Negotiations over the final draft of the ceasefire agreement between the National Ceasefire Co-ordination Team and the Union Peace-Making Working Committee will be held in about two weeks’ time, said U Hla Maung Shwe of the Myanmar Peace Center on August 3. U Hla Maung Shwe spoke to Mizzima after...

Yangon, 5 Aug — According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), a community infrastructure project was implemented last year contributing to the development and rehabilitation in ethnic minority areas in Myanmar. The project was funded by Japanese government and implemented...

More than 30 political parties were represented at a meeting held in Yangon on September 3 for preliminary talks on the political dialogue due to begin after a national ceasefire agreement is signed. The meeting at the Green Hill Hotel was organised by the National Brotherhood Federation, a coali...

Primary school students from Htee Klo Thaw village in Hlaingbwe Township will be starting the 2015 academic year in a new school. The Karen Community Based Network Group is finalizing the school construction project to have it ready for the students. The KCBNG, are based in the East Dawna Ranges,...

Dutch animal feed company De Heus and the UK government announced an investment of US$3.2 million to develop Myanmar’s pig farming industry, including establishing the country’s first ever pig stud farm. The project aims to increase productivity of farmers and help them tap into rising market demand...

The spread of technology across the world poses both a threat and an opportunity for traditional businesses says technology entrepreneur Dr. Tun Thura Thet. The founder of Myanmar Information Technology (MIT) Co. Ltd., says it is critical for Myanmar to be innovative an able to adapt to the chang...

Myanmar will seek new foreign markets to which it can export cattle, said Daw Tin Nwe Yee, a deputy director from the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. “We are working on exporting to India through Tamu-Moreh border trading ...

Disabled people will be registered in four regions and states in a pilot project to ensure that they get government welfare benefits, said U Soe Aung, deputy minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. He said the benefits include financial assistance, education, health and jobs. The pil...

Vice President Henry Van Thio underscored the need for Myanmar farmers to improve the quality and price of rice to make it more globally competitive. The vice president, who is also head of the Protection of Farmer Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits Group, said at the annual meeting of the ...

The Mandalay Regional government is now issuing permits to tourists seeking to visit Mogok region, said U Myo Thit, the region’s Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation. Thanks to the move, travellers will not have to wait long for permits, he said. Tourists planning to tra...