Shares in Chinese online retail giant Alibaba soared almost eight percent on their Hong Kong debut Tuesday, after raising at least $11 billion in the city's biggest IPO in nearly a decade.

THE   value   of   Myanmar’s   maritime  trade  for  the  period  between  1  October  and  15  November  in  the  2019-2020  fiscal  year  totaled  US$3.3  billion,  an  increase  of  over  $216  million  compared with the year-ago pe-riod, according to data provided by the Ministry of Commerce.

PADDY price is on the decline even as the government is draw-ing  up  guidelines  for  the  procurement of the crop at the basic price. In view of this, millers have  held  up  processing  rice,  bringing down the supply of rice at the Bayintnaung market and Muse gate, and cooling prices.

Due to high demand from Bangladesh, the price of onions has increased four-fold in local markets to reach K 4,000 per viss. (1 Viss = 1.63 kg)

The local market has witnessed a huge increase in onion prices owing to strong demand from the neighboring country, according to onion depot owners.

Community based tourism (CBT) is tourism in which local residents invite tourists to visit their communities with the provision of overnight stay.