Mandalay to upgrade street lights and signs

The streets of Mandalay will soon be alight with thousands of new lights, and marked with new signs, city officials said. U Zaw Win, of the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC), said the city will install around 10,000 new street lights, which
Budget for 2019-20 slashed by more than K400 billion

Parliament cuts budget by MMK 400 billion

The Myanmar parliament has cut the government budget by more than MMK 400 billion for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Lawmakers cited shifting policies and reducing excess spending as reasons for the reduction. The reduction leads to a budget of roughly M