A SLIGHT earthquake of magnitude 4.0 (M) with its epicentre inside Myanmar (about three miles south-southwest of Pyigyidagun), latitude 21.86°N, longitude 96.09°E, with a depth of five kilometres, about 11 miles south-southwest of the Mandalay Seismological Observatory was recorded at 8 hours, 25 minutes and 54 seconds MST on 17 October 2026, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.
U Khin Yi, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker and Vice-Chairman of the Myanmar Parliamentary Union (MPU), held a meeting with the Bago Region Chief Minister, the Region Hluttaw Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and regional MPs at the Oktha Pyae Sone Hall of the Bago Region Hluttaw Office yesterday morning.
A delegation led by Union Minister for Education Dr Chaw Chaw Sein, accompanied by Deputy Minister for Industry and MSME Development U Thwin Aung, arrived in Tianjin, China, on 14 October to attend the World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference 2026, held from 15 to 17 October.
Frontline Tatmadaw members returning from security and regional stability operations were warmly welcomed at a local battalion in Tangyan, Shan State (North).
The 2026 MC Song Chinese Singing Competition Concert, organized by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Myanmar, was held yesterday afternoon at the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Street in Dagon Township, Yangon.
