The Second Mon Political Conference will be convened in the first week of May to obtain approval for the constitution of the Mon national representative party. During a public conference of the Mon National Party Implementation Group held in Inn Din Village on March 30, Nai Ta La Nyi said: “Arran...

Myanmar’s government, military, and eight signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) agreed on Monday on eight points with their continued peace process, Xinhua reported quoting the Director-General of the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor’s Office U Zaw Htay. Th...

During the first 21 months of the National League for Democracy (NLD) government’s tenure, 200,000 jobs were created in the foreign and local investment sectors, said U Maung Maung Win, deputy planning and Finance minister. “The government authorized 447 businesses and created 191,409 job opport...

Approximately 200 teachers will be added to work as daily wage teachers in Mon State’s primary schools during the 2016-2017 academic years, according to Mon State’s Education Department. “In Mon State, we have many educated people. Compared to other states, we do not need to increase the number o...

About 120 homes were destroyed and two people were injured on Friday in a blaze that devastated the Mae La refugee camp, about 60km north of Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Burma. Naw Day Day Poe, secretary of the refugee camp, said the fire broke out in the camp’s Zone C-3 around 2pm...

In order to improve education prospects for children with intellectual disabilities, the Myanmar Special Education Association (MSEA) has announced plans to pay for up to 1000 teachers across the country to undergo specialized training in 2017. The exclusion of, discrimination against and lack of...

About 1000 acres of bamboo cultivation zone will be established in Nay Pyi Taw and the government is set to help entrepreneurs upgrade their bamboo products, U Kyaw Thu, secretary of Myanmar Bamboo Growers Association told The Myanmar Times. The land of bamboo growers is being measured and consol...

A total of 1,883 prisoners were released on Wednesday ahead of Myanmar’s new year water festival which is to start on Thursday, Myanmar State Counsellor’s Office announced. The 1,883 prisoners, including 233 women, were freed from prisons across the nation to enable them enjoy cut of prison term...

MANDALAY—Over 1,300 villages in rural areas of five regions will get access to electricity through solar power in fiscal 2019-20 as part of the National Electrification Project (NEP), according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The ministry will team up with the Rural Development Depart...

Yangon Bus Service (YBS) is expanding its ride service with the addition of 1,000 new buses within the next two weeks, according to an announcement by the Yangon Region Transport Authority. (YRTA) in Friday’s editions of The Mirror Daily. The Yangon region government purchased 500 new buses ...