Sep 16, 2024
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Council Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, Union ministers U Min Naung and U Myo Thant, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman U Than Tun Oo and officials, yesterday morning inspected on-going repairs of roads and bridges damaged in heavy rains and flooding occurrences in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.
Sep 16, 2024
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Council Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, Council member General Nyo Saw, Union ministers and officials, yesterday afternoon inspected renovation of ancient temples and stupas for existence in Bagan ancient cultural zone and damaged parts in recent heavy rains.
Sep 16, 2024
CONTINUOUS rains in some regions and states, including the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, has led to rising creek and river water levels, causing flooding in rural and urban areas of some townships.
Sep 16, 2024
“TODAY, I would like to address the ongoing flooding and relief efforts following the recent Cyclone Yagi and a low-pressure depression in the Bay of Bengal. Early warnings about the developing low-pressure area were issued on 29 August. Subsequently, from 9 September, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology issued widespread alerts regarding the risk of heavy rainfall and landslides in central Myanmar due to Cyclone Yagi’s rapid movement in the South China Sea. On the night of 9 September, heavy rainfall — approximately 11 inches — near Tatkon Township in Nay Pyi Taw led to significant flooding in local creeks and villages. This flooding damaged roads, bridges, and residential areas. Affected areas included 56 townships in Kayah State, Kayin State, Bago Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Mon State, Shan State, Ayeyawady Region, and Nay Pyi Taw.
Sep 16, 2024
FAKE news and disinformation are severely undermining peace, stability, progress, and development in countries, which is why Myanmar, along with other nations, has been diligently working to counteract these issues by promoting accurate information, Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn said at the BRICS Media Summit held in Moscow, Russia, on 14 September.
Sep 16, 2024
CHIEF Minister of Kayah State U Zaw Myo Tin yesterday morning presented foodstuffs to flood victims accommodated at Sasana Beikman in Loikaw and inspected reconstruction of Thiri Mingala market.
Sep 16, 2024
UNION Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Soe Win, along with Bago Region Chief Minister U Myo Swe Win, Southern Command Commander Maj-Gen Kyi Thike, and officials, met flood victims and inspected the relief and rescue efforts in Toungoo, Bago Region on 14 September.
Sep 16, 2024
A Myanmar delegation led by Dr Kan Zaw, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, yesterday left for Laos PDR to attend the 56th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and related meetings from 15 to 23 September in Vientiane.
Sep 15, 2024
The government has been actively working to repatriate Myanmar nationals facing hardships overseas. By collaborating closely with the Myanmar consulate-general and relevant foreign embassies, authorities are striving to ensure the safe return of citizens who are encountering difficulties abroad. The Myanmar Embassy in Cairo communicated with the authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government by sending diplomatic letters and cooperating with the SEED Organization to repatriate Chin national Lal Lawm Tluangi and Rakhine national Ma Sandi Lin, who faced difficulties in Erbil of Iraq with all due speed. They got exit permits and arrived back in Yangon at 11:30 am on 14 September on the Erbil-Istanbul-Bangkok-Yangon flight.
Sep 15, 2024
Due to the severe flood that occurred in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Mandalay and Bago regions, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, and Shan states, more than 187 temporary relief camps were opened. A total of 59,413 households with 236,649 individuals from 37 townships were accommodated at 187 relief camps as of 13 September.