Jan 31, 2020
MINISTRY of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation organized a preparative meeting for the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC 35) which will be held in Thimphu, Bhutan, from 17 to 20 February.
The preliminary meeting of national-level held at the Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw was attended by FAO Representative in Myanmar Ms Xiaojie Fan, MoALI’s Deputy Director General from the Department of Planning Dr Thandar Kyi, directors and officials from relevant departments and organizations.
Jan 31, 2020
UNION Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo received UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Ms Christine Schraner Burgener and party at the former’s office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
The meeting discussed implementation of recommendations in the Independent Commission of Enquiry(ICOE) report, preparing third report on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), development in peace-making process, bill for preventing violence against women and enforcing child rights law.
MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)
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Jan 31, 2020
JOURNALISTS from local and foreign media groups gathered news in Ywama, Myoma Zetitaung, Thityin and Tatyar villages in Buthidaung Township yesterday. They met and interviewed village administrator and local people.
In the afternoon, they went to Kanyinchaung Economic Zone in Maungtaw. Maungtaw Township Administrator, and officials from the economic zone detailed about the zone and answered the questions raised by media groups. The media group also collected the information in the economic zone.
Jan 31, 2020
UNION Election Commission and the Facebook Team discussed preparations for relaunching the commission’s social media page ahead of 2020 General Election.
U Hla Thein, the Chairman of Commission, made an opening remark on the meeting under the topic ‘Connecting with Communities’.
He said the UEC is using its website, state-owned television and newspapers to release news about the commission, and it is also publishing update news on the upcoming elections to prevent false and fake news.
Jan 30, 2020
OFFICIALS at the Nga Khu Ya Reception Centre in Maungtaw, Rakhine State, yesterday scrutinized and accepted 26 displaced persons from nine households who returned from Bangladesh of their own volition.
In accordance with the procedures for accepting returnees, security personnel inspected each returnee at the designated place for security reasons, and immigration officials gathered records from them for immigration purposes.
Jan 30, 2020
U SOE HAN, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, called in Mr Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Myanmar, at 3 pm on 28 January 2020 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.
Jan 30, 2020
UNION ELECTION Commission Chairman U Hla Thein received Norwegian Ambassador to Myanmar Ms Tone Tinnes and party at the UEC office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Jan 29, 2020
A reception to mark the National Day of Australia was held at the M Gallery Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
First, the reception was opened by playing the national anthems of Myanmar and Australia.
At the event, Australian Ambassador Ms Andrea Faulkner and Union Minister for Education Dr Myo Thein Gyi extended greetings, followed by a commemorative group photo session involving the Union Minister and wife, and the Australian Ambassador and attendees.
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Jan 29, 2020
MYANMAR’S first Retail Summit and Expo 2020 together with a conference titled “Unleashing the Retail Potential” organized by Myanmar Retailers Association (MMRA) will be held at Fortune Plaza in Yangon on 7 and 8 February 2020. A pre-Press Conference about this two-day event was held at Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) on 21 January 2020.
Jan 28, 2020
THE Education Development Implementation Conference (Basic Education Sector) 2020 was held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre II (MICC-II) yesterday afternoon.
During the second session of conference, Union Minister for Education said the conference was aimed to find solutions in reforming basic education sector with short term and long term plans in accordance with the National Education Strategic Plan to be able to generate capable human resources for the country.