A freight train derailed between Hopin train station in Mohnyin township and Nankhwin station in Mogaung township, Kachin state at 6:45 am today, delaying the departure of No 55 express train at Hopin station.
The floor of a reinforced concrete bridge on an inter-village road in Yebyu Township, Taninthayi Region was badly damaged by floodwaters following heavy rains in the area on 9 August.
One man was shot dead after a 12 wheel truck carrying cattle was attacked by an unidentified armed group Kyaukme Township, Northern Shan State this morning.
A cargo train bound for Myitkyina, Kachin State capital from Mandalay was derailed at milepost No. 654/14 and milepost No. 654/15 between Hopin and Nankhin railway stations in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State at about 6 a.m. today.
A ceremony to present compensation to farmers whose farmlands were confiscated when the Pyay-Paukkhoung Railroad was built took place at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Paukkhoung, Bago Region on 12 August.
