national national Local Business Pyar Swe Elephant Message of Greetings sent by Domestic gold price on Camp attracting President U Htin Kyaw to the the rise in keeping with 69th Anniversary Chin National foreign visitors Day celebrations high global price page 9 page 3 page 4 Vol. III, No. 310, 9th Waning of Tabodwe 1378 ME www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com Monday, 20 February 2017 President visits hospitals in Tonzang, Tiddim, Falam President U Htin Kyaw ar- rived in Chin State yesterday morning and visited the general hospitals in Tonzang, Tiddim and Falam and spoke with its resi- dents. President U Htin Kyaw and First Lady Daw Su Su Lwin, Un- ion Minister Lt-Gen Sein Win, Lt-Gen Ye Aung, Dr. Aung Thu, Dr. Myo Thein Gyi, Dr. Myint Htwe, and U Win Khaing depart- ed from Nay Pyi Taw by air and arrived in the city of Kalay yes- terday morning. From there the President and entourage, together with Chin Chief Minister U Salai Lian Luai, flew by helicopter to Tonzang and visited the general hospital and consoled the patients and gave donations. Afterwards the President met with the citizens of Tonzang in the city’s sports stadium and discussed how the current gov- ernment since taking office has been working on fulfilling the needs of the country to the best of its ability. It was also noted that there is to be no discrimination between highlands and lowlands but coordinated development for Chin ethnic people dance around a bonfire in Falam yesterday as they welcomed President U Htin Kyaw and First Lady Daw Su Su Lwin one day all, with emphasis on underde- ahead of Chin National Day. Photo: MNA veloped regions. This is being accomplished with the help of granting tax freedom for foreign During a meeting with the on upgrading roads and bridges al hospital in which he met with foreign investment and new busi- companies who come to invest. President, Union Minister U Win in Tiddim and elevating Tiddim patients and gave cash gift dona- ness models, the President said. Improvements on transport, com- Khaing and Dr. Myo Thein Gyi to the status of county, and con- tions. The President further stated munication systems and and sup- explained the planning strategies struction of an industrial high Afterwards the President met that, to ensure smooth develop- ply of full electricity is being car- in response to submissions by the school in Tonzang. with residents of Tiddim in the ment in underdeveloped areas, ried out with consideration from Tonzang Development Commit- The President then visited KamHawk sports stadium. the government is considering the national budget, he added. tee Chairman U Nam Khin Paung the city of Tiddim and its gener- See page 3 >>

No plans to impose tax on banks’ interest rates Investigation Commission writing full report on Maungtaw According to the Income Tax Law, interest generated As a result of its third fact-finding At the meeting of the com- gest long-term plans for Rakhine rately addressed the findings and from bank deposits are to be mission, the Investigation Com- mission yesterday in Yangon fol- State to create job opportunities accusations in the report. taxed, but the Internal Reve- mission on Maungtaw, Rakhine lowing its third mission to north- and boost the economy in the state. At the request of the commis- nue Department has recently State, said it has settled several ern Rakhine State, Chairman and The commission divided into sion, the Ministry of Defence and stated it currently has no plans issues including resettlement and Vice-President U Myint Swe urged groups and visited the villages Ministry of Home Affairs also to impose taxes on the interest free movement of the Muslim the members of the commission to mentioned in the report the Office formed commissions investigating earned from bank deposits.— community in conflict areas in discuss the issues openly in order of the High Commissioner for Hu- the accusations. News Agency northern Rakhine. to ensure a full report and to sug- man Rights (OHCHR) and sepa- See page 3 >> 2 local news 20 February 2017

Measures taken to protect crops against parasites news Stimulant pills seized in northern Acting on a tip- off, local same day, the police searched the police searched a motorcycle motorcycle driven by Lekwen and found16,200 amphetamine Lyan and found 12000 stimulant pills hidden in sound boxes on pills and heroin 110g, the motor cycle on Saturday in The police searched a house . in Lwesaung village in Mong- Action has been taken kok, Mongsat Township, and against Hla Moe, the driver of the found 2425 stimulant tablet motorcycle and Maung Thein, from Ardo. Police are taking who was on board, when the action against those drug traf- search was carried out in Nam- fickers under the Narcotic Drugs hsalat village . and Psychotropic Substances Similarly, on the Law. —Myanmar News Agency

Taungoo Township Agricultural Department introduced the integrated crop protection system to pre- vent the summer paddy from the danger of parasites. On 17th February, staff officer U Naing Minn Hlaing and employees from agricultural department laid 120 cards of Naji-Oo in the paddy field of farmer U Aye Lwin. U San Lwin, head of district Agricultural Department also talked about the protection methods.— Shwe Win (Pyay) AirAsia to start Yangon-Honolulu route in late June MALAYSIA-based AirAsia sued by the Malaysian low-cost adise of the Pacific, is formed will begin flying from Yangon, airline. by eight islands situated in the to Honolulu, the capital of Ha- All fares start from US$252 heart of the Pacific Ocean. Hon- Hla Moe and Maung Thein. Photo: MNA waii and gateway to the U.S, at including taxes. Tickets are olulu, the capital city, located the end of June, this year. available at http://bit.ly/Yang- on the most populous island AirAsia is scheduled to on2Hawaii. of O’ahu, is a modern city that 2 men mugged near Innya Lake, suspects arrested start a weekly flights from Guests travelling through boasts island charms, including A bag store owner was heading 382 and investigation was be- Yangon to Honolulu, Hawaii Osaka do not require a Japanese the world-renowned Waikiki home from the City Mart depart- gun. via Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia visa during the two-hour stop- Beach, once the site of vacation ment store on Pyay Road, 10th The Hlaing Police Depart- and Osaka, Japan on 28 June, over. homes for the kings and queens Ward in Hlaing Township with a ment was able to identify the cul- according to a press release is- Hawaii, nicknamed the Par- of Hawaii.—200 friend on Friday at about 11pm- prits as Thet Oo, 18, from Hlaing when three men approached Township, Khaing Gyi, also them near a shadowed area un- known as Khaing Khant Kyaw, New oxygen-making machine to bring benefit to patients der a construction site near Innya 17, from Kamayut Township, TO FULFIL the needs of patients is useful in multiple diseases. tients currently receiving oxygen Kannbaung. and Tadoe, also known as Thura who require oxygen for therapy, At present, the hospital has treatment at the hospital’s lung His friend turned around Soe, 27, from Hlaing Township. a new oxygen-producing ma- only three small oxygen gener- unit alone. with fists raised and yelled at Police were able to appre- chine will soon be installed at the ating machines that cannot pro- The hospital uses over 150 the trio. The men proceeded to hend the trio yesterday at 5pm 500-bed Insein General Hospital duce a sufficient amount of gas. oxygen cylinders on a monthly rush at the store owner and stole along with the stolen smart- a Xiaomi Redmi phone and SIM phone. in the north of Yangon, accord- It meets only half of the current basis. card from his trouser pockets. Interrogation is in process ing the hospital. requirement. Some monasteries Oxygen therapy can be giv- The case was presented on 18 for other possible crimes the trio Beginning in early April, the and social organisations continue en to people with breathing dis- February in the Hlaing Police may have committed.—Myan- hospital will support adequate to donate oxygen cylinders to the orders, who are not able to get Department under Penal Code mar Police Force amounts of oxygen to patients hospital to fill the need. enough oxygen naturally. Med- who need to receive the treat- The hospital offers free ox- ical physicians say that people ment, said Dr Aye Aung, medical ygen services to needy patients. who receive oxygen therapy of- superintendent of the hospital. Patients with lung diseases ten see improved energy levels Oxygen requirements of the and chronic heart disease need and sleep, and better quality of hospital have increased as the gas oxygen therapy. There are 30 pa- life. — Myit Maung Soe

My Yangon, My Home festival to come 25 February THE 2nd edition of “My Yangon, Based on public art to ex- as Yangon City Hall, the High My Home”, art and heritage festi- plore the city’s heritage and cul- Court and the Sule Pagoda. Stu- val will take place at public plac- ture of Yangonites, organisers are dents from National University es across Yangon starting the last now preparing a wide range of of Arts and Culture (Yangon) will week of this month, according to exhibitions and unique art events display their poster works on that organisers. around the theme “Memories, Ob- day. To promote public interest in jects and Spaces”. The first edition of MYMH- community arts as well as to ex- A live art installation and YAHF was held at different ven- plore the everyday life of the city poster contest is scheduled to take ues in Yangon during the March, and its daily routine, the extensive place on the first day of the festi- 2015, with the aim of bringing fair is planned to be held from 25 val at Mahabandoola Park, which together diverse communities to February through 12 March and is surrounded by some of the im- share experiences through public will be moving around the city. portant structures in the city such art.—200 Thet Oo, Khaing Gyi alias Khaing Khant Kyaw and Tadoe. Photo: MNA 20 February 2017 national 3

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Message of Greetings sent by U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to the 69th Anniversary Chin National Day celebrations 20th February 2017

Dear esteemed Chin national brothers and sisters, I wish you all Mingalarbar,

On this auspicious 69th An- the Chin tribes which have the development between towns ment and the State government. wards the goal of attaining Un- niversary of Chin National Day same language, culture, history and villages and also between In the Chin State, the ex- ion Peace and the establishment which falls on the 20th Febru- and traditions. townships. In order to do this, istence of high mountains and of a Democratic Federal Union ary 2017, I send this Message Chin State is a place where we have been opening new Ba- mountain ridges makes it diffi- by first going through this step - of Greetings to all Chin national we may find the Western Yomas sic Education schools, upgrad- cult to travel. Thus although we the 21st Century Panglong. brothers and sisters and Union stretching from north to south, ing schools, repairing new ed- have to face difficulties as we We will be conducting the citizens who live in the Chin the Kaladan river which flows ucation buildings and building undertake development works, National-level Political dia- State, good wishes, prosperity into the Bay of Bengal, the new ones, and appointing new nevertheless the Union govern- logues for National Races where and auspiciousness. Khaw-nu-soum mountain where teachers; in the health care area ment is making concerted efforts different strata of society and On 20th February 1948 af- rare plants are found and where we have been opening new hos- to fulfill the development needs different groups will get the ter attaining Independence, a rare animals make their habitat, pitals and health clinics, and ap- of the Chin State. Therefore the chance to participate; for this I people’s conference was held in Kennedy Peak, a well-known pointing new doctors as needed. ethnic nationals living in the wish to express my pleasure in Falam Township of Chin State, battlefield of the Second World In addition, we have made State should also participate and advance. From the National-lev- where a decision was made to War, the beautiful Reed Lake, electricity available to all plac- cooperate as much as possible in el political dialogues to the suc- change from an administrative the Manipur river which flows es in the Chin State from the these efforts. cessful conclusion of the Union system ruled by Chieftains to a down profusely, the Bwenu Main Electrical grid, improved It has made me happy to Peace Conference – 21st Centu- democratic system of adminis- river, the Bontalar waterfalls, road transport networks, built hear recently that National-lev- ry Panglong; for the emergence tration. On 9th October 1950, at natural resources and mineral long-distance roads linking el political dialogues based on of a Federal System that could the 7th Chin Traditional Council resources above and below the with the central plains and new national races will be held soon give assurances for equality meeting held in Yangon, mo- earth’s surface. roads within the State, initiat- in the Chin State. These Nation- and self-determination, which tions were tabled to designate In the political change that ed work on Kaladan River Ba- al-level political dialogues are is the aspiration of ethnic na- a Chin National Day. Based on occurred in Myanmar, many po- sin development and built the being held all over the Union tionals; and for the success and these motions a decision was litical groups participated in the Paletwa Port to provide access with strong and active participa- fulfillment of the Union goals; taken by all the delegates pres- Multi-party general elections to the sea from the Chin State, tion by the people and we could in working for all these, I wish ent at the conference to desig- which were held successfully built the first airport of the Chin also see that the people are mak- to urge all ethnic national races nate the 20th of February on on 8 November 2015, and our State at Falam, and worked on ing their opinions and wishes and Union citizens living in the which date the people’s confer- government took over power urban development projects in heard in a comprehensive and Chin State to come together in ence had been held in Falam as systematically in accordance Haka, Falam and Paletwa. As wide-ranging manner. The only unity and work. I therefore make “Chin National Day”. The Chin with the Constitution. Our gov- a result we may see that there path to seeking solutions for this very solemn exhortation and National Day which had been ernment has been working for have been visible and significant political problems in a peaceful send this message of greetings. designated since 1948 has now the ethnic nationals living in developments in each sector. In manner by having discussions reached the 69th year this year. the Chin State, for their future undertaking regional develop- and negotiations is the Union This Chin National Day is also social-economic development. ment works, it is important for Peace Conference – 21st Centu- Sd/- an auspicious day in the sense In working like this we are mak- the ethnic national races to join ry Panglong Conference. Htin Kyaw that this day brings together all ing sure that there is equitable hands with the Union govern- We will be able to march to- President

President Investigation visits Commission hospitals writing full in Tonzang, report on Tiddim, Falam Maungtaw >> From page 1 >> From page 1 At the meeting, members In a meeting Hluttaw Rep- of the commission discussed the resentative U Htan Deik Kote facts they found during the vis- submitted proposals for elevating it and the writing of the full-text Tiddim to the status of a coun- report. ty, receiving electricity from the The meeting was attend- main electrical supply, upgrading ed by commission members U Tiddim-ThaingNgin road to a Aung Kyi, U Tun Myat, Dr Daw cement road, receiving adequate Thet Thet Zin, U Nyunt Swe, drinking water for Tiddim, up- U Saw Thalay Saw, Daw Kye- grading the 100-bed hospital to a in Ngai Man, Dr Hla Maung, U 150-bed hospital and appointing Thar Nyan, Police Maj-Gen Zaw necessary medical practitioners, Win, U Aung Naing and secre- to which Union Minister U Win President U Htin Kyaw and wife Daw Su Su Lwin present cash assitance to a patient and comfort her tary of the commission U Zaw Khaing, Dr. Myint Htwe, Lt-Gen- during their visit to a hospital in Chin State yesterday. Photo: MNA Myint Pe and other officials. eral Ye Aung gave detailed ex- The Office of the High planations of the strategies which naturally formed heart shape and 50-60 feet. its general hospital and visited Commissioner for Human Rights were in the planning stage. is located near the Indo-Burma The President also inspect- patients and gave cash donations. (OHCHR) released a report on During midday, the Pres- border. Ri Lake has clear water ed the Indo-Burma bridge con- In the evening the Pres- the situations of human rights ident and entourage visited Ri almost all year round, except necting the City of Rhikawdah ident and his wife attend- in northern Rakhine State on Lake in Rihkawdah and talked in December when the water is in Myanmar and the City of ed the 69th Chin National 3rd February 2017, in which it about boosting the tourism sector sometimes known to turn red. Zokhawtar in India. Day bonfire celebration in alleged that human rights abus- in the area. The lake is about 2.5 miles in The President and entourage Falam’s Taungzalat Avenue. es were occurring.—Myanmar Ri Lake is famous for its circumference and has a depth of then visited the city of Falam and — Myanmar News Agency News Agency 4 20 February 2017 Local

Domestic gold price on the rise in keeping with high global price

The gold market was cool dur- the gold price was US$1,224 per ing the Chinese New Year festi- ounce on 6th Feb and soared to val, resulting in a price slip. The US$1,241 per ounce on 9thFeb. domestic gold price has bounced With a small decline in the back with the rise in global gold global gold price, the domestic price and high demand, accord- gold price slipped to a low of ing to the gold market. around Ks886,000 per tical on Additionally, the news of the afternoon of 10th Feb. three per cent of tax to be levied The price slightly increased on gold buyers in April prompt- to Ks890,000 on 11th Feb and ed buyers to purchase more gold. Ks890,800 on 12th Feb. And the The high demand increased the domestic gold price dropped a bit price, said the gold and jewellery for three straight days from 13th shop owners. to 15th Feb. The rise in global The domestic gold fetched gold price on 16th Feb affected Ks882,000 per tical on 6th Feb the domestic gold price with over and the price rose to a high of Ks895,000 per tical on 17th Feb. Gold jewellery are on display at a shop in Yangon. Photo: Xinhua Ks900,000 on 9th Feb, whereas — Mon Mon 10,000 tonnes of parboiled rice Trade value of US$8billion required to meet expectations exported in 10 months About US$8billion is still $2,362.402mil from the agricul- required to meet the expected ture sector, $8.213mil from ani- Over 10,000 tonnes of par- 500 tonnes of parboiled rice were meet increasing demand. amount of trade value with for- mal products, $470.969mil from boiled rice were shipped to for- exported to America and Cana- Myanmar has produced par- eign countries in this fiscal year fisheries products, $813.667mil eign countries over the past 10 da through normal trade. Myan- boiled rice since 1920. Previous- 2016-2017, said U Win Myint, from minerals, $204.669mil from the director of Trade Promotion forest products, $4,497.653mil months in this fiscal year, fetch- mar’s parboiled rice also flowed ly, a lack of proper manufactur- Department. from manufacturing goods and ing nearly US$4million, accord- into European countries. The ing process resulted in odourous The Commerce Ministry $1,306.025mil from other prod- ing to the Commerce Ministry. prevailing price of boiled rice parboiled rice of low quality, expected a trade value of US$31. ucts, according to the statistics of “Parboiled rice mills need is about US$460-470 per tonne, achieved by soaking rice in cold 3billion in this FY, and the trade the Commerce Ministry. to be established as it has good businessmen said. water for several days. But with value as of 10th Feb in this FY In the similar period, capi- market access, plus a good price. The income earned from a the adoption of advanced tech- amounted to US$23,522.747mil- tal goods worth $5,540.526mil, There is no plan for the Com- one-tonne-parboil rice export ex- nology, odourless parboiled rice lion, with an export value of raw industrial materials worth merce Ministry to set up the par- ceeded by 30 per cent that from a was produced more recently. US$9,663.598mil and import $4,972.463mil and consumer boiled rice mills, as this business tonne of low quality rice, said U Quality rice mills with a value of US$ 13,859.149mil. The goods worth $3,346.16mil were has been already privatized,” said Thaung Ngwe, a rice miller. capacity of producing about figure is up by about US$61mil- imported into the country. U Khin Maung Lwin, the perma- Previously, there were three 150,000 tonnes of rice and pad- lion compared to that in the simi- About $8billion of trade nent secretary of the Commerce parboiled rice mills in Einme, dy a year are now required, and lar period of last FY. value is still needed to reach an Ministry. Kyaiklat and Bogale towns in the mills are being planned to be The value of exports from expected amount in this FY, it is Russia is the main buyer of Ayeyawady Region. Now there built in the farming regions, it is April to 10th Feb in this FY were learnt. —Ko Htet Myanmar’s parboiled rice and are nine parboiled rice mills to learnt. —Zar Lin Thu High-quality Zwekapin swimming Average inflation rate in Jan 2017 slips pool opened in Pha-an If swimming pools were rated the Khin Htway Myint and respon- The average inflation rate in Jan Rakhine State reached the Expenditure Survey in 82 town- same way as hotels, the Zwekapin sible state officials unveiled the 2017 showed a small decrease highest inflation rate of 14.04 ships in Nov 2012. . swimming pool in Kanthaya park, new facility and sprayed fragrant when compared to the rate in De- per cent in Jan 2017, followed Myanmar’s inflation rate is Pha-an township would merit five scent on the dedication plaque cember 2016, according to the by Chin State with 10.94 per expected to reach 11.68 per cent stars. and entrance. Afterward, the Central Statistical Organisation’s cent and Kaya with 10.55 per this fiscal year, it is learnt from The Zwekapin swimming Myanmar swimming Associa- monthly Consumer Price Index cent. Meanwhile, Yangon region the statistics of the Budget De- pool was formally opened on 12 tion demonstrated the 50-meter (CPI) and inflation rate under possessed a high inflation rate of partment. The inflation rate in the February with the budget coming butterfly swimming method and from the State sports and physical the backstroke method to the as- the Ministry of Planning and Fi- 9.62 per cent, followed by Nay first five-year plan from 2011- education department. sembled guests and State cabinet nance. Pyi Taw with 4.89 per cent and 2012 FY to 2015-2016 FY rose. The aim of the state-of-the- members. This new swimming According to 2012 statistics, Mandalay by 3.59 per cent, it is Therefore, in a bid to reduce the art swimming centre is to promote complex features a 50-25 meter the inflation rate per annum based learnt. inflation rate, special efforts are and nurture gifted swimmers and swimming pool with an audience on CPI in Jan 2017 was 6.97 per Previously, the inflation rate being exerted on the basis of fi- also to provide relaxation for lo- arena, a meeting room, car park- cent, whereas the rate in Dec was evaluated based on a 2006 nancial, monetary, trade and for- cal people and teaching lifesav- ing, rest rooms, bath rooms and 2016 was 7.02 per cent. The Year survey.The base year has now eign currency control policies, ing skills in the event someone is changing rooms. Local residents on Year Inflation rate in Jan 2017 been changed to 2012. The Cen- mentioned in the Second five- drowning. can now use the high-standard is up by 1.21 per cent against Jan tral Statistical Organisation con- year National Development Plan. In keeping with tradition, swimming pool for relaxation and 2016. ducted a Household Income and —Ko Khant Kayin Region Minister Daw Nan sport, it is learnt.—GNLM 20 February 2017 Health & science 5 Launch of SpaceX Falcon rocket aborted seconds before liftoff CAPE CANAVERAL ( Fla) — Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta- SpaceX called off the planned tion, located just south of Kenne- launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from dy Space Centre. a historic launchpad in Florida The accident destroyed the seconds before liftoff on Saturday rocket and its cargo and heavily to investigate a potential problem damaged the launchpad, which is with the steering system in the up- being repaired. per stage of the booster. SpaceX resumed flying last The flight, the first for the month from a second launch site company from a launchpad at the in California while it hustled to Kennedy Space Center once used finish work on the shuttle’s old for NASA’s space shuttle pro- launchpad. gram, was rescheduled for 9:38 Originally built for the am local time (1438 GMT) on 1960s-era Apollo moon program, Sunday. The rocket will carry a the Florida launchpad was re- cargo ship bound for the Interna- furbished for the space shuttles, tional Space Station. which flew from 1981 to 2011. The problem concerned an is- SpaceX signed a 20-year lease for sue with the steering system of the the launchpad in 2014. rocket’s upper stage, SpaceX said. “My heart is pounding to “Standing down to investi- come out here today. Not because gate,” Elon Musk, founder and you guys make me nervous but chief executive of Space Explora- because I’ve got a vehicle on this A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on historic launch pad 39A after launch was scrubbed at the Kennedy Space tion Technologies Corp, wrote on extraordinary pad behind me,” Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on 18 February 2017. Photo: Reuters Twitter. SpaceX President Gwynne Shot- supplies and science experiments bital ATK to resupply the station in 2019. SpaceX has not flown from well told reporters at the launch- for the space station, a $100 bil- after it retired the shuttles. The By then, SpaceX aims to Florida in six months. Flights pad on Friday. lion research laboratory that flies US space agency last year added be launching NASA astronauts, were suspended after a rocket ex- Perched on top of the rocket about 250 miles (400 km) above a third company, privately-owned breaking Russia’s monopoly on ploded while being fueled ahead is a Dragon capsule loaded with Earth. Sierra Nevada Corp, for making flying crew to the space station. of a routine, pre-launch test at about 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) of NASA hired SpaceX and Or- cargo runs to the station beginning —Reuters Fossils show quick rebound of life Prescription-drug monitoring cuts after ancient mass extinction doctor-shopping for painkillers WASHINGTON — Fossils in- die-off at the end of the Permian Paris showed a quick and dynamic Rockville (Maryland) — mented voluntary monitoring cluding sharks, sea reptiles and Period about 252 million years ago rebound in a marine ecosystem, il- State programmes that require programmes showed a 56 per squid-like creatures dug up in Idaho that erased roughly 90 per cent of lustrating the remarkable resiliency physicians to check drug regis- cent reduction in the odds of doc- reveal a marine ecosystem thriving species. of life. tries before writing prescriptions tor-shopping. relatively soon after Earth’s worst Even the asteroid-induced “Our discovery was totally appeared to slash the odds of States with mandatory pre- mass extinction, contradicting the mass extinction 66 million years unexpected,” said paleontologist doctor-shopping for opioid pain scription-drug monitoring pro- long-held notion life was slow to ago that doomed the dinosaurs did Arnaud Brayard of the University relievers, a new study found. grams reduced the use of pain- recover from the calamity. not push life to the brink of annihi- of Burgundy-Franche-Comté in “Our study shows that pre- killers for nonmedical purposes Scientists on Wednesday de- lation like the Permian one. France, with a highly diversified scription-drug monitoring pro- by an average of 20 days a year, scribed the surprising fossil discov- The fossils of about 30 dif- and complex assemblage of ani- grammes are a promising com- the study found. States with vol- ery showing creatures flourishing ferent species unearthed in Bear mals. ponent of a multifaceted strategy untary prescription-drug moni- in the aftermath of the worldwide Lake County near the Idaho city of The ecosystem from this piv- to address the opioid epidemic,” toring programme reduced the otal time included predators such Ryan Mutter, one of the study use of painkillers for nonmedical as sharks up to about 7 feet long (2 authors, said in a phone inter- purposes by an average of 10 meters), marine reptiles and bony view. He is a health economist at days a year. fish, squid-like creatures includ- the Substance Abuse and Mental “Overall, this, as well as oth- ing some with long conical shells Health Service Administration in er studies, suggests there’s prom- and others with coiled shells, a Rockville, Maryland. ise for prescription-drug monitor- scavenging crustacean with large Mutter and other researchers ing programmes,” Dr Stephen W eyes and strangely thin claws, star- analyzed annual nationwide sur- Patrick said in a phone interview. fish relatives, sponges and other veys of drug use and health from “But they aren’t a panacea.” animals. The Permian die-off oc- 2004 until 2014, when 36 states “We really need a compre- curred 251.9 million years ago. implemented prescription-drug hensive approach. It isn’t one The Idaho ecosystem flourished monitoring programmes, or PD- thing that will help get us out of 1.3 million years later, “quite rapid MPs. the opioid epidemic,” said Pat- on a geological scale,” according to PDMPs are state-run elec- rick, a pediatrician at Vanderbilt Brayard. tronic databases designed to University School of Medicine in The mass extinction’s cause is track prescribing of controlled Nashville, Tennessee. He treats a matter of debate. substances and to identify peo- newborns struggling with the But many scientists attribute ple at high risk of using opioids symptoms of withdrawal from it to colossal volcanic eruptions for nonmedical purposes. Every opioids prescribed to their moth- in northern Siberia that unleashed state except Missouri now has ers and was not involved in the large amounts of greenhouse and a drug-monitoring programme. new study. toxic gases, triggering severe glob- Some states have mandatory pro- Every day, 91 Americans die al warming and big fluctuations in grammes requiring physicians to from an opioid overdose, accord- oceanic chemistry including acid- participate, and other states have ing to the US Centres for Disease ification and oxygen deficiency. voluntary programmes. Control and Prevention. Since The Idaho ecosystem, in the ear- The study, reported in the 1999, deaths from prescription liest stages of the Triassic Period journal Addictive Behaviours, opioids have quadrupled, as have that later produced the first dino- found that in states where physi- sales of opioids, including the saurs, included some unexpected cians were required to check an painkillers oxycodone (Oxycon- creatures. electronic database before writ- tin) and hydrocodone (Vicodin). There was a type of sponge ing an opioid prescription, the The number of PDMPs has previously believed to have gone odds that two or more doctors expanded rapidly across states An artist’s depiction of the diversified and complex Early Triassic extinct 200 million years earlier, would be giving pain relievers since 2000, but prior studies have marine ecosystem of southeastern Idaho, US, revealed soon after the and a squid-like group previously for nonmedical purposes to a shown mixed results about their Earth’s worst mass exinction, contradicting long-held notion life was thought not to have originated until single patient were reduced by effectiveness, the study authors slow to recover from calamity. Photo: Reuters 50 million years later.—Reuters 80 per cent. States that imple- write.—Reuters 6 regional 20 February 2017 China says understands South Korean need for security, still opposes missiles MUNICH — China un- the same time South Korea vant,” he said. “We don’t war because their 1950- derstands South Korea’s should respect China’s rea- pose any threat to China.” 1953 conflict ended in a need to protect its security sonable position,” Wang Yun Byung-se said truce, not a peace treaty. but Seoul still needs to re- added. North Korea launched two The North regularly threat- spect Beijing’s concerns Yun Fu Ying, chair- nuclear tests and 24 mis- ens to destroy the South about the deployment of an woman of the foreign siles last year alone and and the South’s main ally, advanced US anti-missile affairs committee in the was nearing the final stage the United States. system, Chinese Foreign Chinese National People’s of nuclear weaponization. Earlier this month, Minister Wang Yi told his Congress, told a panel dis- “In our analysis, the North Korea tested an in- South Korean counterpart. cussion at the Munich con- tipping point may be only termediate-range ballistic China has repeated- ference that China could a few years away,” he told missile, its first direct chal- ly expressed opposition not understand Washing- conference participants. lenge to the international to South Korea’s planned ton’s decision to deploy the “It’s a ticking time bomb.” community since US Pres- deployment later this year system to South Korea. Wang told Yun ident Donald Trump took of the US Terminal High “It is like being Byung-se that efforts to office on 20 January. Altitude Area Defence stabbed by your friends,” seek peace with North China says it is com- (THAAD) system, which she said, adding the system Korea should not be aban- mitted to enforcing UN Seoul and Washington say would not increase South doned, the ministry said. sanctions against its unpre- is needed to defend against Korea’s security anyway. “All parties, at the dictable neighbour, whose North Korea. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the 53rd Munich But Yun Byung-se same time as strictly en- nuclear and missile tests China worries the sys- Security Conference in Munich, Germany on 17 February, told the panel the system forcing (UN) Security have angered Beijing. tem’s powerful radar can 2017. Photo: Reuters was needed to augment Council resolutions, should China will suspend penetrate its territory and it Seoul’s existing Patriot proactively look for break all imports of coal from has objected to the deploy- Yun Byung-se China’s op- the basis of harming anoth- missile defense system through points to resume North Korea starting 19 ment. position to THAAD, Chi- er country’s security”, the and guard against the kind negotiations, to break the February, the country’s Meeting on Saturday na’s Foreign Ministry said ministry paraphrased him of high-arc shot used by negative cycle of the nucle- commerce ministry said on on the sidelines of the Mu- in a statement on Sunday. as saying. North Korea in its last test. ar issue on the peninsula,” Saturday, as part of its ef- nich Security Conference, Wang “stressed that “China understands “What we need is Wang said. forts to implement United Wang repeated to South one country’s security South Korea’s need to pro- multiple layers of defense North and South Ko- Nations sanctions against Korea’s Foreign Minister should not be founded on tect its own security, and at ... THAAD is really rele- rea are technically still at the country.—Reuters Four North Korean suspects fled Acting Chief Editor - Aye Min Soe [email protected] Expatriate Consultant Editor Malaysia after airport murder: police Mark Angeles KUALA LUMPUR — markrangeles@gmail .com Four North Korean sus- Senior Translators pects in the murder of the Khin Maung Oo, Myint Win Thein estranged half-brother of [email protected] North Korean leader Kim International News Editor Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day he was attacked Ye Htut Tin at Kuala Lumpur airport [email protected] and apparently killed by a Local News Editors fast-acting poison, police Tun Tun Naing (Editor) said on Sunday. [email protected] A North Korean man, Nwe Nwe Tun (Sub-editor) a Vietnamese woman and Translators an Indonesian women Khaing Thanda Lwin, have been arrested already in connection with the as- [email protected] sassination of Kim Jong Hay Mar Tin Win, Nam last Monday, which [email protected] has triggered a diplomatic Ei Myat Mon spat between Malaysia and Chief Reporter Pyongyang. Malaysia’s National Police Deputy Inspector-General Noor Rashid Ibrahim (L) gestures Tun Aung Kyaw, South Korean and US during a news conference regarding the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the half- [email protected] officials believe Kim Jong brother of the North Korean leader, at the Malaysian police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Nam was killed by agents Computer Team Malaysia on 19 February, 2017. Photo: Reuters from the reclusive North, Tun Zaw (Chief of Computer Team), Thein Ngwe, whose diplomats in Kuala Korean leader Kim Jong is coordinating with Inter- He named the four Zaw Zaw Aung, Ye Naing Soe, Nyi Zaw Moe, Lumpur sought to prevent Il, had spoken out publicly pol to track down the four who escaped as Ri Ji Hyon, Hnin Pwint, Kay Khaing Win, Sanda Hnin, Zu Zin Hnin an autopsy on the 46-year- against his family’s dynas- North Koreans but would Hong Song Hac, O Joong Circulation old’s body and demanded it tic control of isolated, nu- not reveal where they flew Gil, and Ri Jae Nam. The San Lwin (+95) (01) 8604532, Hotline - 09 974424114 be handed over. clear-armed North Korea. to on the day of the murder. police are looking for three Advertising inquiry “We believe the North The young, unpre- “The four suspects are other people who are not 01 8604530, Hotline - 09 974424848 Korean regime is behind dictable North Korean holding normal passports, suspects but who they be- this incident considering leader had issued a “stand- not diplomatic passports,” lieve could help with their [email protected] five suspects are North ing order” for his elder he said. “Next plan is to get enquiries, one of whom is [email protected] Koreans” Jeong Joon-hee, half-brother’s assassina- them. We of course have North Korean. spokesman at the South tion, and that there had international cooperation Police said the cause Printed and published at the Global New Light of My- Korea’s Unification Minis- been a failed attempt in especially with Interpol, of death was still not anmar Printing Factory at No.150, Nga Htat Kyee Pa- try that handles inter-Korea 2012. bilateral involvement with known and that they were goda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, by the Global affairs, told a briefing on Deputy Inspec- the country involved, we waiting for pathology and New Light of Myanmar Daily under Printing Permit Sunday. tor-General of police Noor will go through those ave- toxicology tests after con- Rashid Ismail told a news nues to get the people in- ducting a post-mortem. No. 00510 and Publishing Permit No. 00629. Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North conference that Malaysia volved.” —Reuters 20 February 2017 regional 7 Philippine army to create task force to chase big drug syndicates MANILA — The Philippine The troops, however, will force, unlike some of the raids army will create a “battalion only provide back-up in the cam- conducted by the national police. size” task force to help the gov- paign and not patrol the streets “The AFP will not do that, ernment’s anti-narcotics agency or play any kind of leading role, we will not be involved in the run after high-value targets in Philippine Drug Enforcement street, we’ll not be involved in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war Agency (PDEA) Chief Isidro running after street pushers,” on drugs, the country’s military Lapena told Reuters earlier this he said. “The armed forces will chief said. month. help the PDEA in running after Duterte — who recently sus- “We are ready to operate with high-level drug syndicates.” pended the national police from the PDEA. (The task force) is yet In his speech during the mili- the anti-narcotics campaign that to be created, but we are talking tary alumni homecoming, Duterte has killed over 7,700 people in about a battalion size,” Armed said: “I need the help of each one, seven months — has ordered Forces of the Philippines (AFP) especially the military, not for the military to play a role in his Chief General Eduardo Ano told social control but protection (for) crackdown. He has said that he reporters late on Saturday in Ba- the citizens from the lawless, the also wants to grant troops powers guio City, where Duterte attend- reckless, and the selfish.” to arrest “scalawag” police. ed a military alumni homecom- He declared his war on drugs The announcement came ing. Up to 5,000 soldiers could be to be “by and large successful”, after it emerged last month that mobilized under the task force, or but added the problem was more Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reviews troops next to armed drug squad officers had killed a only 500 depending on the threat, complex than he had thought and forces chief General Eduardo Ano during the Armed Forces anniversary South Korean businessman at na- he said. Ano, however, ruled out that is why he needed the military celebration at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines tional police headquarters. a bloody operation by the task to play a role. —Reuters on 21 December, 2016. Photo: Reuters Thai police order thousands of New chief minister of India’s worshippers out of scandal-hit temple BANGKOK — Thai police or- Phra Dhammachayo faces southern Tamil Nadu wins trust vote dered thousands of worshippers to charges of conspiracy to launder leave the country’s biggest Bud- money and receive stolen goods, as NEW DELHI — New Chief niswamy met Governor Vidyas- Panneerselvam was ex- dhist temple on Sunday so it can well as taking over land unlawful- Minister of the southern Indian agar Rao at Raj Bhavan here,” pelled from the basic member- intensify its search for its former ly to build meditation centres. His state of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K a senior official said. “He was ship of AIADMK. However, abbot, who is wanted on mon- aides dismiss the accusations as Palaniswamy has won the trust accompanied by some of his Sasikala’s dream to become the ey-laundering charges. politically motivated. vote, officials said on Sunday. cabinet colleagues during the chief minister were dashed on Thailand’s ruling junta used a “This is an abuse of power Palaniswami won a test of meeting.” Tuesday after India’s top court special emergency law on Thurs- by the junta who should not inter- strength on Saturday in Tamil Last week Palaniswamy convicted her in a 21-year-old day to let police explore the scan- fere on religious matters,” temple Nadu Assembly after 122 leg- was sworn in as the new chief Disproportionate Assets case dal-hit Dhammakaya Temple after spokesman and senior monk Phra islators from his party — All minister of Tamil Nadu after along with other two. She was months of failing to get it to hand Pasura Dantamano told Reuters. India Anna Dravida Munnetra AIADMK chief V K Sasikala jailed on the outskirts of Ben- over Phra Dhammachayo. “We have always been willing Khazagham (AIADMK) voted made him the legislature party galuru city on Wednesday to On Sunday, police said that to negotiate and accommodate the for him. Only 11 votes were leader. serve a four-year sentence.The all non-residents must vacate the authorities but this is too much.” cast against him by rebels led Palanisami is the second Disproportionate Assets case premises to expedite the search of Around 13,000 people were by former chief minister O Pan- AIADMK leader to be sworn- was originally against Jayala- the 1,000 acre (400 hectare) facil- inside the temple as of Sunday neerselvam. The 88 legislators in as chief minister of the state lithaa, and Sasikala along with ity because temple activities were morning, according to Dantama- from opposition Dravida Mun- following death of AIDMK su- other two were the co-accused. hindering police. Monks who live no, who said that the temple would netra Kazhagam (DMK) were premo J Jayalalithaa. The case dating back to the within the temple grounds were or- have to comply with the request to marshalled out from the law- The 68-year-old Jayalali- 1990s was based on fact that dered to congregate at an exit point evacuate. Although the temple has making body following unruly thaa died in December last year, during Jayalalithaa’s first term and not interfere with the investi- no overt political affiliation, the ab- disruptions. Though the trust following which her trusted leg- as chief minister, she misused gation. “We are conducting these bot is widely believed to have had vote was scheduled for morn- islator O Panneerselvam was her office to amass assets in a steps so that we can conduct the links with populist former prime ing, however it was conducted chosen as chief minister. Soon shared fortune with Sasikala search process as quickly as possi- minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who in evening after multiple ad- after Sasikala tried to exert her and other two. ble so that we can return the tem- was overthrown in 2006. A gov- journments amid chaos after grip in party and approached Sasikala has already served ple grounds to the worshippers,” ernment led by Thaksin’s sister DMK legislators broke chairs, Governor to stake claim as almost six months in jail in Woranan Srilam of the Department was toppled by the army in 2014. tables, flung mics and heckled chief minister, Panneerselvam the case and now has to serve for Special Investigation told Reu- The Dhammakaya Temple’s the speaker of house, who final- opposed her move and pushed the remaining imprisonment ters. brasher approach to winning ad- ly ordered their eviction. state in political crisis, which of three years and six months. The temple has been a rare herents jars on conservatives, who “This morning Pala- continued for more than a week. —Xinhua institution in defying the military say it exploits its followers and government. Opposition from uses religion to make money. The political parties and activists has temple says it is as committed to largely been silenced since a coup Buddhist values as anyone else. — Vietnamese man believes sister held in 2014. Reuters over North Korean murder hanoI — A Vietnamese Malaysia. an whose image was captured man said on Sunday he believes Joseph Doan confirmed that in a grainy airport CCTV im- his sister is one of the suspects his sister’s name was Doan Thi age wearing a white shirt with arrested in Malaysia in con- Huong and that she was born the acronym ‘LOL’ on it. He nection with the murder of the in 1988 in Nam Dinh province, said Vietnamese authorities half-brother of North Korean southeast of the capital Hanoi. had been in touch and had been leader Kim Jong Un. Those details are the same as supportive. Doan said his sister Kim Jong Nam was as- those released by Malaysian po- had left home when she was 18 saulted at Kuala Lumpur Inter- lice. and only came home occasion- national Airport with what was “We only hear on the inter- ally and without letting anyone thought to be a fast-acting poi- net and everyone else hears on know when she would be back. son. Malaysian police have said the internet but judging from the “Whenever she comes home that among those arrested was a picture it looks like her. I can’t I can only tell her to study and woman with a Vietnamese travel be a 100 per cent certain because work hard,” he said. Thai worshippers hold placards and pray at the gate of Dhammakaya document. we haven’t met her yet,” he said South Korean and US offi- temple, after police ordered thousands of worshippers to leave the Vietnamese authorities in Nam Dinh. cials have said Kim Jong Nam temple so it can search for its former abbot, in Pathum Thani province, have said only that they are in- The rice farmer said his was assassinated by North Kore- Thailand on 19 February, 2017. Photo: Reuters vestigating and are in touch with sister appeared to be the wom- an agents.—Reuters 10 world 20 February 2017 Suppressing free press is ‘how dictators news in brief Saudi foreign minister says Iran main get started’-US Senator McCain sponsor of global terror MUNICH — US Senator John free and many times adversarial MUNICH — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected McCain, defending the media press. And without it, I am afraid Iranian calls for dialogue saying Tehran was the main sponsor of against the latest attack by Presi- that we would lose so much terrorism in the world, a destabilising force in the Middle East and dent Donald Trump, warned that of our individual liberties over wanted to “destroy us.” suppressing the free press was time. That’s how dictators get “Iran remains the single main sponsor of terrorism in the “how dictators get started”. started,” he continued. world,” Adel al-Jubeir told delegates at the Munich Security Con- The Arizona Republican, “They get started by sup- ference. “It’s determined to upend the order in Middle East ... (and) a frequent critic of Trump, was pressing free press. In other until and unless Iran changes its behaviour it would be very difficult responding to a tweet in which words, a consolidation of pow- to deal with a country like this.” Al-Jubeir said Iran was propping Trump accused the media of be- er. When you look at history, up the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, funding the ing “the enemy of the American the first thing that dictators do Houthi separatists in Yemen and violent groups across the region. people”. is shut down the press. And I’m He said the international community needed to set clear “red lines” The international order es- not saying that President Trump to halt Iran’s actions. —Reuters tablished after World War Two is trying to be a dictator. I’m just US Senator John McCain. was built in part on a free press, saying we need to learn the les- Phot: Reuters McCain said in an excerpt of an sons of history,” McCain said. tweet and came days after the South Korea says believes N Korean interview with NBC’s “Meet the US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, president held a raucous news regime involved in Kim Jong Nam murder Press” that was released in ad- a Democrat from New Hamp- conference at which he repeated- vance of the full Sunday morn- shire, told the conference on ly criticised news reports about SOEUL — South Korea said on Sunday it believed the North Ko- ing broadcast. Sunday she was also concerned disorder in the White House and rean regime was behind the murder of the estranged half brother of “I hate the press. I hate you about Trump’s comments. leaks of his telephone conversa- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. especially,” he told interview- “The real danger is the pres- tions with the leaders of Mexico “We believe the North Korean regime is behind this incident er Chuck Todd from an inter- ident’s criticism of the media,” and Australia. considering five suspects are North Koreans” Jeong Joon-hee, national security conference in Shaheen told the conference. “A German Chancellor Angela spokesman at the South Korea’s Unification Ministry that handles Munich. “But the fact is we need free press ... is very important Merkel emphasised the impor- inter-Korea affairs, told a briefing. But Jeong declined to give fur- you. We need a free press. We to maintaining democracy, and tance of a free press at the con- ther information. Malaysia police said earlier that they had arrested must have it. It’s vital.” efforts on the part of a president ference on Saturday, saying, “I a North Korean man in connection to the murder of Kim Jong Nam, “If you want to preserve — to undermine and manipulate the have high respect for journalists. but four other North Korean suspects fled Malaysia.—Reuters I’m very serious now — if you press are very dangerous.” We’ve always had good results, want to preserve democracy as The comments from US at least in Germany, by relying we know it, you have to have a lawmakers followed Trump’s on mutual respect.”—Reuters US senators eye sanctions against Iran for missile development MUNICH — US Republican senators plan to introduce legislation Powers push for ceasefire, weapons to impose further sanction on Iran, accusing it of violating UN Se- curity Council resolutions by testing ballistic missiles and acting to withdrawal in eastern Ukraine from Monday “destablise” the Middle East, a US senator said on Sunday. “I think it it is now time for the Congress to take Iran on direct- MUNICH — Germany, France, agreement of the trilateral contact kin said he was “not at all” happy ly in terms of what they’ve done outside the nuclear programme,” Russia and Ukraine agreed on group from 15 February,” German and lamented a lack of “powerful Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Saturday to use their influence Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel results.” Committee, told the Munich Security Conference. Graham said he to implement a ceasefire and the told reporters, referring to a body Echoing those comments, and other Republicans would introduce measures to hold Iran ac- withdrawal of heavy weapons comprising Ukraine, Russia and Lavrov said there had been a lack countable for its actions.—Reuters from Monday in eastern Ukraine. the Organization for Security and of results, but that he believed Fighting has recently esca- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Ukraine and rebels would abide lated between Ukrainian forces “The aim is to have a cease- by the 20 February date. Turkey says UN-led Syria talks in Geneva only and Russian-backed separatists fire starting from 20 February and Despite their differences, in the region, refocusing global to do what has long been agreed French Foreign Minister Jean- place to discuss political solution, transition attention on a simmering conflict but never implemented: To with- Marc Ayrault said neither Mos- MUNICH — Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday UN-led peace that has strained relations between draw the heavy weapons from the cow nor Kiev had offered any talks on Syria in Geneva were the only place to negotiate a political Russia and the West. region, to secure them and enable alternatives to the Minsk process. solution and transition. “On 20 February the cease- the OSCE monitors to control “The meeting showed that “Astana has never been an alternative to Geneva,” Turkish For- fire regime will start and with- where they are kept.” Russians and Ukrainians had eign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told delegates at a security confer- drawal of heavy military hardware US President Donald no other option, but to respect ence in Munich, referring to talks held between Turkey, Russia, Iran will also start ... We have actively Trump’s new administration has Minsk. They have no alterna- and Syrian factions in the Kazakh capital. supported this decision and obvi- said that any sanctions imposed tives. We agree to meet quickly, “It’s a good confidence building measure and to maintain a cease- ously expressed a conviction that on Moscow following its annexa- perhaps in three weeks, to see if fire. It’s a good step forward. “But now we need to resume Geneva this time, failure should not be tion of Crimea and events in east- we can advance on the ceasefire, talks which is the main basis for the political solution and transition,” allowed to take place,” Russian ern Ukraine would not be lifted withdrawal of heavy weapons and he said. Talks in Geneva are set to resume on 23 February.—Reuters Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov until there was progress on imple- exchange of prisoners. We need said after talks with his Ukrainian, menting the accords. Speaking to a lot of patience, because we can German and French counterparts Reuters after the meeting, Ukrain- see a lack of will on either side.” Shells hit Damascus, no casualties reported in Munich. ian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klim- —Reuters The Minsk peace agreement, — Hezbollah media unit, witness brokered by France and Ger- BEIRUT — Shells hit areas near the centre of the Syrian capital many and signed by Russia and Damascus on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of casu- Ukraine in February 2015, calls alties, a Reuters witness and a military media unit run by Hezbollah for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of said. The Hezbollah news outlet said three shells landed near the heavy weapons from the front line Adawi and Tijara neighbourhoods.—Reuters and constitutional reform to give eastern Ukraine more autonomy. But since the deal the sides Israel’s defence minister says Iran wants to appear stuck in a stalemate bro- undermine Saudi Arabia ken periodically by sharp resur- MUNICH — Israel’s defence minister said on Sunday Iran had an gences of fighting that Kiev and ultimate objective of undermining Saudi Arabia in the Middle East the Kremlin accuse each other and called for a dialogue with Sunni Arab states to defeat “radical” of instigating. Since the end of elements in the region. January, shelling on both sides Iran aimed to “undermine stability in every country in Middle of the front line near the govern- East ... their main destination at the end of the day is Saudi Arabia,” ment-held town of Avdiyivka has Avigdor Lieberman told delegates at the Munich Security Confer- been heavier than at any time since ence, saying he was looking forward to hearing comments from Saudi last summer. “All parties will use A military vehicle travels near the government-held industrial town of Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.—Reuters their influence to implement the Avdiyivka, Ukraine, on 6 February 2017. Photo: Reuters 20 February 2017 world 11

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Dep Arv Days UB-001 7:15 11:45 Daily UB-002 13:00 14:30 Daily BG-061 16:45 18:30 1,3,6 BG-060 13:30 16:00 1,3,6 1 = Monday 5 = Friday YGN TO NRT NRT TO YGN MDL TO DMK DMK TO MDL 2 = Tuesday 6 = Saturday Flight no. Dep Arv Days Flight no. Dep Arv Days Flight no. Dep Arv Days Flight no. Dep Arv Days 3 = Wednesday 7 = Sunday NH-814 22:10 06:45 Daily NH-813 11:00 16:30 Daily FD-245 12:55 15:15 Daily FD-244 11:10 12:25 Daily Iraqi forces advance towards airport in push to capture city BAGHDAD, SOUTH OF MO- Syria and in 2014. SUL, Iraq — US-backed Iraqi The city — Iraq’s second big- forces began moving on Sunday gest — is the largest urban centre towards Mosul’s airport, the first captured by Islamic State in both target of a ground offensive to cap- countries and its de facto capital in ture the western side of the city that Iraq. Raqqa is its capital in Syria. remains under control of Islamic Islamic State was thought to State, the Iraqi military said. have up to 6,000 fighters in Mosul Iraqi Prime Minister Haid- when the government’s offensive er al-Abadi earlier on Sunday started in mid-October. Of those, announced the formal start of a more than one thousand have been ground offensive on western Mo- killed, according to Iraqi estimates. sul, asking the Iraqi forces to ‘’re- The remainder now face a spect human rights’’ during the 100,000-strong force made up of battle. Iraqi armed forces, including elite Islamic State militants are paratroopers and police, Kurdish essentially under siege in western forces and Iranian-trained Shi’ite Mosul, along with an estimated paramilitary groups. 650,000 civilians, after US-backed The United States, which has forces surrounding the city forced deployed more than 5,000 troops in them from the east in the first phase the fighting, leads an international of an offensive that concluded last coalition providing critical air and month. Iraqi security forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq on 19 February, 2017. Photo: Reuters ground support, including artillery Iraqi federal police units are fire, to the Iraqi and Kurdish forces. leading a northward charge on the fight for any army in the world,” food and fuel shortages and mar- to hide and fight among the civil- The Sunni group imposed a Mosul districts that lie west of the the commander of the US-led co- kets are closed, United Nations ians, disappear after hit-and-run radical version of in Mosul, river, aiming to capture the alitions forces, Lt Gen Stephen Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq operations and track government banning cigarettes, televisions and Mosul airport, located just south Townsend, said in a statement. Lise Grande told Reuters on Satur- troop movements, according to radios, and forcing men to grow of the city, according to statements Iraqi planes dropped millions day. residents. beards and women to cover from from the armed forces joint com- of leaflets on the western side of Commanders expect the bat- Western Mosul contains the head to toe. Citizens who failed mand. Mosul warning residents that the tle in the west to be more difficult old city centre, with its ancient to comply risked death. Capturing They captured several villages battle to dislodge Islamic State was than in the east because tanks and souks, Grand and most Mosul would effectively end the and a local power distribution sta- imminent as troops began moving armoured vehicles cannot pass government administrative build- militants’ ambitions for territori- tion in the first hours of their pro- in their direction, the Iraqi Defence through its narrow streets and al- ings. al rule in Iraq. They are expected gress and killed several militants Ministry said on Saturday. leyways. It was from the pulpit of the to continue to wage an insurgen- including snipers, the statements Up to 400,000 civilians could The militants have also de- Mosul Grand Mosque that Islamic cy, however, carrying out suicide said. be displaced by the offensive as veloped a network of passageways State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi bombings and inspiring lone-wolf “Mosul would be a tough residents of western Mosul suffer and tunnels that will enable them declared a “caliphate” over parts of actions abroad.—Reuters 12 World 20 February 2017 Putin orders Russia to recognise documents issued in rebel-held east Ukraine MOSCOW — President settlement of the situation” ian government and Vladimir Putin ordered in these regions based on Russian-backed separatists Russian authorities on the Minsk peace accords, in eastern Ukraine, refo- Saturday to temporarily the Kremlin said. cusing global attention on a recognise civil registration Ukrainian authorities simmering conflict that has documents issued in sepa- sharply criticised Putin’s strained relations between ratist-held areas of eastern decision, saying Russia Russia and the West. Ukraine, a decision strong- had violated the Minsk The February 2015 ly criticised by Ukraine’s peace process. Minsk peace agreement president. “For me, this is anoth- only locked the two sides The decision will en- er proof of Russian occu- into a stalemate that has able people from the con- pation as well as Russian been broken periodically flict-hit region to travel, violation of international by sharp resurgences of work or study in Russia. law,” Ukraine’s President fighting that Kiev and the According to Putin’s Petro Poroshenko told re- Kremlin accuse each other order, published on the porters in Munich, Germa- of instigating. Kremlin website, Russia ny. “This step completely The foreign ministers will temporarily recognise negates the Minsk process,” of Germany, France, Rus- identity documents, diplo- said Oleksander Turchynov, sia and Ukraine met on mas, birth and marriage secretary of Ukraine’s Na- Saturday in Munich and certificates and vehicle tional Security and Defence agreed to use their influ- registration plates issued in Council, which is headed by ence to implement a cease- the eastern Ukraine regions Poroshenko. fire and the withdrawal of of Donetsk and Luhansk. Fighting has recent- Local police officers arrange passports during a ceremony to issue the first passports of heavy weapons from Mon- The legislation will be ly escalated in the con- the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic to residents in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 16 day in eastern Ukraine. in place until a “political flict between the Ukrain- March, 2016. Photo: Reuters —Reuters

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A local court ordered President Maithripala (21)DMP/L-032(16-17) 18 R 22.5 x 18PR Tyre Tubeless (1) Lot Ks The island nation saw the three held until 23 Feb- Sirisena, who unseated Ra- (22)DMP/L-033(16-17) SAE 15 W 40 Diesel Engine Oil (1) Lot Ks abductions and killings of ruary. japaksa in an upset win in (23)DMP/L-034(16-17) Gear Oil (PGO-140 EP) (GL-5) (1) Lot Ks high-profile journalists and Noyahr was an associ- 2015, has promised to probe rights defenders during the ate editor of the English lan- human rights abuses includ- final months of the war that guage weekly The Nation ing war crimes. Tender Closing Date & Time - 20-3-2017, 16:30 Hr ended with the defeat of Ta- when he was abducted in However, Sirisena’s Tender Document shall be available during office hours commencing from mil Tiger separatists in May May 2008. He was severe- administration has been 20TH February, 2017 at the Finance Department , Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, 2009. ly beaten before being re- sluggish in probing key alle- No(44) Complex, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The previous govern- leased, barely able to walk. gations due to resistance by Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise ment headed by President After the attack, he fled the members of his own party Ph . +95 67 - 411206 / 411274 Mahinda Rajapaksa failed country with his family fear- and some government offi- to probe the crimes despite ing for his life. cials.—Reuters 20 February 2017 world 13 US carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea bangKok — A Unit- strike group has begun Sea amid growing tension the disputed waterway and “We are looking for- which it has long-running ed States aircraft carrier patrols in the South China with China over control of concerns it could become ward to demonstrating territorial disputes. a flashpoint under the new those capabilities while China lays claim US administration. building upon exist- to almost all of the re- China’s Foreign Min- ing strong relationships source-rich South China istry on Wednesday warned with our allies, partners Sea, through which about Washington against chal- and friends in the In- $5 trillion worth of trade lenging its sovereignty in do-Asia-Pacific region,” passes each year. the South China Sea. he was quoted as saying by Brunei, Malaysia, the The US navy said the Navy News Service. Philippines, Taiwan and the force, including Nim- Friction between the Vietnam also claim parts of itz-class aircraft carrier United States and China the waters that command USS Carl Vinson, began over trade and territory un- strategic sea lanes and have routine operations in the der US President Donald rich fishing grounds, along South China Sea on Sat- Trump have increased con- with oil and gas deposits. urday. The announcement cerns that the South China The United States has was posted on the Vinson’s Sea could become a flash- criticised Beijing’s con- Facebook page. point. struction of man-made The strike group’s China wrapped up its islands and build-up of commander, Rear Admiral own naval exercises in the military facilities in the James Kilby, said that weeks South China Sea on Friday. sea, and expressed con- of training in the Pacific had War games involving its cern they could be used Sailors man the rails of the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, as it departs its improved the group’s effec- own aircraft carrier have to restrict free movement. home port in San Diego, California on 22 August, 2014. Photo: Reuters tiveness and readiness. unnerved neighbours with —Reuters Japanese troops hold 1st overseas drill to extract nationals RAYONG (Thailand) — Japanese troops to play a bers were previously only tion of political instabil- were able to collaborate Navy Airfield and else- The Self-Defence Forces greater role overseas, in- allowed to “transport” ity overseas following a with the United States where in Thailand. have been conducting their cluding restrictions on the Japanese nationals to safe natural disaster. The SDF and other countries and it The latest Cobra Gold first drill overseas to extract use of weapons during locations during overseas members escorted Japa- was meaningful training,” exercises, which began last Japanese nationals, based operations to protect Japa- emergencies. Under the nese nationals and US cit- said Col Hiroyuki Kawa- Tuesday and are scheduled on security legislation that nese nationals. new legislation, they can izens to an airport, where guchi of Japan’s Ground to end on 24 February, in- took effect last year, with The SDF did not allow use weapons while rescu- the evacuees boarded a Self-Defence Force, who volve Thailand, the United part of the exercise in cen- the media to view the use ing nationals and can also C-130 transport airplane. was in command of the States, Singapore, Japan, tral Thailand opened to the of weapons by troops dur- protect foreigners under As part of the drill, drill. Around 130 person- Indonesia, South Korea media on Sunday. ing the drill, conducted as certain conditions. local residents blocked nel from Japan’s ground, and Malaysia as direct par- The legislation loos- part of Cobra Gold multi- The drill on Sunday, the road to the airport air, maritime self-defence ticipants. Japanese troops ened limitations imposed lateral exercises co-host- which also involved US and the SDF members forces are participating in have taken part in the mul- by Japan’s war-renounc- ed by Thailand and the and Thai forces, was based responded by threaten- the Cobra Gold exercises tilateral exercises since ing Constitution to enable United States. SDF mem- on the scenario of a situa- ing the use of force. “We at the Utapao Royal Thai 2005.—Kyodo News UK parliament’s upper house likely to attach conditions to Brexit bill — ex minister LONDON — The Brit- deal are expected to attract passed back and forth be- ish parliament’s upper the most support. tween the upper and low- chamber is likely to attach Asked during an er houses until they both conditions to legislation interview on BBC TV agree. giving Prime Minister whether it was his view “At the of end of the Theresa May the power to the government could be day the House of Com- trigger the country’s exit defeated on these two is- mons must prevail because from the European Union, sues, Peter Mandelson, it is the elected chamber a former minister from the a Labour member of the but I hope the House of opposition Labour Party House of Lords said: “I Lords will not throw in the said on Sunday. think it is. I think there is towel early,” Mandelson Earlier this month, a strong body of opinion said. May won approval for the across party and amongst Justice Secretary Eliz- legislation from parlia- independent peers as well abeth Truss told the BBC ment’s lower chamber, the that both these issues are she expected the Lords to House of Commons. The very serious.” get on and pass the legis- unelected upper chamber, May has said she lation. the House of Lords, is due plans to trigger Article 50 “It is a simple bill on to begin debating the bill of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty do we trigger Article 50, on Monday. by the end of March and the British people have The legislation passed that she expects to get the voted for that, they were through the Commons legislation through parlia- clear in the referendum without being amended, ment in time to do so. and the House of Lords but it could face a tough- If the Lords succeeds now needs to get on with er ride through the Lords, in attaching any condi- it which is what I under- where May’s Conserva- tions to the legislation, the stand they will be doing,” tive Party does not have a amended bill will have to she said. majority. go back to the Commons “I fully expect the Amendments aimed for its approval. House of Lords will recog- at giving EU citizens in The House of Com- nise the will of the people Britain guaranteed rights mons has already rejected and the will of the House post-Brexit, and calling amendments on both is- of Commons, which was for parliament to have a sues. overwhelming, and pass vote on the final Brexit The legislation will be that legislation.”—Reuters 14 entertainment 20 February 2017 Hungarian love story wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival BERLIN — A Hungarian love had fallen in love with the film need me to tell you that all is not ences. Finland’s Aki Kaurismaki saying that this year’s line-up story called “On Body and Soul” because it reminded people of right with the world now.” won the Silver Bear for best di- was “protest enough”. The jury about two lonely hearts working something too often forgotten in The Silver Bear for best actor rector with his film “The Other also introduced a new prize — for in a slaughterhouse in Budapest everyday life: compassion. went to Austrian Georg Friedrich Side of Hope”. Kosslick said the original documentary film — that won the Golden Bear for best film As is traditional in Berlin, for his performance in “Helle films picked for the festival this was awarded to “Ghost Hunting”, on Saturday at the 67th Berlin In- this year’s festival also tackled Naechte” (“Bright Nights”), a year were designed to show that about an Israeli interrogation cen- ternational Film Festival. current affairs with entries that German-Norwegian father-son diversity beats monotony, and to tre, by Palestinian director Raed “This film is approachable reflected on global developments drama. South Korea’s Kim Min- tackle issues such as persecution Andoni. “The president of the only with a generous heart,” di- and the dark chaos of the modern hee won the Silver Bear for best of homosexuals and discrimina- United States yesterday called the rector Ildiko Enyedi told the audi- world with films and their makers actress for “On the Beach at Night tion against racial minorities. press the enemy of the people,” ence at the awards ceremony end- commenting on political events in Alone”. The grand jury prize He pointedly avoided men- said American filmmaker Laura ing the 10-day Berlinale, which the United States and elsewhere. went to “Felicite”, a French-Sen- tioning the name of US President Poitras in presenting the award. showcased 18 films in competi- “Thanks to all the filmmak- egalese-Belgian production di- Donald Trump, who provoked an “We documentarians are here to tion and 403 in sidebar screens. ers who tried to save the world rected by Alain Gomis about a international uproar by announc- say we are the enemies of nation- Jury president Paul Verhoev- with poetry over the last 10 days,” charismatic woman who works as ing that he was suspending entry alism and exclusion.” —Reuters en, a Dutch director and produc- festival director Dieter Kosslick a singer in a bar in Kinshasa and to the United States by citizens of er, said the seven-member panel said in a short speech. “You don’t brightens the lives of her audi- seven Muslim-majority nations,

Members of the international jury and direc- tor Ildiko Enyedi, reciever of the Golden Bear for Best Film ‘On Body and Soul’ pose during the awards cer- emony at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, on 18 February, 2017. Photo: Reuters Dubai police summon Russian model who Paramount CEO Grey to depart dangled from skyscraper-newspaper as soon as next week — sources Los Angeles — Brad Grey, film companies, Shanghai Film DUBAI — Dubai police have girder at the top of Dubai’s 73-sto- woman had done represents a the chairman and chief exec- Group (SFG) and Huahua Media, summoned a Russian model who rey Cayan Tower and dangling danger to her life,” the newspaper utive officer of Viacom Inc’s to invest $1 billion in Paramount, posed for a video while dangling in the void, held only by a man quoted Mansouri as saying. (VIAB.O) Paramount Pictures giving the studio much-needed from a skyscraper to sign a pledge gripping her hand. Major-Gen- He said it was important for film studio is expected to leave cash and support as it attempts to not to put her life in danger again, eral Khalil Ibrahim al-Mansouri, residents in the Gulf Arab city to with an announcement coming grow. a local newspaper reported on an assistant to the chief of police avoid practising dangerous hob- as early as next week, according As part of the agreement, Saturday. in Dubai, was quoted by the Ar- bies without taking necessary to two sources familiar with the SFG and Huahua Media will fi- A video of the model, iden- abic-language al-Ittihad newspa- precautions or obtaining prior situation. nance a combined 25 per cent of tified by local media as 23-year- per as saying that Odintcova “had permission from authorities, Grey’s departure from the all of Paramount’s films for the old Viktoria Odintcova, went been summoned to sign an under- the newspaper said. The video studio, which he has headed for next three years, with the option viral after she posted it on her taking not to repeat any danger- registered more than half a mil- 12 years, comes after years of un- to extend to a fourth year. The Instagram account earlier in the ous moves that could endanger lion viewings after it was posted derperformance, producing box Chinese studios will share in the week. her life in Dubai.” on Odintcova’s Instagram ac- office bombs such as “Teenage economic returns of the films, but It shows her stepping off a “What the young Russian count.—Reuters Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the details were not provided. Shadows” and “Ben-Hur.” During his tenure at Para- Viacom Chief Executive mount, Grey was responsible for Bob Bakish will work with an a seven-year marketing distri- Film about colonial era explains interim management team at Par- bution deal with Marvel and the amount, according to one of the 2008 acquisition of DreamWorks sources. SKG for $1.6 billion, from which modern Brazil, director says A spokeswoman for Viacom Paramount got the Transform- declined to comment. A spokes- ers franchise. However in recent BERLIN — A film about Brazil’s promotion he needs to provide the to understand the present day cri- man for Grey declined to com- years, the studio has struggled. national hero that explores racism funds, with one of his peers telling sis,” Brazilian Director Marcelo ment. Viacom’s Bakish is making and the privileges of a small elite him you have to be well-born to Gomes told Reuters in an inter- Paramount was at the cen- Paramount a focal point in his in the 18th century helps explain rise up. When Joaquim is sent on view. “So I think I did the same tre of a bruising power struggle strategy to turn around the New Brazil’s current problems because a mission to find new sources of thing here — I went back 200 between Viacom’s controlling York-based media company’s little has changed since that colo- gold, he ends up wanting to free years to the birth of the Brazilian shareholder, Sumner Redstone, declining ad revenue and ratings. nial era, its director said on Friday. Brazil from colonial power Portu- nation to understand the present and his daughter, Shari, and Vi- In Viacom’s earnings call In “Joaquim” — which is gal, encouraged by his lover and day crisis. I uncovered the flaws of acom’s former chief executive, last week, Bakish outlined a strat- competing at the Berlin Film books a man gives him. “When the past to understand the flaws of Philippe Dauman. egy to focus on six of its brands: Festival — the eponymous 18th you go to a psychoanalyst, if you today,” he added. Gomes said the The battle began when Dau- Paramount, BET, Comedy Cen- century second lieutenant works are having a crisis and you lie “social fractures” of the colonial man, who resigned in August, tral, MTV, Nickelodeon and at a checkpoint catching gold down on the couch, the psycho- era were still visible in Brazilian proposed selling a stake in Para- Nick Jr channels. As part of the smugglers. He falls in love with a analyst asks who is your father society and modern-day examples mount against Redstone’s wish- strategy, the networks will start black slave and hopes to buy her and who is your mother? How of corruption included companies es. Last month, Grey helped to making films with Paramount.— freedom but struggles to get the was your life with them? In order not paying their taxes.—Reuters arrange a deal for two Chinese Reuters 20 February 2017 lifestyle 15 Jasper Conran reworks masculine classics at London womenswear show LONDON — British de- that ranged from mohair to Conran used a colour signer Jasper Conran re- cotton and organza. palette of chocolate, ber- worked classic mascu- Slim trousers slit at the ry, navy, greens, cream, line looks for his latest bottom came in mohair and black and white with dabs womenswear collection wool, while straight skirts of scarlet, orange, pink and at London Fashion Week to the knee were in leath- royal blue bursting through on Saturday, presenting er, hair-on-calf or layered the collection. a clean-cut line of coats, organza. They were worn “It’s... exciting juxta- skirts and dresses. with banded vests or boxy positions of colour — so At a fashion show held tops. classic colours, berry col- at the luxury Claridge’s ho- “What I have been ours, browns and greens tel, models strutted down working with is what I and then vibrant colour,” the catwalk in a range of would call familiar, the he said. For accessories, outerwear including parka, things that (are) menswear footwear was flat, with mackintosh, bomber, quilt- classic,” the designer told knee-length boots and loaf- ed, biker and sheepskin Reuters backstage. ers in mainly dark colours. jackets as well as duffle, “I’ve been working London Fashion Week, pea and suede coats. with that and re-propor- during which designers are Conran presented tioning and rethinking and showcasing their autumn/ V-neck, T-shirt, print, reworking and re-fabricat- winter 2017 womenswear fringed sequin, banded and ing those so it’s the famil- creations, runs until Tuesday. A model presents a creation at the Jasper Conran catwalk show during London Fashion tunic dresses in materials iar but it’s unfamiliar.” —Reuters Week in London, Britain, on 18 February 2017. Photo: Reuters Elephants on parade in Laos as numbers dwindle Contemporary art Sayaboury, Laos brings life to Cairo’s — Dozens of elephants, adorned in bright colours and with garlands of flow- City of the Dead ers, paraded through a Lao- CAIRO — On a winding this particular place, with tian town on Saturday in road leading into Cairo’s creative contemporary art a celebration of a species City of the Dead, a cartoon and with various cultural that has become increasing- mouse with round ears and events to promote diversi- ly scarce in the Southeast green eyes adorns the shop ty. Old meets new, death Asian country. fronts and walls of the mau- and life come together in Known historically as soleums where thousands the city of the dead, where the “Land of a Million Ele- of Egyptians live among the we can exchange ideas and phants”, Laos now has only gravestones. culture between east and a few hundred left in the wild The path leads to a west,” Dobrowolska told and not many more than that 15th-century complex built Reuters. in captivity, most of which by Mameluk Sultan al- What began as a con- are used in logging. Ashraf Qaitbey, a UNE- servation project for the Nearly 70 elephants SCO World Heritage Site complex — which includes joined the main procession that has been recently re- a mosque, a school and th at the 11 annual elephant vived as a local artistic hub. the remains of a drinking festival in Sayaboury Prov- An elephant takes part in the rehearsal before the opening of the elephant festival, which In an adjacent courtyard trough — grew into the ini- ince some 200 km (120 organizers say aims to raise awareness about elephants, in Sayaboury province, Laos,on where local boys play foot- tiative to invite artists from miles) northwest of the capi- 17 February 2017. Photo: Reuters ball, a mural shows Frankie around the world to engage tal Vientiane. the mouse putting a leash the community and create “The festival is organ- said Yanyong Sipaseuth, forest habitat, although has put greater strain on on a Pharaonic cat. art inspired by the local cul- ized to draw the public’s the deputy governor of the poaching for ivory has also the existing captive popula- Contemporary art is ture. It is largely funded by attention to the condition of province. played a part, conservation- tion, meaning elephants are bringing life and colour the European Union. the endangered elephant as Wild elephant num- ists say. A ban on capturing often worked so hard that into the once-drab necrop- Artists have so far well as promoting tradition- bers have dwindled because elephants from the wild so they fall sick and no longer olis, part of an ongoing come up with murals, mo- al culture and livelihoods,” of the destruction of their they can be domesticated reproduce.—Reuters project by Polish architect saics, sculptures, graffiti Agnieszka Dobrowolska and even live performanc- called “Outside In: the Art es. Frankie the mouse is Myanmar of Inclusion”. the work of a Polish graffiti “What we want to do artist who uses the pseu- International 10:44 Am Yatana Theinga City and Shwe Bon is to bring together the old donym Franek Mysza. Programme Schedule Yatanamingalar Palace heritage, the traditions of —Reuters

(20-2-2017 07:00am ~ 21-2-2017 07:00am) MST (11:00 Am ~ 03:00 Pm)- Sunday Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) 07:03 Am News (03:00 Pm ~ 07:00 Pm) -Today Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) 07:27 Am Myanmar Delicate Artistic Creations— Gem Stone Painting Prime Time 07:46 Am Ayeyawady Dolphin (Part- I) 07:03 Pm News 08:03 Am News 07:27 Pm Food Trip (EP-2) 08:26 Am Strolling Along A Memory Link — 08:03 Pm News U Pein Bridge 08:26 Pm Welcome To Naga Land 08:45 Am Living Myanmar Glazed Ceramics 09:03 Am News (09:00 Pm ~ 11:00 Pm) -Today Repeat (09:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) 09:27 Am Myanmar Traditions and Culture Tea (11:00 Pm ~ 03:00 Am)- Sunday Repeat(07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) 09:54 Am Myanmar Street Foods (03:00 Am ~ 07:00 Am) -Today Repeat (07:00 Am ~ 11:00 Am) A graffiti, painted on the wall of a house located inside the 10:03 Am News 15th-century complex built by Mameluk Sultan al-Ashraf 10:26 Am Clam Farming (For Detailed Schedule – www.myanmaritv.com/schedule) Qaitbey, is photographed, in Cairo’s City of the Dead, Egypt, on 13 February 2017. 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