HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 15th-day meeting of Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s tenth regular session held...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s tenth regular session holds its 15th-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Myint Swe attends third coordination meeting for 71st Independence Day...Bogyoke Aung San’s speech...Dr. Pe Myint discusses literary, civics with Myanmar Writers Club...Inn ethnic people build Dhammayon (religious building) in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye meets officials from ADPC Myanmar Office...Sagaing gov’t permits 27 local, foreign firms during its term...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 46/2018 10th Waxing of Nattaw, 1380 ME (17 December 2018)...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 47/2018 10th Waxing of Nattaw, 1380 ME (17 December 2018)...CCDAC’s Public Awareness Committee on drug control mulls digital campaign...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Notification No. 97/2018 10th Waxing of Nattaw, 1380 ME (17 December 2018)...Union Supreme Court sits to pass judgment and hear (Certiorari) civil cases...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Public Announcement for remonstration...Public Announcement for remonstration...Ayeyawady Bridge (Thayet – Aunglan) project starts.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General receives outgoing Indian Ambassador...Union Minister U Kyaw Tin attends 4th MLC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Luang Prabang, holds bilateral discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister...Joint Monitoring Committee delegation departs for observation trip in China...EU-funded project boosts green freight, logistics in Myanmar...Rice exports down $174 mln...Exports of animal products up $104 mln in current fiscal...ASEAN humanitarian assistance delegation observes repatriation readiness in Maungtaw...Tourists visiting islands in Kawthoung via Thailand...Drugs seized in Maungtaw Township...Qatar National Day celebrated in Yangon...Border guard police ambushed by unidentified attackers...Provisional figures for FY 2018-2019 (October to November) shows international trade up...Myanmar wins gold in 19th ASEAN University Games’ karate and vovinam.....OPINION: "Selecting good grains to produce highquality crops".....ARTICLE: "Leapfrogging and Sidestepping: Outliers Spark Municipal Reform in Myanmar" - By James Owen,Heesu Chung