Three people were killed and five others injured in a fire at a hand-powered oil well in Pauk Township, Magway Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.

Five people died and 26 others were injured after a vehicle fell into a canyon in the northeastern Myanmar region of Sagaing on Monday.

Two people were injured when a vehicle crossed a rail way and hit partially with a train in the township of Mogaung in Kachin state yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off, a combined team comprising police members from Bago Anti-Drugs Squad-36, with witnesses yesterday

A teenager was arrested for theft in the town of Myothit in Magwy District, Magway Region yesterday.

The security personnel from No 1 Checkpoint in Maungtaw on patrol along the Naf River found a suspicious-looking boat heading towards Bangladesh. They signaled the boat for inspection but it fled. The authorities chased three men on the boat and managed to arrest one man along with a package believed to be drugs near Zipinchaung Village.