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Fishery exports cross $700 mln

Business

03/10/19

Export earnings from the fisheries sector in the period from 1 October, 2018 to 20 September, 2019 in the 2018-19 financial year reached US$709 million, an increase of $21.9 million from the year-ago period, according to statistics released by the Commerce Ministry.

Steps taken to draft National Land Law

Local

03/10/19

THE Work Committee on Drafting the National Land Law and Harmonization of Laws Related with Land Management held its first meeting at the Office of the Union Attorney-General in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Border Affairs Union Minister hosts luncheon for national races university students

Local

03/10/19

UNION MINISTER for Border Affairs  Lieutenant  General  Ye  Aung hosted a luncheon for Rector  U  Mya  Win,  teachers  and  268  students  from  the  Batch  3  of  University  for  the  Development  of  the  National  Races  of  the Union on Wednesday.

ALI Union Minister receives Thai Ambassador, JETRO Managing Director separately

Local

03/10/19

UNION MINISTER for Agricul-ture,  Livestock  and  Irrigation  Dr  Aung  Thu  received  Thai  Ambassador  Mrs  Suphatra  Srimaitreephithak and Managing Director of Japan External Trade organization-JETRO Mr Kazufumi Tanaka separately at his  office  in  Nay  Pyi  Taw  yesterday.

Legal affairs working committee discusses child labour eradication

Local

03/10/19

LEGAL affairs working commit-tee for eradication of child labour in Myanmar held its third meeting  at  the  Union  Attorney-General’s  Office  in  Nay  Pyi  Taw  on  1 October.

AICHR discusses commonalities of EIA in ASEAN member states 

Local

03/10/19

THE ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held a Regional Consultation on Commonalities  of  EIA  in  ASEAN  Members  States  and  Advancing  a  Harmonized  and  Rights  -  Based  Approach to EIA in ASEAN at the Melia Hotel in Yangon yesterday.

CBM Governor receives US-ASEAN Business Council delegation

Local

03/10/19

THE  CENTRAL  Bank  of  Myanmar  Governor  U  Kyaw  Kyaw  Maung  received  Ambassador  of the United States Mr Scot Marciel, US-ASEAN Business  Council  President  Mr  Alexander  C  Feldman and party at the Zabuthiri Hall of CBM in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Singapore film crew documents Myanmar’s hair trade

Local

03/10/19

A  SINGAPOREAN  filming  crew  recently  filmed  Thet  Nay  Lin’s  business  in  buying,  cleaning  and  exporting  human  hair  from  Pyawbwe  Town-ship,  and  tthe  livelihood  of small business of local residents.

Myanmar U-19 arrive back home with CTFA Cup silver medal

Sport

03/10/19

AFTER grabbing the silver med-al at the Chinese Taipei Football Association’s  Invitational  Cup,  the  Myanmar  U-19  men’s  na-tional football team arrived back at Yangon International Airport yesterday afternoon.

Grassroots festival, youth football tourney to be held in Sittway 

Sport

03/10/19

WITH  the  aim  of  identifying,  grooming, and training the next generation of youth footballers, a grassroots football festival and an U-14 tournament will be held in  Sittway  this  month,  accord-ing  to  the  Myanmar  Football  Federation.