Mon State Department of Basic Education has announced that eight state schools in the region have introduced tablets in their classrooms, and that it is looking to expand the programme to include more high schools in the future. “Here in Mon state, eight schools have each been allocated 99 person...

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps. The Minister was accompanied by a high level delegation from the Government of Sweden, officials from the Government of Kenya and UNHCR Country Representatives to Kenya and Somalia. Ms. Löv...

YANGON - The United States will provide an additional US$21 million (Bt730 million) in assistance to Myanmar, to promote economic growth and capacity building for long-term development in the country. The initiative will support the government's goal of tripling exports in five years; strengthen ...

The Mon State Department of Education will expand 69 basic education government schools for the 2017-2018 school year, according to U Myo Tit Aung, the department’s director. Most of the schools are located in difficult to access areas. “We’ve mostly expanded schools in Ye, Kyaikmaraw and Bilin ...

Officials from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army are set to meet state government representatives in the Kayin State capital Hpa-an today to negotiate an end to recent skirmishes along the Asian Highway. Fighting broke out between the DKBA and government troops on July 2 after the rebel group ...

With the monsoon rain season in Myanmar, the Agricultural Development Bank has begun disbursing agricultural loans to rice farmers nationwide through its bank branches. Agricultural loans for cultivating rice in rain-fed fields are disbursed no later than September, and those farmers who have lan...