The Myanmar Federation of People with Disabilities has asked the government to help find 4000 teaching jobs for people with disabilities. At a workshop on promoting employment for persons with disabilities on Wednesday, U Thein Lwin said, “We have been advocating jobs for the disabled in the priv...

Basic primary healthcare packages will be implemented in the National Health Plan (2017-2021) for township and primary-level hospitals such as those with 16 and 25 beds, said its director Dr Thant Sin Htoo. “We have to meet the infrastructure and manpower demands of health centers and hospitals b...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over an updated version of its 2040 master plan for Yangon’s development to the region government, which is waiting until it has received a bevy of other plans from other agencies before deciding which recommendations to adopt. JICA fir...

The Gambia Commission for Refugees on Monday conducted a day’s meeting with relevant government authorities informing them that the Government of the Islamic Republic of The Gambia has waived the Expatriate quota Tax for refugees. This special waiver of Expatriate Tax has come into effect so that...

Kanbawza Bank’s Brighter Future Myanmar Foundation donated Ks100m to Kayin state for disaster preparedness and regional development goals, according to a press release. It claims, much like its other donations, that the fund found it difficult to deliver aid last year during disasters due to poor in...

Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) are regrouping and up to 20 people have been killed in recent attacks. Peace continues to elude the CAR two years after a UN peacekeeping mission there was launched. A cluster of people have gathered around a truck where helpers are distributing food t...