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12 pilgrims injured as vehicle overturns in KhinU Township

Crime

08/03/20

12 people sustained severe injuries after a vehicle heading to Anyar Thiha Taw Pagoda overturned near a rural bridge in KhinU Township, Sagaing Region on 7 March.

Thet Htar Thuzar’s int’l tourneys canceled due to COVID-19

Sport

08/03/20

International badminton tournaments in Poland and Portugal, in which Myanmar star Thet Htar Thuzar was to compete, have been canceled due to the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

Union Minister U Kyaw Tin pays official visit to Lao PDR Laos donates US$ 50,000 for humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State

Local

08/03/20

At the invitation of Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, the Myanmar delegation l

Power of glasses can now be reduced with Femto Lasik technology

Local

08/03/20

The strength of eye glasses can now be reduced in Myanmar, for the first time, thanks to the introduction of Femto Lasik technology, according to ophthalmologist Prof Dr Tin Win.

MSWRR Union Minister meets town/village-based volunteers in Pyapon, Dedaye

Local

08/03/20

Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement highlighted that the ministry is reaching out to the people and providing their social needs. People’s participation and involvement are important in this regard. Volunteers take leading roles to do good not only for themselves but also for the others as they are closely related. They also strive for a better society.

Unsafe surgery may cause unnecessary deaths or undesired consequences: Dr Myint Htwe

Local

08/03/20

A seminar on safe surgery was held at the Ministry of Health and Sports in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

UPDJC secretary’s group meeting, UPDJC meeting to be held on 10, 12 March respectively

Local

08/03/20

Government representatives and the representatives of (NCA-S EAO) held a bilateral coordination meeting at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) in Yangon at 10 am yesterday to implement the minutes of the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

Old stamps, coins, bank notes on display to mark Yangon University’s 100th anniversary

Local

08/03/20

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Yangon University, old stamps, coins and bank notes are on display at the Recreation Centre at the university.

Tabaung, the month of Sand Pagoda Festival

Feature

08/03/20

By Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt, Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu

Yangon to turn waste into energy

Local

08/03/20

Yangon is going to turn 1,000 tonnes out of the total waste that its households and people generate daily into energy, citing Yangon City Development Committee, adding that the waste-to-energy project is going to begin.