In a fresh move to lure more firms to set up shop in Myanmar, fees to incorporate or register a new business in the country will be reduced to K150,000 from K250,000 from October 1, the first month of fiscal 2019-20.   The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) yesterday issued Notification (84/2019)..

Nyan Zay Htet/The Myanmar Times   The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) is planning to take additional measures to further stabilise the foreign exchange market, vice governor U Soe Min said in Parliament on Monday.   The new measures may include it intervening in the foreign exchange market, the Myanmar Times understands. The move comes..

    Myanmar has accumulated US$10.2 billion in debt owed to more than 20 countries and multilateral organisations, the Joint Public Accounts Committee of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw noted in a report on the Union budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year.   The committee said the Ministries of Home Affairs; Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation; Transport and..

Lim Jock Hoi speaks at the 3rd ASEAN Media Forum in Bangkok on Monday. Photo - ASEAN Secretarit   All ASEAN members, including Myanmar, will be connected under the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) before the end of this year, officials of the regional body say.   The ASW’s objective is to expedite cargo clearance and promote..