Pakokku

China Seeks Road, River Route Via Ayeyarwady for Economic Corridor

November 29, 2019 by thiha

China is planning to build vital trade and logistics links with Myanmar along the Ayeyarwady River as part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) to bypass poor road infrastructure. Proposed by China in November 2017 as part of its global Belt and Road Initiative, the CMEC is expected to connect China’s Yunnan Province with Mandalay […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Ayeyarwady River, Bhamaw, China, China-Myanmar economic corridor, Chindwin River, CMEC, Japan, Kunming South Asia, Liu Jinxin, mandalay, Myanmar, Pakokku, Southeast Asia, U Hla Oo, U Win Khant, ZBMY, Zhangfen-Bhamo-Mandalay-Yangon

Ministry of Electricity and Energy invites bids for Installation of Distribution Lines and Transformers, national electrification project, submission date: 1 November 2018.

September 28, 2018 by Thiha

Specific procurement notice Date : 28th September, 2018 Invitation for Bids IDA, Credit No 5727-MM Contract Title Installation of Distribution Lines and Transformers for Sagaing, Magway, Chin, Magway, Rakhine, Bago (West), Bago (East), Kayin & Mon For National Electrification Project Reference No MOEE-NEP/C1-W2/18, MOEE-NEP/C1- W3/18 & MOEE-NEP/C1-W6/18 1. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar […]

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MADB to help fuel growth across entire agriculture supply chain

April 19, 2018 by Thiha

Attempts will be made to lower interest rates at the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB) so that it is able to support the entire agriculture supply chain, according to U Kyaw Win, Union Minister for Planning and Finance. He said that in the 50 years during which MADB has provided loans to farmers, the sector […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: agricultural sector development, coffee business supply chain, coffee processor, KBZ BAnk, Loan, Lower Interest Rates, MADB, Magwe Region, mandalay, Mandalay Coffee Group, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Irrigation, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank, Myanmar Economic Bank, NGO ActionAid, Pakokku, Planning and Finance, private sector, U Kyaw Win, Union Minister, Yoma Bank

Myanmar to upgrade 3 local airports to receive Chinese tourists

April 5, 2018 by Thiha

Some local airports will be upgraded to international-standard airports as a part of a slew of projects under China’s Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, according to U Kyaw Win, Union Minister for Planning and Finance. Backed by rising incomes, some 13 million Chinese are travelling abroad yearly but less than half a million came to […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Beijing, China, China’s Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, Chinese Tourists, Heho, international-standard airports, large-scale projects, Local Airports, Local Entrepreneurs, Magwe, Myanmar, Pakokku, Republic of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Kyaw Win, UMFCCI, Union Minister for Planning and Finance

KBZ Bank partners with Action Aid Myanmar to assist female farmers for financial assistance

March 5, 2018 by Thiha

Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank), the largest privately-owned bank in Myanmar, is to support the improvement of the standards of living for women agricultural producers in the central part of Myanmar by providing access for financing, partnering with Action Aid Myanmar, a non-profit organisation operating here since 2006. “As the first year pilot phase, we have […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Action Aid Myanmar, Action Aid Myanmar Country Director Shihab Uddin Ahamad, Action Aid Myanmar’s project manager, agricultural industry, Aung Min Naing, Ayeyarwaddy River, Central Bank of Myanmar, deputy CEO, female farmers, financial assistance, head of corporate social responsibility, Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank), KBZ Bank partners, Magway Region, Nang Lang Kham, non-profit organisation, Pakokku, senior general manager, Soe Tin Maung Zaw, women agricultural producers, Women Agro Producers Network, Yu Wai Maung

Thanakha Cultivators Facing Difficulty Due to Low Demand

June 22, 2017 by thiha

Thanakha cultivators from Ayadaw Township, Mandalay Region, are facing difficulty because of low demand and scarcity of the skilled labours, said U Kyaw Moe, chairman of Ayadaw Township Thanakha Cultivation, Producion, Export and Sales Association. Thailand Thanakha cosmetics are challenging our Myanmar Thanakha market. In fact, they are fake thanakha cosmetics, for they do not […]

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Myanmar Authorities Level Homes of Yangon ‘Squatters’ to Make Way For Residential Housing

June 19, 2017 by thiha

About 200 Myanmar police officers and 1,000 hired hands on Monday dismantled 4,000 squatters’ homes and arrested five residents in a township in the commercial capital Yangon under orders from the regional government to clear the area for a high-rise residential project, local officials said. Authorities forcefully tore down the shanty town in Hlegu township […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: chairman of Nga Htat Gyi ward, director of Yangon’s Planning and Housing Department, Hlegu police station, Hlegu township, Homeowner Hla Hla Htay, Homeowner Ohn Myint, Homeowner San San Htay, Homeowner Thida Oo, Magway Region, MInistry of Construction, Myanmar, Ohn Kyaing, Pakokku, RFA’s Myanmar Service, shanty town, squatters, The Yangon Government, village officials Pyone Cho and Kyi Lwin, Yagon’s Bahan township, Yangon, Yu Khine

Hot-air ballooning transport to launch in October

September 21, 2016 by Thiha

Hot -air ballooning transport will resume in October after a four-month suspension due to weather conditions, said an official from the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. Hot-air ballooning in Myanmar is a popular excursion for tourists and locals to enjoy the scenic beauty in places such as Bagan. The balloon can lift off only in […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Hot-air ballooning transport, Inlay Lake, mandalay, Mawlamyine, Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Monywa, Pakokku

Major earthquake strikes central Myanmar, kills four, destroys pagodas

August 25, 2016 by thiha

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Myanmar yesterday, killing at least four people and damaging famous pagodas in Bagan and other regions. The earthquake, with its epicenter inside Myanmar, about 12 miles west of Chauk and about 123 miles southwest of the Mandalay seismological observatory, was recorded at 5.04 pm, according to the announcement […]

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Ayeyawady, Chindwin, Ngawun rivers have exceeded danger levels

August 2, 2016 by thiha

WHILE exceeding danger levels around several towns the Ayeyawady and Chindwin rivers have threatened to flood people living in low-lying areas. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has alerted people living in lowing lying-areas in Mandalay, Sagaing and Ayeyawady regions to take precautions against possible flooding. According to observations yesterday the water level of the […]