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• Concerns over seized lands hamper agro plan
• Myanmar tea leaves get Japanese technology
• Former minister released
• Members of interfaith group, students freed under amnesty
• Phase 2 of street children project to get underway
• 94 prisoners in Rakhine State receive amnesty
• Low cost dinners for Mandalay folk
• State Counsellor upbeat over prospects of Panglong conference
• Diverting from NCA means unwillingness for peace

Concerns over seized lands hamper agro plan Posted: 24 May 2017 02:43 PM PDT Concerns have been raised on the implementation of the Agricultural Development Strategy and Investment Plan (Third Draft).

Myanmar tea leaves get Japanese technology Posted: 24 May 2017 02:34 PM PDT Myanmar tea leaves are being brewed for export with Japanese technology to enter the international market, said Daw Nyo Nyo Sein, chair of the Myanmar Tea Association.

Former minister released Posted: 24 May 2017 02:25 PM PDT Former Minister of Religious Affairs, U Hsan Sint, was released from prison yesterday under a Presidential Amnesty in which dozens other political prisoners across the country have been freed.

Members of interfaith group, students freed under amnesty Posted: 24 May 2017 02:20 PM PDT As a gesture to welcome the Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (Second Session), the President has granted an amnesty for prisoners who have been jailed in prisons across the country. Members of an interfaith group and students from Mandalay Obo Prison had been also freed under the amnesty.

Phase 2 of street children project to get underway Posted: 24 May 2017 02:10 PM PDT The second phase of a project to help street children by Mandalay Region Department of Social Welfare (DSW) will be launched in June.

94 prisoners in Rakhine State receive amnesty Posted: 24 May 2017 02:01 PM PDT A total of 94 prisoners – 62 Myanmar nationals, and 32 foreign nationals – were released yesterday morning from prisons in Rakhine State under a special presidential amnesty, according to the state correctional department's list.

Low cost dinners for Mandalay folk Posted: 24 May 2017 01:57 PM PDT A low cost dinner program has been launched in Mandalay by the Manaw Kyar Phyu Parahita association and the Pan Pyo Thu Parahita association from mid-May. The dinner program is aimed at the ordinary working class person, said U Khin Soe from the Manaw Kyar Phyu Parahita association.

State Counsellor upbeat over prospects of Panglong conference Posted: 24 May 2017 01:48 PM PDT State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi hoped for productive debates that would push the peace talks forward as hundreds of participants from various ethnic armed groups gathered for the second round of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference which kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Diverting from NCA means unwillingness for peace Posted: 24 May 2017 01:41 PM PDT Diverting from the initiatives spelt out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) means there is no willingness for establishing peace, democracy and a federal system in the Union, according to Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

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