THE Bontala Waterfall in the forests of Chin State’s Matupi offers an amazing vacation for holiday makers.

MANCHESTER Metropolitan University (Manchester Met), one of Europe’s largest universities, has given a talk on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and  a  master-class  Finan-cial  Technology  (FinTech)  course at a seminar hosted by Union of Myanmar Feder-ation  of  Chambers  of  Com-merce and industry (UMFC-CI) in Yangon on Wednesday, 14 August, 2019.

ABRIDGE crossing the   Nantmyitkha   Creek  in  Waingmaw  Township,  Kachin  State  was  built  by  the  Bridge  Construction  Group  No-1  un-der  the  Ministry  of  Construc-tion.  The  260  ft  long  old  bridge  between  mileposts  480/7  and  481/0  on  the  Mandalay-Lash-io-Bhamo-Myitkyina  Road  was  replaced with new structure as local people, pedestrians and ve-hicles suffered traffic congestion and  experienced  travel  delays.  The Ministry of Construction de-cided to build a new bridge over the  creek  with  the  funds  from  the local government.

RECENTLY I happened to watch on MNTV, a program about “growing” Lily flowers on a commercial scale by a film academy award winning actor. I was very pleased with the program because I had all along advocated, higher investments in the “Green Investment Opportunities” of Horticulture (which includes Floriculture) together with Agriculture, and Aquaculture, to further enhance these Sectors’ contribution to the economic development of Myanmar. 

“ IF cows go astray, tigers will attack them.” Is a well-known Myanmar proverb. When signs of disintegration are seen, this saying is borrowed to cite as an example.

AFEW days ago, there was a very fatal landslide at Thaè Phyu Gone village in Paung township, Mon State. According to the latest reports as at 1813 hrs., ...........