Full Moon Day of Kason (the Buddha Day) is widely known as a day of religious significance for Buddhists around the world and which fell on 18th May 2019 this year. In commemoration of the holy event associated with the religion and traditions in Myanmar, the Buddhists observe the Buddha Day or the Full Moon Day of Kason every year. It is a day on which the Lord Buddha was born, attained enlightenment and passed away.

Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, U Soe Aung, permanent representative of Myanmar to UN U Kyaw Moe Tun, Director general of Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, U Kyaw Moe Oo and official from department of disaster management attended Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held from 13th to 17th May in Geneva, Switzerland.

A ceremony to mark the start of the upgrading of the Yangon Mandalay railway and installation of the signaling systems was held at the central Yangon railway station on 18 May 2019.

The first meeting to discuss the centenary celebration of the Myanmar Motion Picture industry was held at Sky Star Hotel in Tamwe, Yangon, yesterday.

Families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air Force) led by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla marked the full moon day of Kason in 1381 Myanmar Era by pouring water on the Bodhi trees at the Lawkachantha Hsutaungpyae Pagoda in Zeyathiri Township in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

The Full Moon Day of Kason (Buddha Day) is of religious traditions for the Buddhists across the world. A ceremony to pour water at the Bo tree marking the Buddha Day was held at the Bo tree in the precinct of the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.