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Local gold price likely to slip further: gold traders

Business

11/06/19

Tracking the drop in the price of gold globally, the yellow metal is likely to continue its slide in the domestic market, said U Ohn Myaing, General Secretary, Myanmar Gold Entrepreneurs Association.

Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe attends 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, meets Russian FM

Local

11/06/19

H.E. U Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, accompanied by H.E. U Set Aung, Deputy Minister for Planning, participated in the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia, from 6-8 June 2019.

Myanmar Competition Commission promises to level playing field for businesses

Local

11/06/19

The Myanmar Competition Commission will work with businesspersons to remove hindrances to fair competition, said Union Minister for Commerce Dr. Than Myint, urging businesses to abide by the Competition Law. The Union Minister, in his capacity as the chairman of the commission, made the remarks during his opening address at an event about competition, held yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services receives Ambassador of India

Local

11/06/19

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received Ambassador of India Mr. Saurabh Kumar at the Bayintnaung guest house in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.

Dhamma school teachership training school opens in Nawnghkio

Local

10/06/19

The township Dhamma school foundation and the Dhamma School Foundation (central) have jointly opened the Dhamma school teachership training school in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State yesterday morning.

Phaungpyin conducts flood simulation drill

Local

10/06/19

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement organized the simulation about flood in Phaungpyin Township, Sagaing Region yesterday morning.

Korean-funded school handed over to Education Dept.

Education

10/06/19

A ceremony to inaugurate a three-storey school facility was held in conjunction with a handing over to the Department of Education at basic education middle school No.22 in Pyigyidagun Township, Mandalay Region this morning.

Four men busted for possession of drugs in Maungtaw

Crime

10/06/19

A joint police squad seized massive haul of narcotic drugs in a house raid in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State on 9 June.

Development tasks being undertaken in border town

Local

10/06/19

Inter-village roads are being built with the Union Budget by the Border Areas and National Races Development Department under the Ministry of Border Affairs in Mese Township, Kayah State and the project has been about 90 percent finished.

One dead, 8 injured as passenger bus skids off in Kutkai

Crime

10/06/19

One person was killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus skidded out of control in Kutkai Township, Northern Shan State on Sunday afternoon.