Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on March 25 decided to extend the movement control order (MCO) from March 31 to April 14, as new COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise.
The IFAD and Myanmar signed a financial agreement to improve income of 62,400 poor rural households living on small agricultural production, agro-forestry and seasonal jobs in Kayin and Shan states.
Myanmar's first regional national political dialogues between the government, armed groups and political parties began in the southernmost region of Tanintharyi on January 5, according to an official of the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC).
Myanmar's new government has appointed 29 regional ministers for ethnic affairs for 13 regions and states, according to an order of the President's Office released on March 31.
Myanmar’s new Parliament elected Mann Win Khaing Than as Speaker of the House of Nationalities (upper house) and Aye Tha Aung as Deputy Speaker on February 3.
The Asian Development Bank has approved a 100-million-USD loan to upgrade a 66.4 km section of road connecting the towns of Eindu and Kawkareik in Myanmar’s Kayin state.
The six-day second conference of leaders of 17 ethnic armed groups in
Myanmar ended in Law Khee Lar in southeastern Kayin state on January
25, agreeing to sign a ceasefire accord with the government.
Myanmar government and the ethnic Kayin National Union (KNU)
have vowed to strive for reaching eternal peace, reaffirming that
dialogue is the only way to pursue, the country’s state media reported
on January 6.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided Myanmar
with 175,544 tonnes of rice, worth 167.69 million USD, reported the
country’s media on April 11.
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