Yangon is going to turn 1,000 tonnes out of the total waste that its households and people generate daily into energy, citing Yangon City Development Committee, adding that the waste-to-energy project is going to begin.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Yangon University, old stamps, coins and bank notes are on display at the Recreation Centre at the university.

Government representatives and the representatives of (NCA-S EAO) held a bilateral coordination meeting at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) in Yangon at 10 am yesterday to implement the minutes of the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

A seminar on safe surgery was held at the Ministry of Health and Sports in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement highlighted that the ministry is reaching out to the people and providing their social needs. People’s participation and involvement are important in this regard. Volunteers take leading roles to do good not only for themselves but also for the others as they are closely related. They also strive for a better society.

The strength of eye glasses can now be reduced in Myanmar, for the first time, thanks to the introduction of Femto Lasik technology, according to ophthalmologist Prof Dr Tin Win.