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• Hear from UNDP, Red Cross, WFP, USAID and BBC Media Action at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017
• Mahamuni’s bronze statue hall to be extended
• Mango growers feel optimistic with weather insurance
• 5 kinds of monsoon crops to be planted in Kayin State
• Nearly K480 million for dry zone greening
• 400 Myanmar migrants sacked without compensation
• Parliament to prioritise pending legislations
• Death toll 34 from lightning, thunderstorms
• Sound evidence needed to prosecute U Wirathu: Director
• Police fire warning shots to stop clashes

Hear from UNDP, Red Cross, WFP, USAID and BBC Media Action at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017 Posted: 11 May 2017 10:40 AM PDT Aid & Development Asia Summit is fast approaching! You are invited to take part and network with decision makers and advisors from government, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society, donors and solution providers on 14-15 June 2017 at the MICC-2 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Mahamuni’s bronze statue hall to be extended Posted: 10 May 2017 11:56 PM PDT The bronze statue exhibition hall in the Mahamuni Pagoda is to be extended.

Mango growers feel optimistic with weather insurance Posted: 10 May 2017 11:54 PM PDT Mango orchard owners who export their fruit are on the lookout for an insurance scheme that will provide protection against crop damage due to weather changes.

5 kinds of monsoon crops to be planted in Kayin State Posted: 10 May 2017 11:50 PM PDT In developing the farming sector in Kayin State, it is estimated that five kinds of monsoon crops will be grown in the state, according to an estimation of agricultural projects for 2017-18 fiscal year.

Nearly K480 million for dry zone greening Posted: 10 May 2017 11:46 PM PDT Some K479.639 million will be used for dry zone greening in Mandalay State for the 2017-18 fiscal year. The funds will be used for digging lakes and underground wells, farm fields and dry zones and for logistics.

400 Myanmar migrants sacked without compensation Posted: 10 May 2017 11:43 PM PDT Over 400 sacked Myanmar migrants have filed a complaint at the Thai labour rights protection department for action to be taken against the Thai snack factory Taokaenoi from Ladlumkaew, Pathumthani township.

Parliament to prioritise pending legislations Posted: 10 May 2017 11:37 PM PDT The fifth parliamentary session will resume on May 18 and the process of approving bills will be emphasised.

Death toll 34 from lightning, thunderstorms Posted: 10 May 2017 11:33 PM PDT A total of 23 people from Kachin, Kayah and Rakhine states as well as the Magwe, Tanintharyi, Yangon and Ayeyarwady regions, and Nay Pyi Taw, died as a result of being hit by lightning from April 1 to May 9.

Sound evidence needed to prosecute U Wirathu: Director Posted: 10 May 2017 11:30 PM PDT Some 500 signatures have so far been collected asking the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (Ma Ha Na in Myanmar acronym) to decide on whether Buddhist nationalist monk U Wirathu is guilty of anything deemed "against Dhamma", says U Tun Nyunt, director of the Department of Religion (Vinaya Disciplinary Affairs), Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture.

Police fire warning shots to stop clashes Posted: 10 May 2017 11:25 PM PDT Yangon police fired two warning shots during clashes in the Mingalar Taung Nyunt township, Yangon Region, where a majority of the population is Muslim.

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