The price of rubber has gone up in Mon State, with one pound of RSS-3 [Ribbed Smoked Sheets 3] costing 990 Kyat as of December 1. The current price for a thick rubber sheet is between 700 to 770 Kyat per pound, and the thin rubber-sheet type costs 800 to 995 Kyat. “The price of rubber today i...

RANGOON — The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism announced that it is eager to expand Kawthaung Airport, in the far south of Burma, to be the nation’s next international airport. Minister U Ohn Maung said his office and the Tenasserim Division government have discussed the proposed expansion of Kawt...

Karen State, Hpa An – Karen State Chief Minister Daw Nan Khin Htwe Myint confirmed that the Border Guard Force, led by Col Saw Chit Thu, had proposed a large city expansion project for the Kaukoo Myaing region of Myawaddy Township. She said the state government had recently approved an initial pr...

NAN-H-48 IDPs Abuja, Nov. 23, 2015 (NAN) Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said on Monday that the legislature would provide support needed in addressing the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in the North-East. Dogara gave the assurance in Abuja at a sensitisa...