Myanmar’s rice export is expected to reach two million tonnes this fiscal year, said U Myint Cho, Deputy Director General of Ministry of Commerce yesterday. The country’s staple crop export reached 3.6 million tonnes in 2016-2017 fiscal year,
Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Dam in Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region, overflowed 2.1 feet above its 340 feet mark yesterday morning and officials put up green flags to notify local residents of the emergency level 1 situation, according to the local irrigation and water management department.
Upon the invitation of China’s Minister for Public Security, Mr Zhao Kezhi, a delegation led by U Thein Swe, the Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population, travelled to China from 23 to 27 July.
A ceremony of cash donation for the Eternal Peace Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw was held at the Yangon office of Ministry of Religious and Cultural Affairs yesterday afternoon.
At least 19 people, including 16 security guards employed with a mining company and three policemen, were reportedly killed yesterday in a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State.
