The construction of Ataran Bridge by Special Bridge Construction Team-14 was started on 14 January and it will be completed in 2020.

Officials from the Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation together with local authorities inspected developmental tasks in Mese, a border town in Kayah State this morning.

The signing ceremony of a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in information sector between Myanmar and the Philippines will be held in Manila from 24 to 27 January. 

A ceremony to present sports gears to students of BEPSs, BEMSs and BEHSs in Bawlakhe Township, Kayah State was held in conjunction with the public talks at the indoor stadium in the township this morning with an opening speech by Assistant Director Nan Than Than Nwe of Sports and Physical Education Institute (Loikaw).

A two-storey wooden house and four apartments have been consumed by the fire that broke out in a tea shop after a gas explosion on 23 January.

The intention of the vocational training course is to create better job opportunities for rural people, thereby facilitating their socioeconomic status, said U Htay Zaw, the Deputy Staff Officer from the DRD.