THE  Global  Earth  Public  Co  Ltd,  which  is  implementing  a  striped catfish farming project in the country, has announced that it will offer a dividend of at least  15  per  cent  for  10  years  to  shareholders,  said  Dr  Toe  Nandar  Tin,  the  senior  vice  chairperson  of  the  Myanmar  Fisheries Federation.

OVER  700  acres  of  fish  farms  have  suffered  losses  to  the  tune  of  K280  million  in  Kayin  and  Mon  states  due  to  floods  triggered  by  heavy  rainfall  in  recent days, said U Win Kyaing, the general secretary of the Myanmar Fisheries Federation.

THE Global New Light of Myanmar of 6 Au-gust  2019  conveyed  a news item with the title of ‘‘Indonesian man walk-ing in reverse to save forests’’. According to the news, an Indo-nesian man is walking 700 kilo-metres (43 miles) from his home on  a  volcano  in  East  Java  to  Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention  to  the  archipelago’s  quickly shrinking forests—and he is doing it backwards.

MYANMAR has begun the shift towards a market-ori-ented economy, which is better suited to a democratic system.

Old Kyunhla Town, which was submerged by the Thaphanseik dam, has been crowded with visitors ever since it re-emerged, according to visitors.

A holy umbrella was attached to the top of Myanmar pagoda at Hjortkvarn in Örebro County, Sweden, last month.