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[Unicode]   နေပြည်တော်အိမ်ခြံမြေဈေးကွက်  အတွင်း သိန်းတစ်ထောင်ဝန်းကျင် အိမ်ခြံမြေများအရောင်းအဝယ်ကောင်းနေကြောင်း ‌ဒေသခံအကျိုးဆောင်များထံမှ သိရသည်။ ဈေးအမြင့်ပိုင်း ရှိသော အိမ်ခြံမြေများထက် သိန်းတစ်ထောင် မှ သိန်းနှစ်ထောင်ဝန်းကျင်တန်ဖိုးရှိသော ...

Munashraf Munawar's path towards becoming a young millionaire began after observing his own family's struggles. His parents worked salaried jobs and while they made enough to get by, Munashraf knew he wanted to do more. At 23, he is now a millionaire many times over. His company, which produces the Biovet brand of pet food and supplements, is estimated to be worth RM26 million, employing almost 200 people. His sense of entrepreneurship began at 15, when he began a drop ship business selling sneakers imported from China. 'I used social media to sell the shoes, both to my friends and the public. I made between RM10 and RM15 per pair of shoes," he said. Slowing down his business at 17 to...

Political economist and author Gautam Sen has said the idea to impose a wealth tax in India will lead to the country's super rich, the Ambanis and the Adanis, moving their bases out to countries like Dubai to avoid paying tax.     (IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the interaction with business leaders Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Group patriarch Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo)   He further explained that the wealthiest individuals in India, such as Ambani, Adani, and Tata, would likely emigrate to tax havens resulting in a substantial loss of...

A 149-mile-long stretch of highway connecting two towns in Saudi Arabia holds the title of the world’s longest straight road.Saudi Arabia’s Highway 10 stretches 916 miles (1,474 km), connecting the town of Al Darb, in the southwest, to Al Batha, in the east. It’s quite a busy road, most traversed by trucks shipping goods from one side of the country to the other, but it is most famous for a 149-mile stretch through the Rub-al-Khali desert. This particular piece of infrastructure was originally built as a private road for King Fahd (SAU), but ever since it became part of the public road system, it claimed the Guinness Record for the world’s longest straight road,...

[Unicode]   မီးပျက်ချိန်ကြာမြင့်လာတာကြောင့် ရေရရှိလွယ်မှုနှင့်လေဝင်လေထွက်ကောင်းမွန်သောတိုက်ခန်းများ ရန်ကုန်အငှားဈေးကွက်  အတွင်းအလုပ်ဖြစ်နေကြောင်း အကျိုးဆောင်များထံမှသိရသည်။ ယခင် တိုက်ခန်းအငှားဈေးကွက်တွင် တည်နေရာ အထပ်အမြင့်ပေါ်မှုတည်ကာ...

Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan recently bought a mansion in Hangzhou, China, for a reported price of 40 million yuan (S$8 million). A video of the 68-year-old actor turning up for the handover ceremony of the house went viral on Chinese social media over the weekend, as the luxe interiors of the mansion were also shown in the clip. There was a lion dance performance during the ceremony, and Chan was seen shaking hands with guests and taking a group photo with them when he arrived. According to the Hong Kong media, the 4.8m-high abode overlooks the Qiantang River which passes through Hangzhou city.   The living room is said to sport gilded ceiling edges made from pure 18-carat...

[Unicode]   အစိုးရ-ပုဂ္ဂလိက ပူးပေါင်းမှု (BOT) စနစ်ဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ လှိုင်သာယာ (အနောက်ပိုင်း) မြို့နယ်ရှိ စည်ပင်ပိုင်မြေ ၃ ဧကကျော်ပေါ်တွင် ၆ ထပ်တိုက် အလုံး ၂၀ တည်ဆောက်ရန် ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံလိုသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားပိုင် ကုမ္ပဏီများအား...

St. Louis downtown has become a ghost town - with buildings boarded up and skyscrapers plummeting in value. Major cities like San Francisco have hit headlines amid concerns their urban districts are in the grip of a doom loop - but a new report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that St. Louis' decaying downtown is facing an even worse crisis. Take, St Louis's largest office building - its 44-story AT&T tower - for example. In 2006 this prime real estate sold for $205 million. But that same now vacant skyscraper recently sold for around $3.5 million - a shocking 98 percent drop in value in less than two decades, the outlet reported. The Railway Exchange Building, once the crown...

Berlin's state government said the villa once owned by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister will be demolished if no takers come forward to claim it. Germany has long struggled with the fate of its former Nazi buildings.    (The luxury villa was constructed for Goebbels in 1939 on a wooded area overlooking the Bogensee lake, north of the German capital. Image: Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture alliance)   Berlin's Finance Ministry has renewed its offer to give away a lakeside villa built for Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, in a last attempt to avoid its demolition. Berlin's state finance minister, Stefan Evers, said the villa was available for free for anyone willing to...

Talk about being the master of your own universe.With the purchase of this Wild West-themed Montana compound just 15 miles west of Helena, you can be the mayor and the sheriff of your own mini frontier town.That’s because, in a past life, this private Montana residence, listed on Zillow for $1.7 million, was a popular roadside tourist attraction known as Frontier Town. It welcomed as many as 2,000 visitors a day during high season. (The listing includes a number of outbuildings.Audrey Todd Davis)(The chapel, with wood-heavy details, also has a choir loft.Audrey Todd Davis) Artfully constructed by John R. Quigley in the 1940s, Frontier Town features 42 rooms and outbuildings all made...