Mar 08, 2026
Air quality monitoring conducted on 6 March in Yangon shows that pollution in Bahan, Thakayta and Kyauktada townships has reached levels that may affect sensitive groups, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on 7 March.
Mar 08, 2026
As a gesture of hailing the 81st Anniversary of Armed Forces Day 2026, Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech at the inauguration of the National Cancer Centre (NCC) in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township of Yangon Region yesterday morning.
Mar 07, 2026
The launching ceremony of the Second Phase of the Mekong-Lancang Science and Technology Cooperation Project was held yesterday morning at the Mingala Thiri Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw in a hybrid format. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister for Science and Technology Dr Aung Zeya, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ms Ma Jia, Minister-Counsellor Dr Zheng Zhihong, Directors-General from the Department of Advanced Science and Technology and other departments, Rectors, the Vice-Chairman and Deputy Directors-General of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation National Coordination Unit (Myanmar) and other invitees.
Mar 07, 2026
Union Minister for Industry Dr Charlie Than left Yangon for Jakarta, Indonesia, on 3 March to attend the first-ever World Engineering Day (WED 2026) ceremony, held from 3 to 5 March under the theme Innovative Engineering for a Sustainable Future. The event was jointly organized by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and the Institution of Engineers Indonesia (Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia, PII), with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Mar 07, 2026
Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and State Security and Peace Commission Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is in the capacity of Chairman of the National Planning Commission, said so at the meeting 1/2026 of the National Planning Commission at the office of the National Defence and Security Council in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Mar 07, 2026
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing underlined that the incoming government must designate and allocate priority expenditures by sector so that ongoing tasks can continue to be implemented without interruption and with sustained momentum.