Nov 28, 2023
PLANS are underway to install lightning conductors at eleven ancient buildings in the Bagan Ancient Cultural Zone, according to the Department of Archaeology and National Museum (Bagan Branch). Buu Pagoda and Dhammarazika Pagoda were struck by lightning during the last rainy season. Due to these incidents, authorities have been holding discussions on installing lightning conductors on eleven ancient buildings to protect them from the natural disaster of lightning.
Nov 28, 2023
ON the full moon day of Tazaungmone (Samañaphala Day), the pagodas and the resorts in and around Mandalay were packed with many people, enjoying the holiday and doing meritorious deeds. Starting from dawn, people offered candle lights, lotus robes and Kathina robes at the pagodas and monasteries as is the custom. At the Maha Muni Buddha Image, one of the most famous pagodas, the monks washed the face of the Buddha statue and offered lotus robes.
Nov 28, 2023
OF 12 months in Myanmar, Tazaungmone is a significant month for the Buddhists, and they keep the sabbath, recite Pathan and Paritta, donate Kathina robes, celebrate Kathina donation ceremonies and make good deeds on that day. The pagodas and monasteries in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area were also crowded with devotees on the full moon day of Tazaungmone.
Nov 28, 2023
MALICIOUS media spread misinformation on the social network pages that service personnel from the Correctional Department in Taungsun and Winka police outpost in Bilin Township abandoned their camps due to concerns about attacks of terrorists and insurgents.
Nov 28, 2023
THE Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry will collaborate to enhance the manufacturing of paper and pulp, as announced by the federation.
Nov 28, 2023
AS the full moon day of Tazaungmone (Samañaphala Day) is one of the significant days for Buddhists, people hold the Tazaungdine festival and lighting festival as part of preserving the Myanmar cultural traditions.
Nov 28, 2023
AS today is the full moon day of Tazaungmone as well as Samañaphala Day, one of the significant days of Buddhist people, Tazaungdine and lighting festivals are being held yearly as Myanmar’s traditional culture.
Nov 28, 2023
FROM January to October of 2023, nearly two million domestic travellers and tourists visited the Bagan Ancient Cultural Zone, according to Assistant Director U Myo Min Aung of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (Bagan Branch).
Nov 28, 2023
THE final day of the Maravijaya Buddha Image Tazaungdine Lighting Festival in Dekkhinathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, was crowded with pilgrims.
Nov 28, 2023
MYANMAR exported more than 1 million tonnes of pulses, with an estimated value of over US$865 million, to foreign trade partners over the past seven and half months of the current 2023- 2024 financial year beginning 1 April, the Ministry of Commerce’s statistics indicated.