Myanmar exported 236.9 tonnes of honey valued at US$0.355 million in April of the current financial year 2025-2026, according to the Apiculture Division under the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department.
The seaborne honey export exceeded 860.68 tonnes, while the border posts registered 47.8 tonnes of honey exports from April to November 2024.
Myanmar’s honey is mostly sent to Japan, with 96.21 tonnes worth $144,315, followed by Thailand with 140.7 tonnes worth $211,050. Myanmar exports honey to China, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.

SENIOR General Min Aung Hlaing underscored that as the government has taken responsibility of the State under the 2008 Constitution, it is essential to proceed towards a multiparty democratic system that the people aspire to.
The State Administration Council held its coordination meeting at the Office of the SAC Chairman in Nay Pyi taw yesterday morning, with an address by Chairman of the State Administration Council, Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

POLES vote on Sunday in a tight presidential election that will be decisive for the future of the country’s centrist government as well as for abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Pro-EU Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski is expected to get 30 per cent, ahead of nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki’s 25 per cent, according to opinion polls.

A total of 923 trainees and instructors/ administrators from 11 training camps of the Basic and Advanced Maritime Youth Training Courses No 1/2025, who have arrived in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, visited the Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda and the four sacred places of Sanvejaniya yesterday morning. Officials conducted them round the sacred sites.
In the afternoon, the maritime youth also visited the Memorial to the Fallen Heroes in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA/ KZL

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

YANGON property market is experiencing a good condition with more rentals, according to real estate agents. Due to the influx of relocating families, the rental market for houses and apartments in Yangon is continuously high, they said.

The Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association is working with local communities to identify and conserve critical migratory bird species in wetlands, the BANCA said.

The BANCA has been working to identify, document and conserve endangered species and their habitats in Myanmar since 2002, and wetland conservation is a very important sector.

The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) sold over 4.3 million baht on 14 May 2025.
CBM announced on 13 May that it would sell US$23.67 million to fuel oil traders and 50 million baht to importers. CBM sold over $1.62 million on 13 May and over $820,000 and 1.5 million baht on 12 May. CBM also injected over 3.6 million baht on 9 May again into the financial market after over 5.3 million baht and 723,000 yuan on 8 May, and $710,000 on 7 May into the financial market.

Shwe Thanlwin business group, comprising SkyNet, Shwe Bank and Mo Money, donated cooked rice and meals to more than two million people affected by recent earthquakes in Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay and Sagaing.

THE Japanese government is considering roughly doubling the supply of stockpiled rice to about 600,000 tonnes, as rice prices remain at near record highs amid a shortfall, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
The government is studying releasing 300,000 tonnes of reserve rice over three months through July, in addition to 321,000 tonnes auctioned in three tranches between March and April.

Pakistan and India held talks on Thursday and agreed to extend the ongoing ceasefire until May 18, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said. 

Addressing the parliament, Dar said that the militaries of both countries communicated earlier in the day and reached the decision to prolong the ceasefire, with plans to follow up with political dialogue. 

"The ceasefire was initially agreed upon on May 10 to last until May 12. It was later extended to May 14, and now further extended to May 18," he told lawmakers.