Pyidaungsu Hluttaw examines human rights report, government budget proposals

Parliamentary news

18/07/19

ON the 2nd day of the Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s 13th regular session yesterday, MNHRC Chair U Win Mra read the commission’s annual report for 2018 and vari-ous officials read the budget pro-posals of government institutions for the Hluttaw to deliberate on.

Yangon to get more smoke-free zones

Local

18/07/19

YANGON Region will get more smoke-free zones with nine more townships set to implement an-ti-smoking  campaigns,  said  Dr  Than Sein, the Chair of the Peo-ple’s Health Foundation.

State Counsellor opens Yangon Innovation Centre

Local

18/07/19

The opening ceremony of the Yangon Innovation Centre was held in front of that building in the compound of Health Port at the corner of Pansodan road and Strand road in Seikkan Township, Yangon Region, at 10 am yesterday. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered a speech at the ceremony.

Wave Money announces stellar growth in H1 2019

Business

17/07/19

WAVE Money, the leading provider of mobile financial services in Myanmar, reported phenomenal growth in the first half of 2019.

Improving the quality of education through autonomy of universities

Editorial

17/07/19

The Union Government is working towards helping Yangon University become an institution that offers quality education and produces well-rounded individuals.

Monsoon rains wreaking flood havoc across South Asia

Local

17/07/19

Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of people and claiming at least 180 lives, officials said Tuesday.

'Notice for visitors to Bogyoke Aung San Museum' you are respectfully requested not to bring the following items into the museum

Local

17/07/19

Visitors to the Bogyoke Aung san Museum sre requested not to bring drones or fly them

Local

17/07/19

Swollen Ayeyawady forces more people to shift to shelters in Htigyaing

Local

17/07/19

The water level in the Ayeyarwady River reached 41 centimeter above the danger mark of 724 centimeter yesterday in Htigyaing, Sagaing Region, increasing from 16 centimeter below the danger mark on 15 July.

Nay Pyi Taw Safari, zoo, cinemas, shopping malls draw people on Waso Fullmoon Day

Local

17/07/19

Pagodas and recreation sites in Nay Pyi Taw attracted the people on the holiday of the Full Moon Day of Waso.