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Myanmar indigenous medicine practitioners’ day commemorated in Sittway

Local

20/03/19

A ceremony to commemorate the fifth Myanmar indigenous medicine practitioners’ day was held at the meeting hall of Sittway township indigenous medicine hospital in Rakhine state this morning.

Basic livestock breeding, healthcare course wraps up in Naungtaya

Local

20/03/19

A concluding of Basic course (2/2019) on livestock breeding and healthcare jointly opened by Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department and Mephalon Foundation was held at a breeding farm in Naungtaya, Shan State yesterday.

Illegal Myanmar migrant workers handed over

Local

20/03/19

Altogether 62 illegal migrant workers—51 men and 9 women, 2 children who were without proper documents were handed over by Thai authorities to their Myanmar counterparts yesterday.

Haul of drugs confiscated in Maungtaw

Crime

20/03/19

Myanmar security personnel confiscated stimulant tablets from a boat while they were conducting a routine patrol on Naf River in Maungtaw Township

Kyaikto to host Myanmar-Thai Lethwei challenge

Sport

20/03/19

The Lethwei fight marks the Buddha Pujaniya festival of a sitting Buddha statue believed to be the largest of its kind in the world in Kyaikto Township.

Gusty winds destroy homes, religious buildings in Sagaing Region

Local

20/03/19

No casualties were reported after strong winds swept through some villages in Kyunhla, Indaw, Kalewa, Wuntho, Katha, Htigyaing and Kawlin Townships in Sagaing Region on 18 March.

BEHS under construction in Khaingkam

Education

20/03/19

The tender winning company embarked on construction of the high school in Khaingkam on 16 March. The two-storey facility will be of reinforced concrete type and measures 140 ft. in length and 30 ft. in width. It will be built with Ks. 323 million allocated from the local government’s funds.

Chinland FC appoints U Phone Naing as new head coach

Sport

20/03/19

The Myanmar National League team Chinland FC and Head Coach U Thar Kyaw mutually agreed to terminate the contract with the club, according to a statement released by the club.

Rural developmental projects open in Pinlebu

Local

20/03/19

A ceremony to inaugurate a retaining wall and a steam water fetching system was held in KyaukOh Village, Pinlebu Township in Sagaing Region yesterday morning.

Displaced people in Ponnagyun Township get relief items

Local

20/03/19

Officials from the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement presented humanitarian aid to displaced people in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State on 19 March.