DOMESTIC NEWS: Two dead as fire guts iconic Kandawgyi Palace Hotel...Gold mining firms urged to pay debts to government...MPs call for fishing rules enforcement to save aquatic resources...Ceremony for handing over machinery bought as two step loan held...Nationwide animal census to be taken in January by Livestock Breeding & Vet Dept...KBZ?s BFM foundation funds K3 billion for development projects in Rakhine...Rubber export volume up in September...Five killed, five police injured in Hpakhant jade mine attack...Ygn Region Parliament debates nationalising unused land and buildings...Rain expected over upper Myanmar due to depression...Healthcare using traditional medicines provided for Hindu IDPs in Sittway...Media, state officials meet in Rakhine...COST coordination meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw...Maungtaw to have access to electricity by the end of 2018...Myawaddy FC embarasses Gandamar FC with 14-0 win in KBZ Bank Women?s League...Yaba pills seized in Loikaw.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives EU Ambassador...State Counsellor receives EU Ambassador...Bilateral trade with China hit US$4.45 billion in five months...Invitation for Myanmar businessmen to participate in LMCE expo in China...Myanmar wins gold in World?s Dragon Boat Championship....."OPINION": "Security and Rule of Law" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Considered ecologically extinct in the wild, Myanmar star tortoise population has grown to more thlife Conservation Societyan 14,000 individuals" - Wild