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Recently, I wrote an article in a journal in which I mentioned a dinner etiquette that requires those party-goers to put both hands on the table. However, they should not raise their hands supported by their elbows. They ought to put their palms down on the table. The reason of having the need to ... Full story

Peace is on top of today’s agenda. Peace is weakened when there lacks unity. Unity is weakened when there does not prevail equality. My catchphrase is “No foe, just friend. No enmity, just amity”. Doing politics means turning the foes into friends. Dagon Taryar (02-01-10) ... Full story

YANGON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's official visit to Myanmar, which ended on Sunday, contributes a great deal to mutual friendship existing ... Full story

Mr. Joseph E. Stiglitz, a US economist and former vice governor of World Bank ... Full story

World tourists are so interested in the solar eclipse to take place on January 15, 2010, that they have reserved rooms at hotels in Mandalay. It has been forecast that the process can be seen from cities in central Myanmar such as Mandalay, Sagaing, Shwebo and Monywa.  Tourists intend to watch it from ... Full story

Yangonites are not supplied with electric power 24 hour a day for the moment despite construction of a multitude of hydroelectric power facilities. As usually, Yangonites and all those living in districts other than the City of Yangon cannot have 24 hour supply after the rainy season. Yangon City Electric Power Supply Board has ... Full story

SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed BH Global Marine has formed a joint venture with two businessmen in Myanmar. The firm says the two businessmen are experienced in marine and oil & gas engineering, and have a strong network in Myanmar. The company and its two partners will establish a joint venture firm in Singapore, with a ... Full story

Buddhist monks, novices and nuns will have deterrent action taken if they are found to be behaving unbecoming acts like having meals after midday, forcibly begging for alms and offertories, asking for donations in the bazaars and markets, drinking alcohol, teasing the women, asking ... Full story

YANGON — Myanmar has charged 128 foreign fishermen with violating immigration laws after they were arrested last month for illegal fishing, an official said Sunday. The group, currently held in Yangon's notorious Insein jail, was made up ... Full story

YANGON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Myanmar port authorities have signed a memorandum of understanding for the JICA to help rebuild a bridge of Yangon's Botahtaung Port, the official ... Full story

Abacus International, Asia Pacific’s leading revenue partner for airlines, has today announced that it will be the first GDS to exclusively launch electronic ticketing with Malaysia Airlines in Myanmar through its unique Abacus electronic transitional automated ticketing platform (eTAT). This means that as of today, authorised travel agents in Myanmar will be able to ... Full story

Sri Lanka Navy vessels rescued 12 Myanmar fishermen stranded in deep seas yesterday (30 November 2009). The rescued fishermen were brought safely to Trincomalee Naval Base around midnight yesterday The fishermen in distress were first sighted by ‘Senaka 8’, a Sri Lankan multi day fishing vessel and reported to local ... Full story

Three Myanmar fishermen have been jailed for 25 years each by a court in Thailand for murdering a British yachtsman in a robbery attempt, a court official said Monday. Malcolm Robertson, 64, of Hastings, was bludgeoned and thrown overboard off the Andaman coast ... Full story

At least 33 passengers were killed and 19 others still missing when M.V Nay Myo Tun sank near Shan Ngu Gyi Village in Kangyidaunt Township 8 nautical miles away from Pathein, Ayeyarwady Division. The Popular News met with very fortunate survivors to ask how the boat sinking took place, how they could manage to survive and how they felt at the time of sinking.... Full story

In those days, Coco Island was known as an isolated place where the convicts upon whom the sentence of life imprisonment was imposed served time. However, people can now visit there at a very reasonable fare of K 25,000. The first voyage started on 20 November, arriving Coco Island at 10:55 am the next day. M.V ... Full story