DOMESTIC NEWS: Thadingyut festival celebrated at pagodas across Myanmar...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker attends the rice donation ceremony...World Teachers? Day 2017 event held...Cultural heritage region of Bagan crowded with pilgrims...One man arrested, arms, ammunition, mines seized...History students go on excursion to Bagan...Hlaing Tsp to receive more water supply by Kokkowa project...Two dead after ferry capsizes on Taninthayi River...Raw opium, ICE and yaba pills seized.....EXTERNAL REALTIONS: Myanmar,Japan to open vocational training school...Muslims from Buthidaung Township at border to cross into Bangladesh...Myanmar?s garment sector second biggest exporter...FDI in first six months reaches over US$4.1 billion...Myanmar loses to Thailand in football friendly...Myanmar defeats Thailand futsal club friendly....."OPINION": "Need to prioritise eradication of terrorism" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "The truth behind the northern Rakhine issue" - Khin Maung Myint