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Union ministers discuss possible resumption of film, TV shootings, cinemas

Local

01/07/20

Union ministers held a coordination meeting yesterday to resume shooting of films and TV programmes and reopening of cinemas.

State Counsellor stresses need for continued public vigilance against COVID-19 in videoconference with senior health officials

Local

01/07/20

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi held a videoconference yesterday with senior health officials stressing the need for continued vigilance among the public regarding COVID-19.

Essential 1,000 days of nutrition

Editorial

01/07/20

A BOUT29.3 per cent of children in Myanmar are stunted in their growth due to malnutrition, according to a report.

10 Million Asia Pacific Small Businesses to Participate in Visa’s Global Programme to Spur Recovery Through Digital Commerce

Business

01/07/20

VISA(NYSE: V), on 15 June, announced a commitment to support 10 million small businesses across Asia Pacific in an effort to get local communities----

Myanmar’s fishery exports fetch over US$ 680 mln in current FY

Business

01/07/20

FROM 1 October 2019 to mid-June 2020, Myanmar exported over 560,000 metric tons of fishery products, an increase of 70,000 tonnes over the same period in the previous year.

Change in payment system halts gold export

Business

01/07/20

MYANMAR’S gold export has paused when the international remittance for gold purchase has changed from Telegraph Transfer (TT) to Letter of Credit (LC), said Chairman U Myo Myint of Yangon Gold Entrepreneurs Association (YGEA). 

Yangon-Okkan RBE train to reopen from 1 July

Local

01/07/20

THE RBE up and down trains operating between Yangon and Okkan will resume their operations starting from 1 July as the same schedules before, according to Myanma Railways (MR). 

Digging tube well conducted in Tada-U Tsp.

Local

30/06/20

With the aim of distributing purified drinking water to local people in Oohmin village, Tada-U Township, Kyaukse District, Mandalay Region, digging a tube well and construction of a water plant and a water reservoir were undertaken in the village.

Cash assistance provided to farmers for damaged crops

Local

30/06/20

A ceremony to provide cash assistance to farmers for damaged crops due to disaster was held at Pwintbyu Township General Administration Department this morning.