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• Court for unlicensed rental of properties
• K50 million approved for road repairs in Bagan
• Regional govt wants to expand GAP certification
• Hluttaw to recess after budget approval
• State govt to support Kadu ethnic festival
• Kyautaw fire destroys 45 shops, cripples business
• Mon bridge name a state matter: Union minister
• Ministry to hear out nursing students
• Rakhine Advisory Commission presents 30 recommendations
• No permit, so village religious talk called off

Court for unlicensed rental of properties Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:12 AM PDT MANDALAY property owners have been warned that from July onwards, those who rent out their premises without a house rental business license, will be taken to court.

K50 million approved for road repairs in Bagan Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:10 AM PDT THE Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library (Bagan branch) has approved a request for K50 million from the Bagan Regional Development Association (BRDA) to repair and upgrade roads near the pagodas in the archaeological zone.

Regional govt wants to expand GAP certification Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:09 AM PDT THE Mandalay regional agriculture and irrigation ministry is awarding 'Good Agricultural Practices' (GAP) certification to 15 kinds of fruits and vegetables grown by farmers in the region.

Hluttaw to recess after budget approval Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:07 AM PDT THE 2017-18 National Planning Bill from the Union government was approved by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on March 15, following a K296 billion cut from the original allocated amount.

State govt to support Kadu ethnic festival Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:06 AM PDT A festival celebrating the little known cultures of the Kadu ethnic group will be held in the Sagaing Region.

Kyautaw fire destroys 45 shops, cripples business Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:03 AM PDT SOME K50 million worth of business assets went up in flames when a fire broke out at a row of shops selling fuel in Rakhine on March 15.

Mon bridge name a state matter: Union minister Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:59 AM PDT NAMING a bridge in Mon State after national hero Bogyoke Aung San should not be decided by the Hluttaw as it is a state matter and should be settled by the local authorities and residents, Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs U Nai Thet Lwin said.

Ministry to hear out nursing students Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:57 AM PDT THE Ministry of Health and Sports will talk to nursing students who staged a protest on March 15, its permanent secretary Dr Thet Khaing Win said.

Rakhine Advisory Commission presents 30 recommendations Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:54 AM PDT The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State yesterday presented almost 30 recommendations of action that the Myanmar government can take to immediately improve the situation on the ground in Rakhine as the commission released its interim report.

No permit, so village religious talk called off Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:53 AM PDT A special religious talk to mark the completion of a Buddhist Ethics Summer Course in Kanbalu township's Thayet Kaung village in Sagaing Region was cancelled because permission was denied by the village administrator, said the organiser Sayadaw U Nanissara Tharra Lankara.

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