Officials from the Department of Rural Development made field trips to construction of a rural water supply task and a rural road in Thazi Township, Mandalay Region on 21 March.

MYANMAR still claims to have avoided the corona-virus pandemic despite being surrounded by three countries battling  the  virus,  including  China  where  the  outbreak  started. As of Friday evening, 176 suspected cases have been tested since January, with none having  returned  a  positive  result,  according  to  the  gov-ernment. Additionally, 12 sus-pected cases are still awaiting test  results,  the  latest  health  ministry update said. Although no  confirmed  case  has  been  identified,  the  authorities  are  taking measures to prevent the virus from gaining a foothold in the country.

A SMALLmountain airport is being built in  Loilenpi  Town,  Chin  State  and  the  airport project is almost 45 per cent  completed  while  the  land  reclamation task has been about 70 per cent finished, according to a source from the local govern-ment. Construction of the small airport project was approved in July 2017. A feasibility study for the small airport was started in January  2018  and  construction  work began in May 2019.

Ngon Pok remembers his father and grandfather returning triumphantly to his tribal village in Myanmar’s far north with a human head – and the agony of the tattoo he was given to celebrate their victory.

Myawady FC broke the repeated win record of Junior Lions FC, which has already garnered six consecutive winning results in the Myanmar National League II match, in the competition played at Padonmar Stadium in Yangon yesterday.

Owing to his exclusive offense, Thet Tun Aung, defender of the Rakhine United, will miss the upcoming Week-10 of Myanmar National League 2020 match against Ayeyawady United, according to the statement by the Myanmar National League.