The 75th anniversary of Pa-O National Day will be celebrat­ed alongside the traditional Tabaung festival in areas pre­dominantly inhabited by the Pa-O ethnic people, according to U Khun Sai Pha, Chair of the Pa-O Ethnic Literature and Culture Association of Shan State (South).

The historic sites of Dala’s old town, in­cluding the palace hill, ancient pagodas, and over 2,000 ancient glaze kilns, have been designated and preserved near the Shwesandaw Pagoda in Twantay Township of Yangon Region. U Hla Myo, a member of the Twantay Township Ancient Cultural Heritage Preservation Committee, con­firmed this.

The second-day session of the sixteenth plenary meeting of the Eighth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Com­mittee was held at the Wizaya Mingala Dhamma Thabin of Thiri Mingala Kaba Aye Hill in Yangon yesterday.

Union Health Minister Dr Thet Khaing Win received Sri Lankan Ambassador to My­anmar Mr J M J P Bandara, who had completed his tour of duties in Myanmar, at the Un­ion Minister’s office yesterday.

Myanmar Investment Com­mission (MIC) greenlit sev­en new projects to invest in manufacturing, electricity, and service sectors and allowed the capital expansion of cer­tain existing businesses at the meeting 3/2024 held yesterday at Office No 18 in Nay Pyi Taw.

The warship Hsinphyushin, led by Captain Zaw Oo, which left for Visakhapatnam, India, to attend the Multilateral Na­val Exercise (MILAN-2024) and 6th IMNEX, arrived back at No 3 Naval Jetty (Thilawa) yesterday.