Bayintnaung pulses market will announce the prices on 22 April. The prices of black grams and pigeon peas rebounded on 12 April, showing a one-week increase of K192,000 per tonne of pigeon peas and K124,000 per tonne of black grams.

Selling of white-barked acacia (Vachellia leucophloea), Htanaung bark in Myanmar, may cause depletion of these shade trees, an environmental activist warned.

Under the directive of the National Natural Disaster Man­agement Committee and the supervision of the Transport and Communications Commit­tee, restoration materials are being shipped to Rakhine State.

Saungder Weaving and Vo­cational Institute in Amarapura Township of Mandalay Region is drafting a work plan to con­duct a basic training on Myan­mar traditional clothing fashion design course in the 2024–2025 financial year, according to U Kyaw Zin Lat, Deputy Direc­tor General of the Small-Scale Industries Department under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development.

Pilgrims from nationwide flocked to the eminent Kyaikti­yo Pagoda during the Thingyan period, according to the board of trustees.

The border trade value between Myanmar and China sur­passed US$3.279 billion in the past financial year 2023-2024, increasing from $3.1 billion recorded in the year-ago period, the Ministry of Commerce’s statistics showed.