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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

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …

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Parliament cuts budget by MMK 400 billion

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted

Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect

Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military

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