The 300-acre landfill site caught fire on Saturday afternoon. Initially, 150 firefighters and 24 fire vehicles were deployed to extinguish the flames.
Tag: Hlaing Tharyar
4 suspected cop killers caught in Rangoon
Police Staff-Sergeant Ye Thiha was fatally stabbed in the chest on 8 September during a neighbourhood watch programme.
Rangoon has highest rate of dengue fever in Burma
Four persons have died and more than 600 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever reported so far this year in Rangoon Division.
Premier Coffee reportedly agrees to workers’ back pay
“The Premier Coffee Company has now agreed to backdate its outstanding wages to the workers,” said FGLLID’s Chit Paw.
Rangoon factory workers go on strike
Around 100 workers of the Lawun Htet Tha garment factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone have gone on strike in protest against late salary payments.
Winners and losers in luxury housing boom
In Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, slums for the poor sit uncomfortably next to new, gated communities for the wealthy.