Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 6 (NNN-MNA) – Thousands of people were evacuated, as continuous heavy rain and swollen rivers caused floodings in several townships in southern Myanmar, local authorities said, yesterday.

In Mon State’s Belin township, some 6,298 people have been evacuated to 25 shelters, Aung Myat Kyaw Sein, spokesperson of the Mon State government, told media yesterday.

The flood victims in Belin township included 2,978 males and 3,320 females from 1,305 households from five wards and some villages in the township, he said.

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military pardoned on Tuesday jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house arrest, state media and informed sources said.

The pardons mean six years will be shaved off Suu Kyi's 33-year jail term, junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told the Eleven Media Group, adding that it was part of an amnesty under which more than 7,000 prisoners were freed across the strife-torn country.

YANGON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar saw a sharp decline in dengue fever cases and fatalities this year, with 6,685 cases and 30 deaths reported as of July 15, according to the Ministry of Health.

While the country was previously among those with the highest dengue fever infections in Southeast Asia, this year's numbers are notably lower compared to the infections reported last year, said the ministry on Friday.

"The number of infections till this time (July) of last year was relatively high," Than Naing Soe, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua on Friday.

YANGON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) on Sunday announced that it will release new banknotes with a denomination of 20,000 kyats on July 31.

The release of the new banknotes is to mark the completion of the Maravijaya Buddha Image, a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in Nay Pyi Taw and to mark the first birthday celebration of a rare white elephant, the central bank said.

YANGON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Six people were injured on Monday in a bomb blast in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council said.

The explosion occurred at around 12 p.m. local time on Monday at the third floor of a tax office of the Internal Revenue Department in Kyauktada Township in Yangon, it said.

The information team reported that a man came to the third floor of the tax office, left a package near the seats for the public before going downstairs. The package bomb blew off later on.

YANGON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Two towns in Myanmar recorded the hottest day in nearly 60 years on Wednesday, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology said on Thursday.

Hkamti, a town of western Myanmar's Sagaing Region, logged its highest temperature in 58 years at 42.3 degrees Celsius, said the weather bureau.

Myitkyina, a town of northern Myanmar's Kachin state, registered its hottest day in 57 years at 41.8 degrees Celsius, it added.

YANGON, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar’s junta said on Monday it would release more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its bloody crackdown on dissent would be freed.

The military has arrested thousands since its coup more than two years ago that plunged the country into turmoil and sparked widespread clashes with anti-coup fighters.

YANGON, Mar 29 (NNN-MNA) – One man was killed and 19 others were injured, in a mine blast in western Myanmar’s Sagaing region today, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported.

The mine explosion occurred at around 9:30 a.m. local time, near the bus terminal of Shwebo town in Sagaing region, the report said.

The injured were 11 males, including two children and eight females, it said. The victims were those who were going past the place on foot, in cars or by motorcycles, when the mine exploded, it said.

YANGON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition marking the seventh anniversary of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) was held in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on Thursday, according to a release from the Chinese embassy in Myanmar.

The exhibition showcased the achievements of the LMC projects implemented by 16 ministries and agencies of Myanmar, the release said.

Speaking at the event, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar U Than Swe praised the LMC's contribution to the regional sustainable development and its assistance to the people of Myanmar.

YANGON, Mar 16 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar exported 1,541.08 tonnes of honey in the first 11 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year, earning over 2.3 million U.S. dollars, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department said, yesterday.

From Apr last year to Feb this year, the country exported 1,527.74 tonnes of honey via sea routes, and 13.34 tonnes via land borders, the department said.

During the period, Myanmar exported honey to countries including South Korea, Japan, the United States and Singapore, it said.