Kalewa April 29
Local farmers have completed 100 per cent harvest of sweet corns in Kalewa Township of Sagaing Region, according to the statistics of Kalewa Township Agriculture Department.
In Kalewa Township, during the winter crop season, sweet corn was cultivated on up to 3,165 acres. It was reported that harvesting of these sweet corn plantations began in January of this year and has been completed as of today, with 100 per cent of the acreage fully harvested.

THREE Nobel Peace prize-winning organizations, including a Japanese group of atomic bombing survivors, have urged US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach an agreement towards ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

CATHOLIC cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on 7 May to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse as one of the key challenges facing Pope Francis’s successor.
So-called “Princes of the Church” under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

NO 902-down train that departed from Kyaukdaga Township yesterday morning retreated from milepost 107/4-5 between Kyaukdaga and Thahtaygon railway stations on the Yangon-Mandalay section in Bago Region as the railway track was destroyed due to the mine blast planted by insurgents.
The railway section was also temporarily suspended. Regional officials and security forces members proceeded to the site promptly for inspection, and they also found an unexploded homemade mine near the incident location.

ACCORDING to Ko Aung Kyaw Kyaw, who is currently carrying out the work, the first phase of the restoration of the historic Chanthagyi Buddha statue in Mandalay, which collapsed due to the earthquake, has been completed.
The head of the statue was completely broken off due to the recent Mandalay earthquake. The restoration of the Buddha statue’s head would be carried out in stages, including rubbing off and polishing the face, applying resin, gilding, and installing a golden crown, he had previously said.

Day meals offered to Sangha members dedicated to monks, people who lost lives in powerful Mandalay earthquake

GREENLAND’S freshly elected prime minister begins his first official visit to Denmark on Sunday as US President Donald Trump eyes the Danish autonomous territory.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen leads Greenland’s new coalition government, after his centre-right Democrats party won a legislative election in March. It will be his first visit to Denmark since taking office.
It also follows a visit to the Arctic territory by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in early April, when she told the United States “you cannot annex another country”.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Council Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, Union ministers and the Nay Pyi Taw Council chairman, yesterday afternoon inspected the National Museum (Nay Pyi Taw) damaged by the Mandalay earthquake.

STARTING 12 May 2025, airport tax will be raised for all passengers leaving the country, said an air ticket agency, referring to a statement released by Yangon International Airport (YIA).
According to the statement, the airport tax will be collected at US$25 for overseas flights and K15,000 for domestic flights at the check-in counter.

WITH efforts by the Myanmar Boxing Commission (MBC), the national flag of Myanmar is now included on the championship belts awarded by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF).
Formed in 2024 with the approval of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Myanmar Boxing Commission has since organized professional boxing matches locally and facilitated the participation of Myanmar boxers in international bouts, including WBC-sanctioned events in Japan and OPBF matches in Thailand.