Senior General Min Aung Hlaing requested well-wishers and businesspersons to invest as much as possible in the agriculture sector, while the government delivers capital to farmers to regrow crops in the flood-affected areas.

Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivered a speech at the work coordination meeting 4/2024 of the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee at the Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

THE Buddha Pujaniya Festival at the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, will be held for seven months, from 17 October 2024 (Full Moon of Thadingyut) to 11 May 2025 (Full Moon of Kason), according to the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

Trustees Board.

The board will provide free accommodation for pilgrims in the Pyaezone Community Hall and the 9,000 Oil Lamp Community Hall. In addition, paid accommodations, such as hotels and guest houses, are also available for pilgrims.

PM Modi highlighted initiatives across multiple sectors, including metro expansions, airport upgrades, and road projects, aimed at enhancing infrastructure and supporting agriculture.

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs7600 crore on Wednesday through videoconference.

CHINA’S Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday that it will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on brandy originating in the European Union (EU) by requiring importers to pay a cash deposit on purchase.

The imported brandy originating in the EU involves dumping, the MOC said in its preliminary assessment publicized on 29 August following an investigation launched in January of this year.

During China’s National Day holiday, Dong Bing and her family began a 13-day vacation in New Zealand, seeking unique experiences and natural scenery.

DONG Bing flew to Auckland from Beijing on the first day of China’s National Day holiday with her husband and five-year old son. The long-awaited overseas vacation has been highly anticipated by the family of three during the “Golden Week” which offers a nice respite for them.

IRAN warned Israel on Tues day against attacking any of its infrastructure amid fears of a possible Israeli assault on oil or nuclear sites following Iran’s missile barrage last week.

“Any attack against infrastructure in Iran will provoke an even stronger response,” state television quoted Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying.

He spoke after Israel said it was preparing a response to Iran’s 1 October missile attack on its arch-enemy, its second on the country in six months.

THE 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M Jumper, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.

The prize is divided into two halves, with one half awarded to David Baker for his work on “computational protein design” and the other half jointly awarded to Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper for their discoveries in “protein structure prediction”, according to the Academy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that their positions are often closely aligned or identical.

THE CIS leaders constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

“We are constantly coordinating positions on key global and regional issues.

TOKYO stocks broke a three-day winning streak Tuesday as investors locked in recent gains amid concerns over tensions in the Middle East, while a stronger yen versus the US dollar weighed on exporters.