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• Foreign visitor arrivals in Mandalay up 25pc
• Burnt-out Chin State’s Mindat market to be rebuilt
• Data centre for visitors to Bagan
• Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady dolphin population grows to 70
• UWSA hosts conference for non-signatories
• EU-standard forestry agreement to be set up
• Kachin armed groups want ‘terrorist’ label removed
• Former KNU leader’s family barred entry into Myanmar
• CHDB, Korean bank sign housing MoU
• Mon Chief Minister to quit posts, party

Foreign visitor arrivals in Mandalay up 25pc Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:58 PM PST Tourist arrivals in Mandalay Region increased by about 25 percent in 2016, and there are plans to attract more visitors, said U San Yu, deputy director general of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism for upper Myanmar.

Burnt-out Chin State’s Mindat market to be rebuilt Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:54 PM PST The municipal market in Chin State's Mindat township which was destroyed in a fire a year ago will be rebuilt with reserve funds of K315.008 million allocated by the Union government, Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win told the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday.

Data centre for visitors to Bagan Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:51 PM PST The Bagan Visitor Data Centre which will serve local and foreign visitors to the Bagan Archaeological Zone will be completed in March, Daw Yu Yu Lin, assistant project manager for the Bagan Tourism Development Project of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) said on February 17.

Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady dolphin population grows to 70 Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:49 PM PST A Recent survey has found that the critically endangered Ayeyarwady dolphin population in the Ayeyarwady River has increased by five to 70, according to an official involved in the conservation of the species.

UWSA hosts conference for non-signatories Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:44 PM PST The United Wa State Army is hosting a summit for non-signatory armed ethnic groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at its capital Pangkham from February 21, said officials from the invited groups.

EU-standard forestry agreement to be set up Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:40 PM PST The Forest Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) agreement is being drawn up to develop good forestry administration that supports the development of the state, safeguards the public's economy and protects the natural resources of the forests.

Kachin armed groups want ‘terrorist’ label removed Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:37 PM PST Armed ethnic groups in Kachin say the government's branding of them as 'terrorist organisations' is an obstacle to the peace process and want the label removed.

Former KNU leader’s family barred entry into Myanmar Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:27 PM PST The family of former Karen rebel leader Padoh Mahn Shar was denied entry to Myanmar to attend the unveiling of his statue in the Ayeyarwady Region last week, according to his daughter.

CHDB, Korean bank sign housing MoU Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:14 PM PST The Construction and Housing Development Bank (CHDB) under the Ministry of Construction has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea-based KB Kookmin Bank to provide housing microfinance to those from the low-income bracket in Myanmar.

Mon Chief Minister to quit posts, party Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:13 PM PST Following complaints over his leadership, Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo has resigned from his posts in the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government.

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