To end human-elephant conflict, protect forests

With their habitats disappearing due to the depleting natural forest cover, wild elephants have begun frequenting villages and damaging crops in some areas. In the incidents, the wild elephants entered villages, looking for food. In some incidents, some villagers were killed by wild elephants.
The potential of youth
The term ‘youth’ is used to describe people in the 15 to 35 age group. This age range is when a person’s mental and physical development is in play, when new ideas and thoughts take shape, when new skills are learned easily, and when innovation and the will to change or revolutionize the world are at their peak. It is after the age of 35 that people begin to mature and mellow.
Union Minister for Education opens Asi@Connect National Launching Ceremony
The Asi@Connect National Launching Ceremony was held at the Novotel Hotel in Yangon yesterday, with an opening speech by Union Minister for Education Dr Myo Thein Gyi.
Fire kills 2, injuries 2 in Thantlang
A 90-year old elderly man and his grandson have died in a fire in Thantlang Township, Chin State. The fire broke out at a two-storey house of U Chun Lian (alias) U Zam Bil from Ward-1 in Thantlang Township early this morning.
School facility launched in Kyauktalonegyi Town
A ceremony to hand over a new school facility to the Department of Education was held in conjunction with a prize awarding to outstanding students and school family day in Kyauktalonegyi Town in Shan State on 11 January.
Rural electrification facility goes into operation in Pakkoku
A rural electrification facility was launched in Chaung Khwa Village, Pakkoku Township in Magway Region on 11 January.
DRD-sponsored sewing course opens in Indaw
A tailoring course was opened at the meeting room of the Department of Rural Development in Indaw Township, Sagaing Region.