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Issues on deforestation of mangrove forests, extreme exploration of marine resources as well as illegal fishing were discussed at the Central Committee on National Coastal and Marine Resources Management, held in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday.

The committee chaired by the Vice President U Myint Swe formed in November last year, for the sustain conservation of the country’s irreplaceable natural resources which are now at risk, as well as strengthen cooperation between ministries and policies improvement.

The Southeast Asia community spirit will be further fuelled when the Rising Together Baton Run of the 29th SEA Games and the 9th ASEAN Para Games Kuala Lumpur 2017. The Southeast Asian Games will take place from 19th and 31st August at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Rising Together-Baton Run Kuala Lumpur 2017 is the aims of the Sporting events such as Kuala Lumpur 2017 present broad opportunities to promote environmental awareness and sustainability practices to be shared and applied across different layers of society.

Annual Tabaung festival of Shwedagon Pagoda organized by Pagoda Broad of Trustees kicked off on Friday.
The Shwedagon pagoda festival has been celebrating with the full essence of the Buddha's teachings since many years ago. During the festival, 11 Buddhist monks recite the Pahtana Dhamma discourses so that the pilgrims can listen to the Pahtana Dhamma discourses by paying homage to the pagoda.

The Nintendo Switch is officially on sale Friday in Japan. Eager fans from home and abroad are hungering of the new video game console. Nintendo made a full-fledged entry into mobile gaming in January with the launch of its first own-brand title, Super Mario Run. ENGINEER, JUNG JAE HA "I couldn't sleep last night because of this, so I'm very excited to purchase this because I came from Korea to buy this, so I'm very excited."

Action film "Logan" is expected to top ticket sales at the North American weekend box office. Logan is the tenth film in the X-Men franchise. It's expected to earn $86 million dollars this weekend, according to boxofficepro.com. Horror film "Get Out" is in total of $71 million sales. "The Lego Batman Movie" worldwide earning is nearly $230 million. "John Wick: Chapter 2" is $128 million in global sales.