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• Mandalay invites open tender for crematory, cleaning equipment
• Indian army to provide UN peacekeeping training to Myanmar
• FDA to continue anti-fake drug campaign
• Myanmar needs to modernise small farms to rev up sluggish sector
• Myanmar won’t set up trading zone at Indian border
• ASEAN-ROK forest training centre to be ready in December
• Barman wows at 2017 championship
• Recruiting of workers for Malaysia stopped
• Ministry to hold chicken meat feast today in Nay Pyi Taw
• Two found diagnosed with H1N1 in Mandalay

Mandalay invites open tender for crematory, cleaning equipment Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:33 PM PDT The Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) Cleansing Department has invited open tender for cleaning materials the city would need next year.

Indian army to provide UN peacekeeping training to Myanmar Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:22 PM PDT As part of training exchange program, the Indian Army has committed to send two Mobile Training Teams to train personnel of the Myanmar Army every year, for a total of five years. Towards this end, the UN Peacekeeping Course, a training cooperation between the Indian Armed Forces and Myanmar Armed Forces commenced Thursday at Nay Pyi Taw.

FDA to continue anti-fake drug campaign Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:13 PM PDT Health officials said that the awareness program for safe foods, drugs and cosmetics which the department piloted in 600 villages in May, would be extended until year-end.

Myanmar needs to modernise small farms to rev up sluggish sector Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:04 PM PDT MYANMAR needs to focus on the modernisation of small-farm production in order to boost the agriculture sector, which contributes an estimated 38 percent of the country's gross national product (GDP), an international think-tank said.

Myanmar won’t set up trading zone at Indian border Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:00 PM PDT Myanmar government will not set up a trading zone in Tamu, Sagaing Region, bordering India due to insufficient basic requirements and poor potential trading, a high-ranking commerce official told the House of Representatives in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar News Agency reported Thursday.

ASEAN-ROK forest training centre to be ready in December Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:55 PM PDT Construction of the ASEAN-South Korea Forest Cooperation Regional Education and Training Centre will be completed in December 2017 and will open in 2018, said U Tint Swe, director of the Training Research and Development Department.

Barman wows at 2017 championship Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:51 PM PDT Organisers of the 4th Myanmar Bartender Championship were impressed by the skills displayed by the contestants and hoped this would be an indication of the improvement of capabilities of the new breed of bartenders in the country.

Recruiting of workers for Malaysia stopped Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:48 PM PDT The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population has stopped employment agencies from recruiting new workers for Malaysia until they have sent all the previous workers they had hired to Kuala Lumpur.

Ministry to hold chicken meat feast today in Nay Pyi Taw Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:47 PM PDT The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will host a chicken meat feast in Nay Pyi Taw on August 4 to encourage people to eat chicken meat and eggs in a bid to dispel fears about being infected with H5N1 or H1N1, a senior official said Thursday.

Two found diagnosed with H1N1 in Mandalay Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:45 PM PDT Mandalay on Thursday reported its first two cases of confirmed H1N1 infections as the government assured the public that the outbreak remains under control despite the rising death toll and the rising number of people infected by the deadly virus.

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