As traditional conical hat (Khamauk) businesses are flourishing in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region, the hat makers conducting the business on a manageable scale are earning well.

Some of the deadliest disasters in the Asia Pacific Region in the last 5 years such as the Nepal Earthquake (2015), Myanmar Floods (2015), the Indonesia Earthquake in Sulawesi (2018), Kerala Floods in India (2018), etc. have resulted in extensive damage to housing and critical infrastructure exceeding economic cost of hundreds of millions in USD, consequently draining a significant proportion of a country’s/state GDP needed to rebuild the same.

The 2nd National Education Conference for Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Myanmar was held at the Myanmar International Convention Center II in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

President U Win Myint and First Lady Daw Cho Cho hosted a state banquet for the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Mrs Bidya Devi Bhandari, and her delegation at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening.

A preliminary coordination meeting to successfully conduct Youth All-Round Development Festival (Magway) was held at the meeting hall of Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.