About 120 homes were destroyed and two people were injured on Friday in a blaze that devastated the Mae La refugee camp, about 60km north of Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Burma. Naw Day Day Poe, secretary of the refugee camp, said the fire broke out in the camp’s Zone C-3 around 2pm...

Approximately 200 teachers will be added to work as daily wage teachers in Mon State’s primary schools during the 2016-2017 academic years, according to Mon State’s Education Department. “In Mon State, we have many educated people. Compared to other states, we do not need to increase the number o...

During the first 21 months of the National League for Democracy (NLD) government’s tenure, 200,000 jobs were created in the foreign and local investment sectors, said U Maung Maung Win, deputy planning and Finance minister. “The government authorized 447 businesses and created 191,409 job opport...

Myanmar’s government, military, and eight signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) agreed on Monday on eight points with their continued peace process, Xinhua reported quoting the Director-General of the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor’s Office U Zaw Htay. Th...

The Second Mon Political Conference will be convened in the first week of May to obtain approval for the constitution of the Mon national representative party. During a public conference of the Mon National Party Implementation Group held in Inn Din Village on March 30, Nai Ta La Nyi said: “Arran...

The second round of nationwide ceasefire talks between Myanmar government and 17 ethnic armed groups scheduled for late this month has been put off until next month, the Kayin National Union (KNU) was quoted by local 7-Day Daily as saying on Monday. The second round of talks between the governme...

Mon State Government will provide a 30-year land rental grant in villages that have never experienced land issues, stated head of Mon State General Administration Department at 100-day Project meeting at State Government Office’s Aung San Hall, last week. “The 30-year land grant will be provided ...

The Nippon Foundation has completed its 300th School in Shan State, state media reported on 5 March. The post-primary school was built under an initiative to construct schools by the Ministry of Border Affairs and the Nippon Foundation. According to the report, the Nippon Foundation has been p...

WITH the opening of 78 labour and employment offices, licenses have been issued to 88 local and 260 overseas employment agencies to improve job opportunities for Myanmar youth, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe told the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday. In his respo...

The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) will support US$ 5 millions for maternal and child health care plan in Karenni state, Billy Stewart, chairperson of 3MDG, said at a press conference in Loikaw hotel on 19 September. The crucial healthcare project will be made and it will be jointl...