Aug 16, 2022
STARTING on 13 August, we found rumours of fuel oil shortages in the country on social media, especially in Mandalay. There was panic buying sparked by spreading rumours at the fuel stations of great companies on the morning and evening of 14 August in Mandalay.
Aug 16, 2022
THE opening ceremony of the Food Innovation Centre under the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund (2020) and the processing course on the production of value-added dried fruit products was held at 9 am yesterday morning at the Food Innovation Centre (FIC), Ministry of Science and Technology in Yangon.
Aug 16, 2022
THE Opening Ceremony of the Course in Diplomacy (7/2022) for junior officials, conducted by the Strategic Studies and Training Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was held at the Lawkanat Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw at 1 pm yesterday. On the occasion, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin delivered the opening address.
Aug 16, 2022
THE cadets who represented the Myanmar Army at the third CISM World Cadet Games held from 4 to 12 August in the Russian Federation participated in three of the seven types of sports.
Aug 16, 2022
MORE than 3,000 foreign tourists with tourist visas visited Myanmar between 25 May and 12 August, according to the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism. The tourists were from Thailand, Korea, India, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, the US, Chinese Taipei, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, data showed.
Aug 15, 2022
PRICES of pigeon pea are in the upward trend. It hit nearly K2 million per tonne on 13 August 2022, said Ko Thet Tun, a bean trader involved in Bayintnaung Wholesale Centre.
Aug 15, 2022
THE Ministry of Education on 13 August announced that students who passed the matriculation examination in 2022 can take out university entrance forms from 18 August.
Aug 15, 2022
TOMATOES supplied by Ywangan and Inlay areas do a roaring trade in Thiri Marlar wholesale market, Aungmyethazan District of Mandalay, according to tomato depots.
Aug 15, 2022
THE price of palm oil hit a high of K9,000 per viss (a viss equals 1.6 kilogrammes) when the wholesale reference rate of palm oil in Yangon market is set at K3,525 per viss, according to the oil market.
Aug 15, 2022
DOCTORS and nurses from public hospitals, Tatmadaw medical teams, healthcare workers and volunteers are working hard to give COVID-19 vaccines in different states and regions as the vaccination programme is one of the most important activities in the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 disease.