  to  Dr  Hla  Maung,  the  patron  of  U  Hla  Tun  Myitta  Yeik  Mon  Cancer  Foundation.