THE government last month reiterated its call for importers and exporters in Myanmar to use euro instead of US dollars to open accounts for international trading.

A LEADING Indian energy expert has predicted a more pragmatic approach by the new Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Murli Deora, in dealing with issues related to the proposed pipeline to carry natural gas to India from the A1 offshore field in Rakhine State via Bangladesh.

Zoo official U Saw Win told Myanmar Times that more than 440,000 people visited the five-day festival, far exceeding the 100,000 who were expected.

DOCTORS from the Neurosurgery Department at Yangon General Hospital performed operations last month on 12 patients with the assistance of German Interplast, a non-profit association that provides free plastic surgery.

A GROUP of 15 college students from China arrived in Myanmar earlier this month for a six-month stay, during which they will do volunteer work in the fields of agriculture and sport.

CONSTRUCTION on a bridge that will connect Mandalay with Sagaing on the other side of the Ayeyarwaddy River is more than 80 per cent complete and is expected to be finished by the end of the year, a project engineer said last week.

TEMPERATURES in Yangon have fluctuated more than usual this winter due to changing influences from weather patterns to the north and south of Myanmar, a meteorologist in Yangon said last week.

THE Yangon Division Traffic Police Force toughened its penalties last month for people responsible for hit-and-run driving accidents, said a police official.

“In the first three games of the second set she played well and showed her best form, especially with some powerful and accurate drives from base line,” Moe Chit The said.