Novel coronavirus outbreak may reach peak in one week or about 10 days: expert

Jan 30,2020
THE novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)  outbreak  may reach its peak in one week or around 10 days, renowned Chinese respira-tory expert Zhong Nanshan said Tuesday  in  an  exclusive  inter-view with Xinhua.
Step up efforts to end drug menace
Jan 30
With the implementation of the National Drug Control Policy in February, 2018, aimed at addressing all aspects of the drug problem and focusing on the unique needs of the country, Myanmar has made a significant shift towards an evidence-based and more people- and health-centric approach.
Thailand’s high tax on corn imports leading to losses for traders
Jan 30
Myanmar traders are stockpiling corns to export them to Thailand, but a high import barrier is posing difficulties, said traders from the Myawady border area.
Union Minister U Thein Swe, UN Special Envoy discuss repatriation, issuing NV cards in Rakhine
Jan 30
Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe received a UN delegation led by Mrs Christine Schraner Burgener, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, at his office in Nay Pyi Taw on 28 January.
26 returnees accepted at Nga Khu Ya Reception Centre, taken to villages in Maungtaw
Jan 30
Officials at the Nga Khu Ya Reception Centre in Maungtaw, Rakhine State, yesterday scrutinized and accepted 26 displaced persons from nine households who returned from Bangladesh of their own volition.
Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls in Ambassador of Bangladesh
Jan 30
U Soe Han, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, called in Mr Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Myanmar, at 3 pm on 28 January 2020 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.
Local, foreign media visit Maungtaw
Jan 30
Local and foreign media personnel arrived in Maungtaw via Angumaw by car after they had flown to Sittway from Yangon yesterday morning.