Apr 01, 2023
THE Central Bank of Myanmar held a meeting on the financial progress of Myanmar’s banking sector by the end of 2022-2023 FY, payment issues with foreign banks and compliance with rules and regulations for money laundering in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Apr 01, 2023
THE on-duty Customs team under the management of the Customs Department made inspections on 28, 29 and 30 March and nabbed three kinds of goods including 2,600 kilogrammes of clothes worth K1.092,000 that were not declared in the Export Declaration (ED) from three containers at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint, eight kinds of goods including 372 remote-control toy cars, 1,900 kilogrammes of sponges and 2,000 kilogrammes of textiles that were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID) from five containers at the Hteedan Port container checkpoint and seven kinds of goods including 40 cartons of RCBO 100mA breakers worth K361,210 that needed the Import Licence and K23,650,000 worth of cigarettes, eight mobile phones (used) without official documents from luggage at the Yangon International Airport (Import Desk). The action was taken under Customs procedures.
Apr 01, 2023
“SOME media are asking me these questions. The first question is that the Central Bank of Myanmar has set an exchange rate of K2,100 per dollar. I would like to say that there is no change in the fixed rate of K2,100 per dollar. Rumours about some foreign banks have been viral since last week. Some foreign banks are saying that they no longer accept money in/out of Myanmar.
Apr 01, 2023
UNION Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Aung Thaw attended the closing ceremony of the Tourism Research Project implemented through the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund 2021 in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Apr 01, 2023
CEREMONIES to hoist a jewelled diamond orb and a pennant-shaped vane atop Lawkananda Pagoda were held in conjunction with the consecration in Sittway of Rakhine State yesterday morning, attended by Joint Secretary of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Presiding Patron of Pariyatti Dhammikarama Buddhist Learning Centre in Minbya Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Agga Maha Gandhavacaka Pandita Bhaddanta Indacariya Minbya Sayadaw and members of the Sangha.
Apr 01, 2023
THERE were over 22,000 foreign visitor arrivals in Yangon in March and more than 60,000 tourists entered Yangon in the first three months of this year.
Apr 01, 2023
THE government always opens the door for peace to anyone who wishes to talk about peace honestly for ensuring peace and stability of the nation and serving the interests of the State and people, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the meeting with Rakhine State government and departmental officials at the state government office yesterday afternoon.
Mar 31, 2023
THE on-duty Customs team under the Customs Department made inspections on 29 March and captured 116 sets of dressing tables worth K8.12 million that were not mentioned in the Import Declaration (ID) from a container at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint and three kinds of goods (including three sets of compressor air filters) worth K2,195,182 that were different from the Import Declaration (ID) from a container at the Ywathagyi Dry Port. The action was taken under Customs procedures.
Mar 31, 2023
CHAIRMAN of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing yesterday afternoon inspected providing of water to Kandawgyi Lake in order to supply water to Sittway of Rakhine State.
Mar 31, 2023
THE workshop on the completion of the Vegetable Germplasm Collection and Seed Projection Project and Packaging of Fruits and Vegetables to Maintain the Quality and extend the Shelf Life Project was held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.