Disaster and death are not the inevitable consequence of greater exposure to hazards. It is possible to stabilize disaster impacts, save lives and protect livelihoods.
At least 126 people were killed in a landslide that occurred yesterday morning at a jade mining site of Kyaukmyet Shwe Pyi Company (locally called 111 company) in Laku Creek, Ward-6, Wahkar village in Phakant Township in Kachin State.
A total of 254 motorbike accidents were reported on Yangon-Mandalay Highway in four years from 2017 to 2020, which left 89 persons dead and 290 others injured, according to Nay Pyi Taw Highway Traffic Police Force.
The government and NCA Signatories ethnic armed organizations (NCA –S EAOs) held the fifth coordination meeting on peace process at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) on Shweli Road in Yangon yesterday afternoon.
EXCHANGE of three agreements regarding the provision of assistance by the Government of Japan to the Government of the Union of Myanmar took place at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.