They in conjunction with residents brought the blaze under control at about 4:20 a.m. and completely extinguished the flame about 20 minutes later with the use of four fire engines and four water tankers.
AUNG La N Sang, Myanmar’s sports icon and two division ONE Championship World Champion, is running in the lists for two World MMA Awards, including Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year and International Fighter of the Year according to the World MMA website.
ROWS of toddy palm trees or toddy forests are a symbol of the beauty and serenity of the rural life of Anyar (Upper Myanmar). Kyaukpadaung, a town close to the Mt. Popa and Bagan, has offered travel-lers to Bagan a stop over to enjoy food made from toddy.
TRADE between Myanmar and international trade partners crossed US$18.8 billion so far in the current fiscal year, an increase of over $130 million, or 0.7 per cent, from the cor-responding period last FY, the Ministry of Commerce reported this Friday.
THE Myanmar Mango Market and Technology Development Association will sponsor the second annual mango festival near Kuthodaw Pagoda in Man-dalay between 16 and 18 May, according to its secretary, U Kyaw Soe Naing.
AN IED (improvised explosive device) setup by AA group in the compound of Kyaukphyu Town-ship Administrator Office was defused by security personnel on the afternoon of 26 April.
Religious objects to be fixed atop the Nay Pyi Taw’s Eternal Peace Pagoda and Buddha images to be housed at the pagoda, were conveyed from Hinthada to Pyay yesterday for public obeisance.