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Union Minister U Mya Tun Oo of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications traveled by RBE train from Pyin Oo Lwin Station to Goteik Station in the morning of August 31, accompani
It is known that President U Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla will make an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of the Vietnamese President and his wife. President U Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Ky
It is reported that a collision occurred between a trailer and a fuel tanker on the Yangon-Mandalay Road near Shwebo Lay junction in Ward 9, Taungoo Township, Bago Region, at approximately 6:00 AM on September 1st, resul
The Chinland Council has reaffirmed its commitment to collaborating with allied resistance forces to build a federal democratic union, emphasizing that anti-junta groups must demonstrate real governing capacity to earn d
Burma News International (BNI) is a network of 15 independent media and news organizations based in and around Burma Nearly eight decades after launching an armed uprising for self-determination, Mon revolutionary forces
The Myanmar military junta has launched a targeted crackdown on civil society organizations (CSOs) operating in downtown Nyaungshwe and the Inle Lake region of southern Shan State, arresting aid workers and forcing sever
A national-level training on hygiene promotion in emergencies (HPiE) was conducted in southern Shan State, Nyaungshwe Township, for four days. Jointly organized by the Myanmar Red Cross Society and the German Red Cross S
A tugboat caught fire near Sankin jetty in Ayeyawady Region’s Danubyu Town-ship on the night of 29 Au-gust, and a crew member has been missing, accord-ing to the township fire services department. The tugboat heading fro
EFFORTS are being intensified to block the breach in the Ngawun River embankment in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region, as quickly as possible, ac-cording to the region’s Department of Water Resources and Improve-ment
Clean water and clean air are the necessities of human life. And we are not talking about the lack of the former in some villages in the faraway border areas of Myanmar. Nor are we talking about the shortage of drinking water in the hyper-dry region in the central valley of the country. Yet right in the suburb of Yan-gon, in one of the most densely populated townships in the in-dustrial heartland of the capital, the residents there are having to contend with the need to buy drinkable water every day! Hey, we are talking about Hlinethaya (East) Township with an area of 31 square kilo-metres. Based on 2023 stats, the township has an estimated pop-ulation of 300,000+, occupying 14 administrative wards. It is un-doubtedly the industrial cap-ital not only of Yangon, but also of Myanmar, housing 800 fac-tories and 500 home-operated in-dustries. Most of the residents there are migrant workers from outside the township. Yet with the unemployment rate running at 15 per cent, Hlinethaya is one of the least developed areas in Yangon suburbs. With a per cap-ita GDP of US$1,000 in the township, most of the residents can be classified as poor, sur-viving on meagre daily wages or monthly salaries. Water, water everywhere Once the first round of heavy rains started to fall onto the flatlands of Hlinethaya, the flooding began. Lack of sufficient and proper rubbish disposal facilities has caused blocked drains, and the rainwa-ter simply has no way out other than seeping underground via a few grass-covered areas. With a pop-ulation density of 9,700 people per square kilometre, Hlinethaya is more densely populated than Singapore or Tokyo; flash floods now happen more frequently than local drainage systems can handle, turning streets into rivers in minutes. The township would sudden-ly get calf-height inundation if the incessant rains continue for more than a couple of hours. A shoutout to the successive local governments for successfully turning our streets into premi-um, eco-friendly waterparks. Yet in the middle of the Yangon region, where the poor can have an unprompted indoor swimming pool, and devel-opers can advertise their flats as ‘beachfront’ properties (without having to go to Chaungtha or Ngwehsaung), there is certain-ly no clean water availability on tap. The centralized water supply, aka Joe Phyu water, only reaches the Nawaday estate in Ward 6 of the township. The rest have to rely on underground water full of excessive minerals of the dangerous kinds such as iron, mercury and salt. But the would-be Bill Gates and Elon Musk are capitaliz-ing on this misery and profiting from the despair by setting up clean water stations and selling supposedly purified water to the underprivileged at around K2,000 per five-gallon plastic containers. No government department or organizations is verifying the actual quality of the water being sold. Just a perfect environment for vulture entrepreneurs to benefit from disaster capitalism. But for the families caught in a cycle of immediate survival, having no budget to buy clean water on some days for their children can be devastating for the health of the children. For day-to-day earners, who are already living hand-to-mouth and cannot afford to lose a sin-gle day of work, they may, on some days, end up asking or having to ask their children to drink the polluted water. What would have been the impact on the child’s mental and physical development?
All import and export activities should be conducted sincerely. Relevant officials need to closely inspect imported and exported goods to ensure that they meet the required quality standards, and care must be taken to pr
UPGRADING works of the Yangon-Pyay rail-way serving DEMU trains are accelerating to improve commut-er convenience, train schedule optimization, and train speeds, ac-cording to the Ministry of Transport. Deputy Minister U
The Second Chiang Mai International Film Festival 2026, held at Central Chiang Mai Airport Plaza in Chiang Mai, Thailand, featured two Myanmar films. The festival selected I Wanna Be Your Lobster and Kan Kaung for screen
THE News and News Article Writing Training Course was opened yesterday morning at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw with the objectives of enhanc-ing public awareness of government policies a
A Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Culture, Hotels and Tourism U Maung Myint attended the 20th Ho Chi Minh International Travel Expo and related meetings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 25 to 28 August. Th
UNION Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr Kan Zaw received Mr Bulochnikov Anatoly Nikhailovich, President of the Russia-Myanmar Association for Friendship and Cooperation, at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue, Building
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of Defence Services General Ye Win Oo met Thai Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Tor Saralamba and his delegation in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening. The two sides dis-cussed strengthening diplomatic ties and mil
AMYOTHA Hluttaw Speaker U Aung Lin Dwe received a delegation led by Mr Tor Saralamba, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, at the Amyotha Hluttaw meeting room of the Amyotha Hlut
TRAIN services between PyinOoLwin and Gokteik will resume regularly from next Saturday after repairs to the Nawngh-kio-Gokteik railway sec-tion were completed following flooding caused by heavy rain in Nawnghkio Town-shi
Youth working abroad results in the loss of signif-icant national resources, said President of the Re-public of Union of My-anmar U Min Aung Hlaing at the ceremony to honour the students who passed the matriculation and
RENOWNED and emerg-ing artists showcase their works at Yangon’s histor-ic Secretariat Building (former Ministers’ Of-fice) on Theinbyu Road in Botahtaung Township, offering visitors a serene space to appreciate art. Insi
YANGON Port will han-dle 61 container vessels in September 2026, the Myanma Port Authority announced. Twelve container vessels each run by M/S Cosco Shipping Line, M/S SITC Shipping Line, six each by M/S One Line and M/S
THE Myanmar Red Cross Society has opened a mo-bile clinic in Haka, Chin State, providing healthcare to 477 residents, the society said. The Myanmar Red Cross Society launched the a healthcare programme with the support o
AAPP’s Bo Kyi wins 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award Bo Kyi, co-founder and joint secretary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), was selected as one of three recipients of the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award
A Singaporean lawyer and diplomat who led an international conference that adopted the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a Myanmar activist whose group documents human rights atrocities and a former Bangla
Ayeyarwaddy Times August 31 It has been learned that 8 people, including students, were killed and more than 15 were injured in an airstrike by the revolutionary government forces on Wumkhun village, located on the side
Due to a strong low pressure system over the northern coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha states in India and the northwestern Bay of Bengal, heavy rain is expected within the next two days, the Department of Meteoro
Ayeyarwaddy Times, August 31 Twelve local residents, including the village administrator and a Pyu Saw Htee leader, were shot dead in Thammagyi Village, Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, on the morning of August 31. It
Over 140 million kyats withdrawn for the salaries of employees at the No. 5 Garment Factory in Pakokku, Magway Region, were robbed by an armed group at gunpoint at the factory entrance, local residents reported. Around 1
A ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Northern Cyprus on Sunday, resulting in 8 deaths and 17 people missing, it has been learned. As rescue operations began, Cypriot authorities detai
AYEYARWADDY TIMES August 31 Ko Aung Myo Kyaw, an official from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), confirmed to the Ayeyarwaddy Times that Ko Bo Kyi, a co-founder and joint secretary of the AAPP, w
A flash flood occurred suddenly within the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States, and about 15 people are missing, the National Park Service announced. Video records taken by hikers show that puddles were flowi
The regime dropped four bombs on a heavily populated village, killing locals and IDPs, in its campaign to penetrate southern Chin State. The airstrike occurred in a village in Mindat, reportedly killing eight people, inc
Myanmar diplomatic missions in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand have introduced stricter processing rules and mandatory clearance requirements for passport category conversions, creating significant
The junta has approached the Chinland Council for ceasefire talks through a third party in India, according to the council’s foreign minister.,The council confirmed the junta’s overture, which comes as ethnic armed organ
The Myanmar Embassy in Singapore has requested and announced that Myanmar citizens residing in Singapore should proceed with passport renewal procedures based solely on the official announcements from the Myanmar Embassy