Written by Zin Thu Tun and Myo Sandar Covid-19 Fund ချေးငွေမှ ဒုတိယအကြိမ် လုပ်ငန်းပေါင်း(၁၁၃)အား ချေးငွေထုတ်ချေး ခွင့်ပြုကြောင်း ဧပြီ(၂၈)ရက်၌ စီးပွားရေးသက်ရောက်မှုများအပေါ်ကုစားရေးလုပ်ငန်းကော်မတီက သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်သည်။ ပထမအကြိမ်ကို ဧပြီ(၉)ရက်တွင် လုပ်ငန်းပေါင်း(၈၈)ခုအား ကျပ်(၆)ဘီလီယံနီးပါး ချေးငွေထုတ်ယူ ခွင့်ပြုခဲ့ပြီးနောက် ယခုဒုတိယအကြိမ်တွင် ထုတ်ချေးမည့်ငွေပမာဏကိုမူ ထုတ်ပြန်ထားခြင်းမရှိပေ။ Covid-19ကြောင့် လတ်တလောစီးပွားရေးထိခိုက်မှု အများဆုံးခံစားရသောလုပ်ငန်းများမှ CMP လုပ်ငန်းများ၊ ဟိုတယ်နှင့်ခရီးသွားလုပ်ငန်းများနှင့် အသေးစား၊ အလတ်စားစီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများကို ဦးစားပေး ကုစားရမည့် ကဏ္ဍများအဖြစ်သတ်မှတ်ကာ Covid-19 Fund အဖြစ် ကနဦးကျပ်ဘီလီယံ(၁၀၀)မတည်ကာ ချေးငွေများကို ထုတ်ချေးလျက်ရှိသည်။ ယင်းကဏ္ဍများမှ လုပ်ငန်းများအနေဖြင့် အွန်လိုင်းမှတဆင့်ချေးငွေလျှောက်လွှာများကို လျှောက်ထား နိုင်ကြောင်း မတ်လ(၂၉)ရက်၌ ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာထားပြီး လက်ရှိအချိန်ထိ ချေးငွေလျှောက်ထားသူ...
Written by Min Thu Aung Before Myanmar gained independence in 1948, there were 110 insurance companies in the country and only two of them were locally owned. The number had dwindled to 74 (four being locally owned) before 1963, the year the country nationalized private companies resulting in an insurance...
Coca-Cola was nearly 130 years old when it entered the Myanmar market in 2013 by partnering with local beverages company Pinya to form Coca Cola Pinya Beverages. With a $223 million investment, the company employs 1,400 workers and produces more than 60 beverages at its two factories in Hlaing Thar...
As this issue goes to print, the new coronavirus has infected over 126,000 people in 124 countries around the world, with death toll topping 4,600 and more than 68,000 people now recovered. Myanmar has had no reported cases, but experts worry that there could be people who are infected...
Written by Ei Thandar and Tin Maung Oo Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic necessities that humans need access to. Helping people meet their need for shelter is one of the mandates of the Construction, Housing, and Infrastructure Development Bank (CHID). We recently sat down with the bank’s chief...
Perhaps nowhere are the dangers and opportunities of trash as clear as in the back alleys of Yangon and the Ayeyarwady River, where the rampant practice of open dumping and the problematic waste management in Myanmar are on daily display. By overthrowing the traditional linear model of truck and tip...
Written by Stephanie Li If you believe in investing in a vision rather than just in companies, Myanmar’s first tech hub, Phandeeyar, will give you the lowdown on the country’s burgeoning startup market. Nowadays, buying a SIM card for $1.5 or less has become commonplace, yet it would have been unthinkable...
Written by Stephanie Li The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar announced on January 10 that President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Myanmar this week to sign infrastructure and investment agreements and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties.  Xi’s visit on January 17-18 will be his first in his current capacity. He is scheduled...
BORN DIFFERENT Like most 3 year old, Thiha Zaw is outgoing and full of energy. He loves to run around with his neighborhood's kids to the point of skipping his meals. Unfortunately, he was abandoned by his biological parents and adopted by Daw Kyi Htay. He has been lucky that...