Aug 05, 2020
IT SEEMS that hotels in Myanmar will soon be allowed to accept local travellers after inspection by the authorities as to their compliance with the Ministry of Health’s stipulations to guard against the spread of the Corona virus.
Aug 04, 2020
With the rain-induced swollen rivers and creeks, floods hit low-lying areas in lower Myanmar and governments and organizations are putting disaster preparedness and response plans into action.
Mar 27, 2020
The return of thousands of Myanmar’s migrant workers from Thailand has placed our country at a high risk of spreading the COVID-19 infection.
Mar 27, 2020
Government policies and the capacity for virus testing vary widely around the world, so the true extent of the pandemic is difficult to estimate.
MORE than one billion Indians went into lockdown Wednesday, leaving a third of the planet now under orders to stay at home, as the United States vowed to spend $2 trillion to counter the economic harm of the coronavirus.
Mar 21, 2020
THE date of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on 23 March 1950 has been named World Meteorological Day. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorology Day every year, and this day is celebrated in all member countries.
Mar 16, 2020
France ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses, while Spain went a step further and banned people from leaving home except to go to work, get medical care or buy food.
Mar 15, 2020
Watching a movie is such an experience that gives more pleasure when one tunes into the most hilarious comedy presentation.
Mar 14, 2020
DURING the Interactive Dialogue with Ms. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, held in the morning of 10 March 2020 at the on-going 43rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Permanent Representative of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Tun made a rebuttal statement as a concerned country.
Mar 13, 2020
The global outbreak of the new coronavirus could now be considered a pandemic — a disease actively spreading globally.
THE new coronavirus out-break "is a controllable pandemic" if countries step up measures to tackle it, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday (March 12).
Mar 05, 2020
The 120th birthday of the third Chief Justice of independent Burma (as it was officially called then) U Myint Thein (22 February 1900-3 October 1994) was on 22 January 2020.
The Four Distinguished Brothers and also Brothers in (the) Law