Over 2000 Katha residents affected by floods

Employees from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement rushed to the flooded areas in Katha Township, Sagaing Region to furnish the flood victims with relief items on 17 July.
Floods cause 3700 KhinU residents to take shelter at temporary relief camps
The water level of Ayeyawady River is rising fast and some houses, schools, rural clinics, libraries, police outposts and government offices in KhinU Township, Sagaing Region were submerged by floodwaters
Staff housing for teachers handed over in Phekon Tsp  
A ceremony to hand over staff housing for teachers of Lweyin village Basic Education High School was held in the compound of the school in Phekon Township, Shan state (south) yesterday morning.
Bago Chief Minister inspects Shangaing floodgate 
Bago region Chief Minister U Win Thein together with departmental heads inspected Shangaing floodgate in Wall Township and gave instructions yesterday afternoon.
Yangon to get more smoke-free zones
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.
NRPC, KNPP hold peace talks in Nay Pyi Taw
National Reconciliation and Peace Centre Vice Chairman U Tun Tun Oo, who is also the Union Attorney-General, met with a delegation led by Khu Oo Reh, the leader of the peace implementation committee of the Karenni National Progressive Party, yesterday to discuss the peace process and the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
Yangon dump fire site set to receive trash again
The Hteinpin dump site in Hlinethaya Township, Yangon Region, which was engulfed by fire in 2018, is preparing to receive trash again, said Dr Aung Myint Maw, the deputy head of the Yangon City Development Committee’s Pollution Control and Cleansing Department.