Feb 15, 2020
OFFICIALS from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement provided cash and supplies to the school children who were injured by artillery fire hit the Basic Education Post-Primary School of Khamwe Chaung (Khami) village, San Nyinwai village tract, Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State on 13 February.
Feb 15, 2020
VICE President and National Tourism Development Central Committee Chairman U Henry Van Thio, accompanied by Union Ministers Dr Myo Thein Gyi and U Ohn Maung, Deputy Ministers Major General Than Htut, U Kyaw Myo, U Myint Kyaing, and officials, left Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday and arrived in Kalay, Sagaing Region.
The Vice President and party were greeted at Kalay airport by Chin State Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai and officials.
Feb 15, 2020
THE seventh-day meeting of the Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s 15th regular session was held yesterday.
Committees’ duration extended
Speaker U T Khun Myat first announced the extension of Hluttaw committees that have reached the end of their terms.
The International Relations Committee, National Races Affairs and Peace Making Committee, and Farmer and Worker Affairs Committee have been extended from 17 February 2020 to 31 January 2021.
Feb 14, 2020
DURING the eighth-day meeting of the Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s 15th regular session yesterday, MPs debated a second report (1/2020) from the Joint Public Accounts Committee on the 6-month report from the Union Auditor-General (UAG) Office for April to September 2018.
Feb 14, 2020
THE Myanmar Police Force and the Union Attorney-General Office jointly organized a workshop for officials who are implementing the guidelines for prosecutions in human trafficking cases. The workshop under the title of ‘Reviewing the Challenges of Police-Prosecutors Guidelines in Trafficking in Persons Cases’ was held at Hilton Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. A total of 30 officers of the Myanmar Police Force and 25 legal officers from the UAGO shared experiences of difficulties and challenges in taking actions against trafficking cases.
MNA
Feb 14, 2020
THE Department of Myanmar Examinations will release ID cards for the matriculation exam as of 20 February before it organizes the examinations from 11 to 20 March.
Students who will sit the exam at the respective exam centers of Regions/ States are to draw their ID cards with their photo and roll number as of 20 February (Thursday).
Feb 14, 2020
THE Ministry of Information hosted a preparatory meeting to organize the 8th Myanmar Media Development Conference at its headquarter in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
The meeting discussed major topics, subjects and schedule for the conference.
Those present at the meeting were Union Minister Dr Pe Myint, Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun, Permanent Secretary U Myo Myint Maung, the Directors-General, officers, representatives from Myanmar Press Council, UNESCO, IMF/Fojo, DW Akademie, BBC Media Action, Internews, JICA and MYPOL.
MNA
Feb 12, 2020
PERMANENT Secretary Dr Thet Khaing Win of the Ministry of Health and Sports stressed the need for public cooperation in the ‘Isolation’ and ‘Quarantine’ process under way in Myanmar to prevent the spread of respiratory coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the daily meeting held at the ministry yesterday morning.
Feb 12, 2020
THE Department of Myanmar Examinations will release ID cards for the matriculation exam as of 20 February before it organizes the examinations from 11 to 20 March.
Students who will sit the exam at the respective exam centers of Regions/ States are to draw their ID cards with their photo and roll number as of 20 February (Thursday).
Feb 12, 2020
THE Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement opened a new building for the pre-primary school in the Amyotha Hluttaw housing complex in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.