Daw Khaing Khaing Zan, di­rector of the Small-Scale In­dustries Department, has an­nounced plans to conduct over 500 training courses nationwide during the 2024-2025 financial year. These courses will cov­er a range of topics including foodstuffs, consumer goods, and cosmetics manufacturing.

As We are all aware, chil­dren develop cognitively when they grow into adolescents. Cognitive development general­ly means changes in the way by which individuals acquire and use knowledge, in other words, intel­lectual ability. In fact, the cognitive development that the individual brings to adolescence has arisen and improved even during infancy and childhood, and a normal ado­lescent is capable of moving on to more advanced levels of thinking, such as those of adults.

As Myanmar grapples with soaring temperatures sur­passing typical summer heat due to El Nino’s influence, citizens, particularly the vulnerable, like children and the elderly, must brace themselves for the scorching weather ahead.

As this is the time of low stock, the price of ginger is high, and it is expected to rise further, according to ginger farmers.

Bayintnaung pulses market will announce the prices on 22 April. The prices of black grams and pigeon peas rebounded on 12 April, showing a one-week increase of K192,000 per tonne of pigeon peas and K124,000 per tonne of black grams.

Selling of white-barked acacia (Vachellia leucophloea), Htanaung bark in Myanmar, may cause depletion of these shade trees, an environmental activist warned.