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Myanmar’s Phandeeyar Accelerator startup graduates Chate Sat, White Merak...
Myanmar’s Phandeeyar Accelerator startups Chate Sat, a freelancing platform and White Merak, an animated comic application have secured a six-digit funding each from local and foreign investors on...
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Myanmar, Cambodia form pact to push Angkor-Bagan packages
The tourism ministries of Myanmar and Cambodia are drawing up a joint action plan to market packages that combine both destinations. A campaign with the “two countries, one destination” slogan will be...
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Japanese-style visualized books make studying fun in Myanmar
YANGON–First-grade children here are finding studying more fun with Japanese-style highly visualized textbooks replacing their word-packed, picture-scarce old ones. The new textbooks have been adopted...
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India rolls out the red carpet for Myanmar military chief, with an eye firmly...
NEW DELHI : India is going all out to make Myanmar military chief’s eight-day visit here a resounding success with top-level meetings, visits to defence establishments and a series of banquets, at a...
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Myanmar aims to become Asian maritime hub
Development of shipping industry, ports to be in focus to integrate with global economy As Asean countries prioritise on improving connectivity within and beyond the region, Myanmar has planned to...
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Development banks supplement roads and bridges with digital finance
• Building roads and bridges is still important for World Bank’s IFC, but digitally linking people is rising in significance. • IFC has disbursed $205 million to date into 29 financial technology...
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World Bank has committed over $2b in Myanmar as of June
The World Bank is currently supporting 43 active projects in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, with commitments of over US$2.7 billion as of June, according to the World Bank’s press statement. Myanmar...
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MoU Myanmar Workers Migrating to Thailand is Higher Than Previous
Thousands of undocumented workers are returning home from Thailand due to a new labour law, while the number of MoU workers migrating to Thailand is higher than last month. The Myawady District...
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School of Industrial Training and Education will Start Opening in June of...
School of Industrial Training and Education will open at 123, Natmauk Road, Yangon in June 2018 with objectives to increase skilled labour, technician and job opportunities for advanced industrial...
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Max Energy and Shell Brands International AG to Open Shell Branded Retail...
Max Energy Company Limited and Shell Brands International AG have entered into agreement to establish Shell retail fuel stations in Myanmar, according to a Myawady Daily newspaper report yesterday....
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Myeik Tourism Operators Frustrated Over Delays for Speed Boat Import Licences
There are some delays in getting licences to import the boasts for use in tourism in the Myeik archipelago in Taninthayi Region, said local business people involved in tourism. Fewer tourists are...
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Groups demand compensation for impact of Myanmar-China pipeline
Fourteen findings of environmental impact along the Myanmar-China oil and gas pipeline and seven demands by Pyin Oo Lwin farmers in Mandalay have been released and will be submitted to the government....
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Myanmar has (once again) decided to ban temple climbing at Bagan
Visitors to the archaeological site of Bagan in Myanmar (Burma) will once again be banned from climbing its famous pagodas. The authorities prohibited tourists from scaling the iconic temples last...
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Enra subsidiary bags RM206mil Petronas job off Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR: Enra Group Bhd’s subsidiary has bagged a US$48mil (RM206mil) contract to provide a mooring system and storage tanker services to Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in the Andaman Sea, off...
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Failure to Sell Firm: Singapore Myanmar Investco Responds to SGX Query
SINGAPORE Myanmar Investco (SMI) said it had failed to sell its tower telecommunications business despite “strenuous efforts over many months” to secure approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission...
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Upgrading of Yangon Circular Railroad Commence in October
The Secretary of Yangon Region Transportation Authority (YRTA) Dr. Maung Aung has said that upgrading of Yangon circular railroad will commence in October. Speaking at a seminar on sustainable metro...
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Yangon New City Project to be Remodelled with Tower Blocks Included
The current New City project in Myanmar’s commercial capital will be remodelled to accommodate the city’s projected population growth and tower blocks will be part of the new plan, according to a...
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Yangon Floods, Rain Insurance a New Probably Market
Citizens had to wade in as torrential downpour transforms their beloved streets and pavements into brown and yellowish canals of overflowing sewage water. Needless to say, winding chains of traffic...
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Collier Property Report: Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago
The Can-Do spirit readies Myeik for take off Author: Tony Picon – Vice Chairman – Colliers Myanmar A strong, dynamic business community located in an area with abundant natural resources bodes well...
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The Unprecedented Explosion of Smartphones in Myanmar
Outside the offices of an internet startup called nexlabs, a snarl of honking cars and rickshaws grinds to a standstill on a trash-strewn street lined with crumbling buildings. Inside, though, the...
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