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State Counsellor chairs COVID-19 central committee meeting

Local

18/11/20

STATE Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19, attended the committee meeting yesterday. 

3 civilians killed, 6 injured when civilian vehicle hit landmine laid by ARSA

Local

18/11/20

Three civilians were killed and six others injured when a civilian vehicle driving from Thayagon Village to Maungtaw Town, Rakhine State, hit a landmine in an area between Leikya Intersection and Htanchaung Bridge yesterday afternoon, according to Myanmar Police Force. 

20th ACCSM, 5th ACCSM Plus Three meetings held via videoconferencing

Local

18/11/20

THE Senior Officials of Civil Service for the 20th ACCSM and the Senior Officials Meeting for the 5th ACCSM Plus Three or ganized by Office of Civil Service Commission,

Myanmar Script Fund (MSF) 5th edition to take place online from 24 Nov to 9 Dec

Local

18/11/20

Aimed at training and showcasing the country’s next generation of filmmakers, and Myanmar Script Fund will take place exclusively online, with coaching and project presentation sessions with international film industry professionals. 

Public participation is key to lessening govt's health burdens

Editorial

18/11/20

DUE to some crowds celebrating the 8 November elections results without social distancing, the number of coronavirus positive cases is expected to rise next week.

YBS resumes over half of its fleet in Yangon

Local

18/11/20

OVER 50 per cent of YBS buses are currently operating in Yangon region starting from the first week of November, said U Hla Aung, joint secretary of Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA). 

Myanmar exports over 160,000 tonnes of rice as of 6 November

Business

18/11/20

THE volume of rice and broken rice exported between 1 October and 6 November in the current financial year 2020-2021 reached 163,413 metric tons, worth over US$60.67 million, according to an announcement from the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).

Watermelon trucks stranded at Myanmar-China border

Business

18/11/20

TIGHT security measures at Kyin San Kyawt and Mang Weing checkpoints on Myanmar-China border have resulted in a slowdown in the entry/exit process and a hundred of trucks queuing up at the checkpoint, fruit traders said. 

Myanmar earns nearly US$850mln from fishery export in 2019-2020FY

Business

18/11/20

MYANMAR fetched US$ 847.5 million from exporting over 600,000 tonnes of fisheries products during the period from 1 October 2019 to late September this financial year -------------