Latest News
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Pyithu Hluttaw raises queries about women affairs, calls for preparing AFTA
21/02/20
The Pyithu Hluttaw’s 15th regular session held its 9th day meeting yesterday, with questions to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Ministry of Construction.
Amyotha Hluttaw: Yangon Region registers 188 petrol stations, 785,000 vehicles
21/02/20
The 15th regular session of Amyotha Hluttaw held its 9th day meeting yesterday, and the questions of MPs were answered by the Deputy Ministers from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation and the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Union Supreme Court & judges to uphold its independent judicial entity
21/02/20
Chief Justice U Htun Htun Oo of the Union Supreme Court stressed the need for the judges at different levels of court to uphold its independent judicial entity in his opening speech at the 18th coordination meeting between the Union Supreme Court and the high courts of states/regions and the districts’ courts, held at the USC Meeting Hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Vice President U Henry Van Thio speaks on 72nd Anniversary of Chin National Day
21/02/20
Vice President U Henry Van Thio delivered a speech on the occasion of the 72nd Chin National Day celebration held at the Mingalabyuha Sasana Beikman in Pyinmana Township, Nay Pyi Taw Council yesterday evening.
Health ministry receives US disease control, prevention missions
21/02/20
The Ministry of Health and Sports convened a meeting with officials from US CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the surveillance and containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday.
Union Minister for Information receives Nepalese media delegation
21/02/20
Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint met with a Nepalese media delegation led by Mr Kishor Shrestha, Chairman of the Press Council of Nepal at his office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra Concerts 2020 staged in Yangon
21/02/20
The Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra of Myanma Radio and Television under the Ministry of Information, together with Japanese artistes, featured their performances at the Novotel Hotel in Yangon yesterday evening.
Better protection of children in conflict-ridden areas is paramount
21/02/20
The February 13 incident when a village school in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State was hit by shelling reflects how armed conflict is making life miserable for locals.
The Art of Storytelling
21/02/20
The Global New Light of Myanmar of 18-2-2020 carried a news item entitled “Third Story Project organizes storytelling workshop in YGN”. Such a news story is rare one we hardly see in the dailies or other reading materials.
Gov’t officials discuss resettling IDPs, camp closures
21/02/20
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement held a coordination meeting to draft a guideline for developing action plans to close IDP camps in line with the National Strategy on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
