YANGON, Myanmar exported 1,541.08 tonnes of honey in the first 11 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year, earning over 2.3 million U.S. dollars, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department said, yesterday.From Apr last year to Feb this year, the countr…
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World’s oceans contain 170 trillion plastic particles, study says
Trillions of small bits of plastic are floating on the world’s oceans due to a rapid and unprecedented increase in the last two decades, scientists said in a new study released on Wednesday.Calling it “a growing plastic smog,” the researchers said the …
Iranian currency rates for February 22
BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 22. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced an official rate of foreign currencies on February 22, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 2 currencies increased an…
6.5 Million Stimulant Tablets Seized In Eastern Myanmar
Myanmar authorities have seized 6.5 million stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, yesterday.Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotic police raided a cattle breeding farm i…
China, Myanmar To Promote Economic Cooperation In Post-Pandemic Era
China’s Yunnan provincial department of commerce, and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), held a meeting here yesterday, to promote economic and trade cooperation.Speaking at the meeting, UMFCCI President, U …
Illegal gold mining expanding unchecked under junta in Myanmar’s Kachin state
A rapid expansion in illegal gold mining since the military coup is poisoning the water supply in Myanmar’s Kachin state and destroying the livelihoods of residents who say the ethnic Kachin group that administers the region has failed to police the se…
Inflation tops 40% in Laos, squeezing state employees
Inflation in Laos hit 40.3% in January, according to the country’s National Statistics Bureau, and even normally well-off state employees are feeling the squeeze.“We’re seeing a lot of hardship,” said a public sector worker in Phongsaly province, along…
Opium production in Myanmar nearly doubles over past 2 years under junta, UN finds
Opium production in Myanmar has nearly doubled since the military coup two years ago, a U.N. report found Thursday, reversing years of declines, as farmers devote more land to growing poppies amid economic turmoil and disruptions.Estimated potential op…
Myanmar junta sentences former Central Bank official to 20 years in prison
A court in Myanmar has sentenced a former senior official with the country’s Central Bank, who was arrested in the aftermath of last year’s military […]
Vietnamese police dismantle fraud group that stole data and hacked bank accounts
Police in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh have cracked a fraud ring that took control of users’ mobile phones to steal the equivalent […]