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Deal Street Aisa | The National League of Democracy’s resounding victory in Myanmar’s national elections this month, ensuring that Aung San Suu Kyi serves a second five-year term, is set to stimulate stronger investor confidence in the country. While deals are set to pick up in key sectors such as infrastructure, healthcare, and education, the […]

Myanmar Times | The Ministry of Transport and Communications will draft the Myanmar e-Governance Master Plan (2021-2025) to guide the online transition of major public and administrative functions. This will be an updated version of the first Myanmar e-governance plan which was drafted for the period between 2016 and 2020. The Myanmar National Portal, which […]

Myanmar Times | Nine out of 15 eligible organisations have paid the Request for Proposal (RfP) fee which allows them to access documents related to investing in the first phase of the New Yangon City Development project, according to the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. Three companies each from Myanmar and France and […]

Global New Light of Myanmar | The annual rate of inflation in Myanmar, based on the Consumer Price Index, continued dropping to 5.8 per cent in September 2020 owing to demand slump triggered by the COVID effects, according to a report released by the Central Statistical Organization under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry. […]

The Irrawaddy | YANGON—This week, Myanmar said it was considering relaxing many COVID-19 restrictions, including stay-at-home orders, travel bans and domestic flight suspensions, to ease the impact of the pandemic on the country’s economy. The government also approved about US$17 million (22.76 billion kyats) in loans for nearly 700 enterprises impacted by COVID-19. Meanwhile, Myanmar […]