Non-use of seat belts driving up death, injury rates: RTAD

DEATH  and  injury  rates  in  road accidents have increased because people are not wear-ing  seat  belts,  said  U  San  Yu,  director of the Road Transport Administration  Department  (RTAD), Sagaing Region. 
Three men jailed for Australia Christmas terror plot
Three men were jailed Friday for an IS-inspired terror plot to cause mass casualties in Australia's second largest city Melbourne during the 2016 Christmas period.
Car catches fire in Kawkareik Tsp
No casualty was reported when a car caught fire on Kawkareik-Myawady motor road near Tawnaw waterfall in Kawkareik township, kayin state at about 1:10 pm yesterday.
Fire breaks out in Shwelinban industrial zone in Hlaingthaya Tsp
A fire broke out at a factory in Shwelinban industrial zone in Kasin village tract, Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon region yesterday night.
Tractor catches fire in Laymyethna
No casualties were reported after a tractor caught fire near the office of the Department of Agriculture in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region at around 1:30 p.m. on 27 November.
Two men arrested on suspicion of theft
Two men were arrested on suspicion of theft together with a motorbike in a police patrol in Kaleinaung township in Dawei township, Taninthayi region yesterday night.
5.4402 tons of illegal sawn timbers seized in Singaing
Illegal sawn timbers were seized in the house of U Nyunt win, a resident of Phalanbo village in Singaing township, Kyaukse district, Mandalay region yesterday morning.