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Need and Opportunity to Invest in Disaster and Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Myanmar

Feature

18/10/19

Some of the deadliest disasters in the Asia Pacific Region in the last 5 years such as the Nepal Earthquake (2015), Myanmar Floods (2015), the Indonesia Earthquake in Sulawesi (2018), Kerala Floods in India (2018), etc. have resulted in extensive damage to housing and critical infrastructure exceeding economic cost of hundreds of millions in USD, consequently draining a significant proportion of a country’s/state GDP needed to rebuild the same.

Land management and rule of law

Editorial

18/10/19

To put an end to illegal squatting, including settlement in forest reserves and construction of infrastructure on farmlands, three stakeholders — those who make the laws, those who enforce them, and those who are obliged to follow the laws — ne

Conical hat makers flourishing in Wuntho Township

Business

18/10/19

As traditional conical hat (Khamauk) businesses are flourishing in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region, the hat makers conducting the business on a manageable scale are earning well.

Social pension furnished to elderly people over 85-year old in Shweku Tsp.

Local

17/10/19

A ceremony to provide elderly people over 85-year old with social pension was held at the General Administration Department in Shweku Township, Bhamo District, Kachin State yesterday.

SWRR Union Minister receives former member of Rakhine Committee Mr Roelof Meyer

Local

17/10/19

Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Dr Win Myat Aye, received a delegation led by Mr Roelof Meyer, --------------

President of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal arrives in Nay Pyi Taw

Local

17/10/19

At the invitation of U Win Myint, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Her Excellency Mrs Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, arrived in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Absence of hunger will bring health, educational, economic development: Vice President

Local

17/10/19

Myanmar’s Union Government commemorated World Food Day with an exhibition at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

State Counsellor addresses 2019 Conference on Implementing Development of Universities

Local

17/10/19

The 2019 Conference on Implementing Development of Universities was held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre II in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.