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• Basic education to be extended to 12 grades: minister
• Inndawgyi Lake named biosphere reserve
• Prisoners to get better meals if budget raised
• Mandalay to China rice exports dip
• Illegal migrants’ children to get birth certificates
• Campaigns to abolish Section 66(d) kick off
• Yangon sets aside more than 2000 acres for refugees: minister
• Myanmar unsure of sending workers to Malaysia
• Court fixes June 26 for child rape verdict

Basic education to be extended to 12 grades: minister Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:43 PM PDT Basic education will be extended to 12 grades from the current 10th grade, said Union Minister Dr Myo Thein Gyi at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session on June 20.

Inndawgyi Lake named biosphere reserve Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:41 PM PDT Inndawgyi Lake basin has been designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve, UNESCO and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation announced last week.

Prisoners to get better meals if budget raised Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:38 PM PDT The meal budget for those incarcerated in prisons and jails in Myanmar is to be increased, said U Min Tun Soe, deputy director from Prisons Department.

Mandalay to China rice exports dip Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:30 PM PDT Rice exports from Mandalay to China have dropped to almost nil due to finance difficulties caused by China's decision to freeze 132 bank accounts of Myanmar citizens on June 14, said rice traders in the border region.

Illegal migrants’ children to get birth certificates Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:28 PM PDT The issue of migrant children, who are unable to attain citizens' rights, will be coordinated with respective ministries according to the Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe.

Campaigns to abolish Section 66(d) kick off Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:26 PM PDT A committee formed to look into the welfare of journalists, the Protection Committee for Myanmar Journalists (PCMJ), announced on Tuesday (June 20) that it will carry out a signature campaign near the Yangon military Command, demanding that Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law be annulled.

Yangon sets aside more than 2000 acres for refugees: minister Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:22 PM PDT More than 2000 acres of land in the Yangon region has been set aside for the relocation and rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) from the Karen ethnic refugees who are at the Thai-Myanmar border, said Naw Pan Thinzar Myo, Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister, Yangon Regional Government.

Myanmar unsure of sending workers to Malaysia Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:18 PM PDT The Myanmar government has not given a deadline for sending workers to Malaysia although the worker ban has been lifted for more than 6 months, according to officials of the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Affairs.

Court fixes June 26 for child rape verdict Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:14 PM PDT The verdict in a child rape case, that took place a year ago in Yangon, will be known on June 26.

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