(The township used to boast four national dailies--Kyemon, and the now defunct newspapers, The Botathaung and Loketha Pyithu Neizin, the Burmese-language version of the Working People's Daily.)

In October 2012, Pearl Land Company won a rental bid from the Myanma Port Authority to redevelop the Botahtaung jetty into a recreation area with hotels.

[2][3] As of March 2018, population in Botataung Township is reported to be around 40,000 with a majority of females being over 21,000 and males being over 18,000.

[4] As Botahtaung township was part of the original city plan implemented by the British, it still has many colonial era buildings.

Some of the buildings and structures of "architectural significance" are now designated landmarks by the Yangon City Development Committee.