STATE Administration Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who is currently in the Russian Federation held a meeting with Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mr Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev at the Secretariat of the Security Council at 10:30 am local standard time yesterday.

CEREMONIES to hoist diamond orb, pennant-shaped vane and golden umbrella atop Shwedagon Replica Pagoda took place at Myanma Theravada Buddha Vihara (Moscow) in Moscow of the Russian Federation in conjunction with the consecration ceremony for donation of Saddhammajotika Ordination Hall yesterday afternoon of local standard time,

Heavy rains and strong winds destroyed 24 houses in villages of Nyaungkon Chaungphya Village-tract, Einme Township, Myaungmya District, Ayeyawady Region on 20 June.

Union Minister for Construction U Shwe Lay, along with Chairman of the Mandalay Region Administration Council U Maung Ko, made an inspection tour to the implementation of the Mandalay’s Taungthaman resort project yesterday morning.

WITH the gold price sliding in the global market, the price of domestic gold has dropped to K1,540,000 per tical ((0.578 ounces, or 0.016 kilogrammes), according to the Yangon Gold Entrepreneurs Association (YGEA).

Union Minister for Industry Dr Charlie Than and Chairman of the Myanmar Economic Corporation Lt-Gen Nyo Saw visited No (2) Steel Plant (Pinpet) in Taunggyi Township, Shan State on 19 June.