Apr 20, 2026
Union Minister for Construction U Myo Thant inspected the repair of roads and bridges damaged by the Mandalay earthquake along the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway (Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon section) and the reconstruction of the Swa Creek Bridge at milepost 165/1 during his inspection tour yesterday.
Apr 20, 2026
The Thai Songkran Festival 2026, hosted by the Embassy of Thailand in Yangon, was held at 5:30 pm yesterday at the residence of the Thai Ambassador on Pyay Road, Dagon Township, Yangon.
Apr 20, 2026
The 43rd Maha Bodhi Banyan Water-Pouring Festival will be held at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon on 30 April (the full moon day of Kason), starting at 7 am, according to U Bo Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees.
Apr 20, 2026
Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin returned to Mandalay International Airport yesterday afternoon after paying working visits to the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China from 12 to 19 April, at the invitation of the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Mr Anton Kobyakov, and the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Mr S E Tsivilev.
Apr 20, 2026
Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Maung Maung Ohn, accompanied by Nay Pyi Taw Council Member U Aung Zeya and officials, met town elders, departmental officials, and village-tract administrators at the Township General Administration Department meeting hall in Tatkon Township, Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday morning.
Apr 20, 2026
Discussions are underway with the Russian Federation to establish a power control system using Russian technology to manage the transmission and distribution of electricity across Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
Apr 14, 2026
THE opening ceremonies of the Yangon City Maha Thingyan Pavilion and the People’s Square Walking Thingyan Festival took place yesterday.
Apr 14, 2026
THE opening ceremony of the Nay Pyi Taw Mayor’s Maha Thingyan Pavilion for the Traditional Myanmar New Year Maha Thingyan Festival, marking the transition from Myanmar Era 1387 to 1388, was held yesterday morning in front of the Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee City Hall.
Apr 14, 2026
THE Ministry of Home Affairs celebrated the Maha Thingyan Festival following with Myanmar culture and tradition to mark the transition from the Myanmar calendar year 1387 to 1388.
Apr 14, 2026
FOR the Myanmar people, Thingyan symbolizes transition — the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one. During this period of transition, the traditional Thingyan Water Festival, which symbolizes washing away impurities of the past year, has been celebrated in line with Myanmar’s cultural traditions and customs in a grand and lively manner up to the present day. The Thingyan Water Festival is one of the largest and most vibrant festivals among Myanmar’s twelve seasonal festivals, held nationwide with water pavilions and widely participated in by the public.