A traditional festival to celebrate the Myanmar delicacy Htamane began at the Maha Muni Pagoda in Mandalay yesterday, attracting local and foreign travellers.

While upgrading the Yangon City circular railway, the Danyingon-Mingalardon-Paywetseikkon rail road is being renovated, with plans calling for its completion within six months to ensure the convenience of commuters, said U Min Aung, the project engineer for the Yangon circular railway upgrading project.

MEMBERS of ethnic literature and culture groups from states and regions who were in Nay Pyi Taw at the invitation of Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, continued their third-day field trip in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs Nai Thet Lwin held a meeting with representatives of ethnic literature and culture groups from Shan State (North) and Rakhine State at the assembly hall of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on the morning of 15 February.

Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing met with Laos Minister of Energy and Mines H.E. Dr. Khammany Inthirath at the Luang Prabang View Hotel, Luang Prabang, Laos, to discuss increasing bilateral electrical sector cooperation.

The Ministry of Transport and Communication’s Myanmar Mercantile Marine (MMM) College held its 11th graduation ceremony to award the Diploma in Nautical Studies (Dip. N.S.) and Diploma of Maritime Technology (Dip. Mar. Tech) at the college parade ground in Yangon yesterday morning.