Jul 11, 2023
A special appeal tribunal consisting of Chief Justice of the Union U Htun Htun Oo and Judges of the Supreme Court of the Union U Aung Zaw Thein, U Myo Tint, U Kyi Thein and Daw Thin Thin Nwet, was convened yesterday morning at the Supreme Court of the Union and it heard a total of four special civil appeal cases: No 48/2022 (Yangon), 52/2022 (Kayin), 9/2023 (Shan) and 11/2023 (Shan) following COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines.
The Burma Circle of the Geological Survey of India and their Contributions to the Geology of Myanmar
Jul 11, 2023
JOHN Coggin Brown (1884-1962) was educated at King James I School, Bishop Auckland, and entered Armstrong College, University of Durham, in 1901 as a science student. He graduated in 1904 with honours in geology and chemistry and gained medal awards and a scholarship in mineralogy and inorganic chemistry for his original work. He was awarded the MSc degree from Durham University in geology in 1911 and later received the doctorate. In 1905 Dr Brown left England for India on his appointment as an Assistant Superintendent in the Geological Survey of India. After a short period in the laboratory, he was deputed to the Western Himalayas in 1906 and later in the year to the Northern Shan States of Burma. He was sent in 1907 to the Province of Yunnan in Western China and received a promotion for his work there. He moved between Calcutta, Assam, Burma, and Yunnan over the period 1908-1913, his reports in Burma covered quarry products for road metal, the oil, coal, and iron fields, the Bawdwin mines, and ore deposits, inquiries into a bridge site across the Irrawaddy and on earthquakes; he reported on gold-bearing deposits of Mong-long and advised on boring for oil below the bed of Irrawaddy.
Jul 11, 2023
THE medics led by Prof Dr Aye Aye Gyi, the department head of Haematology successfully performed the haematopoietic stem cell transplant-HSCT on four patients in June 2023 at North Okkalapa General Hospital.
Jul 11, 2023
AT the invitation of the Bangladeshi Government, a Myanmar delegation, led by Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win, left Yangon for Bangladesh yesterday morning to attend the International Conference on Public Health and Diplomacy, which will be held on 11 and 12 July in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Jul 11, 2023
THE second experience-sharing workshop from officials and staff who completed overseas trips for study tours, youth summits and meetings was held at the Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Jul 11, 2023
UNION Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Dr Kan Zaw, currently in Beijing of the People’s Republic of China, held a meeting with Mr Deng Boqing, Vice-Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), on 9 July 2023. During the meeting, matters relating to boosting bilateral economic cooperation, implementing ongoing and proposed China-aid projects, and exploring the way forward for future cooperation were discussed.
Jul 11, 2023
STATE Administration Council Member Deputy Prime Minister Union Minister for Defence General Mya Tun Oo, who accompanied SAC Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on his Rakhine trip, inspected the rehabilitation processes in Ponnagyun, Maungtaw and Buthidaung townships yesterday.
Jul 11, 2023
AS local people are ethnics of the nation, residing in the same places through thick and thin, they all have to serve each other in fraternity so as to contribute to regional development, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the separate meetings with departmental personnel, town elders, Tatmadaw members and families from Rathedaung and Buthidaung townships and relevant military stations of Rakhine State yesterday afternoon.
Jul 11, 2023
STUDENTS play a key role in the further development of Rakhine State in the future, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in inspecting the progress of rehabilitation measures in Sittway of Rakhine State yesterday morning.
Jul 10, 2023
THE China-Myanmar Cultural Exchange Conference was held on 7 July at the Chinese Culture Centre (Yangon) with more than 70 attendees to deepen mutual learning and exchange.