The Yangon Region Investment Committee gave the green light to eight foreign and three domestic projects with an estimated capital of US$15.8 million and K6.2 billion, respectively, at a meeting held yesterday. The projects are expected to create 5,630 jobs, according to a press release issued by...

Once the agreement between Myanmar and Thailand has been reached, Maw Taung border trade post will be officially opened at the border city Maung Taung, Tanintharyi Township. The new trade post will promote trade between the two countries. The two countries are currently having discussions about ...

Schools in Yangon have been instructed not to accept the enrolment of students from other townships during the coming school year, according to U Ko Lay Win, director general of the Department of Basic Education. He said the same instruction was issued during last year’s enrolment but was not fol...

A proposal to take a loan of 100 million US dollars for the cash assistance program for pregnancy mothers and the children aged two, was submitted by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, at the 12th regular session of the Union Parliament on May 31. The Ministry of Social Welf...

Under the supervision of Myanmar-Japan SEDA, mechanics from Myanmar will be receiving internships in Japan. “We signed a MoU concerning sending Myanmar service workers to work at the care centers for the aged in Japan three months ago. Now, mechanics will be sent to Japan as soon as possible. We ...

KBZ Bank in collaboration with MYANMAR ART Construction & Development Co., Ltd and iMyanmarHouse.com, introduced a new product for individuals who want to build houses on their land, the new product offers 25-year home loan terms. “KBZ bank will provide long-term loans at as much as 70 percent of...

Officials in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government need to speed up reforms to build a federal union, President U Win Myint said. He made the comment in a meeting with senior staff of government agencies, legislators and judicial officials last week to underscore the need...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) is firm on not signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) in spite of 'repeated aggression' by Naypidaw, News18 reported. According to NSCN-K, they want to continue their fight for ‘sovereignty’ o...

The 10 NCA-signatory groups are expected to decide on whether or not to dissolve the Peace Process Steering Team. Representatives of 10 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have signed Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are set to meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this week to decide on ...

လုပ်ကွက်ငယ်တောင်သူများ ကြုံတွေ့နေရသည့် အခက်အခဲများကိုကူညီဖြေရှင်းပေးနိုင်ရန်အတွက် အကျိုးတူလယ် ယာစနစ်(Contract Farming)ပီပီပြင်ပြင်ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာရန် လိုအပ်နေကြောင်း စိုက်ပျိုးရေး၊ မွေး မြူရေးနှင့် ဆည်မြောင်း ဝန်ကြီးဌာနမှ ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီး ဦးလှကျော် ကပြောသည်။ အများစုဖြစ်သော လုပ်ကွက်ငယ်တောင်သူများမှာ သီးနှံ...