A fisherman went missing after an offshore fishing boat sank near an island in the sea about 20 miles southeast of Haigyikyun Township, Ayeyawady Region at around 5 a.m. today due to strong winds.
Police are hunting for thieves who stole the heads of the Buddha images in the compound of a monastery in Padatdine Village, Myinmu Village in Sagaing Region on 7 January, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin received H.E Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of Britain at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw this morning.
A crime reduction talk was conducted by policemen from a local police station at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Mongyu Town, Eastern Shan State this morning.
The Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association (MEEA) will be organizing a tourism expo in Yangon with a view to exhibiting traditional culture of the ethnic people and promoting tourism industry.
Approximately 1,927 local people from 392 households, seven monasteries, one basic education high school and a Mon school in Auksaik Village, Ye Township in Mon State have been affected by strong winds.