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Drugs seized in Myawaddy, Thaton Townships

Crime

18/09/20

Police members from Myawaddy Myoma Police Station stopped a vehicle driven by Aung Soe Moe in ward-4 in Myawaddy and arrested a driver along with 3773 stimulant tablets yesterday evening, according to information released by the Myanmar Police Force.

Persons with disabilities in Momauk Twsp. received cash aid

Local

18/09/20

Officials from the township General Administration Department and Information and Public Relations Department presented cash aid provided by the government amid the outbreak of COVID-19 to persons with disabilities from villages and wards in Momauk Township, Bhamo District, Kachin Sate this morning on a door to door basis.

Five people allowed to go back home after 14-day quarantine in Haka

Local

18/09/20

Five people who returned from Yangon and Mandalay were allowed to go back home this morning after being placed under 14-day observation at a facility quarantine center in the town of Haka, Chin State.

52 Myanmar seafarers quarantined in Kawthoung 

Local

18/09/20

52 Myanmar seafarers from a ship docked at a jetty in the Andaman Sea near Kawthoung Township, Taninthayi Region were placed under 21-day hotel quarantine on September 17.     

Construction of indoor stadium completed in Mudon Twsp

Local

18/09/20

Construction of an indoor stadium in Mudon, Mon State has been cent percent finished, according to an official from the Sports and Physical Education Department.     

No casualties in apartment fire in Yangon

Crime

18/09/20

No casualties were reported after an apartment fire in Sangyoung Township in Yangon Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.

Temporary hospital for virus patients being set up at Thuwunna Stadium

Local

18/09/20

A 500-bedded temporary hospital is being created by the Ayeyawady Foundation at Thuwunna Football Stadium in Yangon under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Sports.

Persons with disabilities from Wundwin Twsp get cash assistance

Local

18/09/20

The disabled people in Wundwin Township, Mandalay Region have been provided with K 30,000 each through ward and village administrators, according to an official from the General Administration Department.

Rice export through sea trade accounts for 84pc in current FY

Business

18/09/20

Myanmar maritime trade constituted 84 per cent of rice exports. It generated an estimated income of US$646.759 million as of 4 September in the current financial year, as per data from Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).

Volunteering is key to lessening public health burden

Editorial

18/09/20

COVID-19 positive cases have been climbing up since mid-August, reaching over 4,000 nationwide with 60 deaths yesterday.