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Myanmar National League: Hantharwady United still leading with no losses

Sport

24/02/20

Hantharwady United is still leading the standing table of the Myanmar National League at the conclusion of Week-7 with 21 points earned from winning all the matches the team has played so far.

Tabodwe (February) Bonfire Festival

Feature

24/02/20

Although Pyatho (January) is the peak of Myanmar Cold Season, the last month of cold season Tabodwe (February) can be chillier than Pyatho (January). Therefore, the Festival of Tabodwe is Bonfire Festival. It originated in the lifetime of Lord Gotama Buddha. He happened to be residing in the monastery at the foot of Himalayas Mountain Ranges.

Guarding against African Swine Fever

Editorial

24/02/20

The deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in Naungmon Village in Lashio Township, northern Shan State, in February, 2020.

Three burnt to death, one injured in Mingala Taungnyunt residential fire

Crime

23/02/20

Three people were killed in an apartment fire in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon on 19 February, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

Displaced people in Ann Township furnished with relief items

Local

23/02/20

Representatives from the township management committee provided relief supplies to the internally displaced people at a rescue camp in Ann Township in Rakhine State this morning.

Chin State’s Teevoi Bridge 30 % completed

Local

23/02/20

A rural bridge is under construction in Kyeekha Town, Chin State with the allotted fund in the fiscal year 2019-2020 and the project has been about 30 percent finished.

Passenger bus catches fire in Natogyi, no casualties reported

Crime

23/02/20

No one was injured after a passenger bus caught fire on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Fire torches 18 houses in Hlegu Township

Crime

23/02/20

At least 18 houses were destroyed by the fire that broke out in Darpain Taung Village, Hlegu Township in Yangon Region on 22 February.

Okpho Township to get new healthcare facility

Local

23/02/20

A stake-driving ceremony for construction of a new building for the Department of Public Health was held in the compound of a public hospital in Okpho Township, Bago Region this morning.

COVID-19 prevention in Magway Region as important as in border areas: Union Minister for Health and Sports

Local

23/02/20

A meeting to take Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) measures with added momentum was held at the Magway Region Office of the Public Health Department on 21 February.