Fire broke out at around 2:30 pm on 10 February in Chanpyin Village in Thandwe Township, Rakhin State. The fire is believed to have started from a drunken man.
Although the dollar exchange rate stood around K1,330 per dollar in the local currency market at the end of January, the rate jumped to K1,400 per dollar on 4 February.
Pansodan-Dala ferries are running from 5:30 am to 7 pm beginning from 9 February because of the dropping number of commuters and declaration of a curfew from 8 pm until 4 am, .............