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• Taungthaman Lake’s water level poses threat to U Bein Bridge
• No green light yet for Yangon’s water bus operations
• Govt to help flood-hit farmers in Sagaing Region
• Government committed to advance human rights in Rakhine State
• Secretariat building renovated for Martyrs’ Day three-day event
• Civil servants loan program suspended in Mandalay
• Thai labour ministry sets up 99 centres to register illegal foreign workers
• Manipur patient dies in excavator on way to Myanmar hospital
• Myanmar drink seller killed in Malaysia

Taungthaman Lake’s water level poses threat to U Bein Bridge Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:42 PM PDT The water level of Taungthaman Lake has risen steadily during the past week and now threatens to flood the iconic U Bein Bridge in Amarapura township of Mandalay City, a leader of a boat association said.

No green light yet for Yangon’s water bus operations Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:36 PM PDT The Yangon government has yet to issue permit to the water bus system, which was supposed to start operations in early June, said a company spokesman.

Govt to help flood-hit farmers in Sagaing Region Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:34 PM PDT The government will provide assistance to Sagaing Region farmers whose crops were destroyed by floods, the Region Agriculture Minister U Kam Zar Mone said Tuesday.

Government committed to advance human rights in Rakhine State Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:28 PM PDT The government assured the international community that it is fully committed to promoting human rights for all communities equally and avoiding any 'mishandling' of the situation in Rakhine State.

Secretariat building renovated for Martyrs’ Day three-day event Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:22 PM PDT Myanmar's Secretariat building, which has been renovated with some of the original furnishings, will open to the public for three days starting Wednesday to mark the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day, when General Aung San and eight others were assassinated, said Darren McLean, project manager.

Civil servants loan program suspended in Mandalay Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:17 PM PDT A program that allowed government employees in Mandalay to take out loans of three times the basic salary was suspended Monday until further notice, according to a statement by the Small & Medium Industrial Development Bank.

Thai labour ministry sets up 99 centres to register illegal foreign workers Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:04 PM PDT Thailand's labour ministry plans to register workers from Myanmar who do not have proper documents at 99 migrant centres around the nation, according to Thai-based migrant worker rights groups.

Manipur patient dies in excavator on way to Myanmar hospital Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:01 PM PDT An excavator was turned into an ambulance to take a patient from Manipur to nearest hospital in neighbouring Myanmar on Saturday, in another instance of the deplorable condition of health-care services in the country.

Myanmar drink seller killed in Malaysia Posted: 18 Jul 2017 12:55 PM PDT A 54-year-old Myanmar man was robbed and killed on a hill near the Bukit Bintang Maya housing project in Sungai Petani, Kedah, in northern state of Malaysia on Tuesday.

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