Trade deals the highlight of Bangladeshi PM?s visit: THE Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia, left Myanmar last Friday after an historic visit that produced three agreements aimed at increasing bilateral trade...Busy agenda for UN?s Pinheiro: THE United Nations special human rights rapporteur on Myanmar, Mr Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, arrived in Yangon last Wednesday to discuss his proposal for an independent assessment of alleged violations of human rights... Gems Emporium Sales Strong; Virus Scare Prompts Alert... Attorney General stresses challenges to drafting legislation on cross-border crime: DRAFTING a law that provides for international cooperation is a challenging process, a senior government minister said in Yangon last week... Familiarisation tours to aid tourist sector: FAMILIARISATION tours for foreign travel agents, travel writers, and travel photographers will begin in April to help promote the Myanmar tourism industry... Home Affairs Ministry plans new job tests: THE MINISTRY of Home Affairs plans to introduce updated psychological assessment tests for job applicants in its future personnel selection procedures... Managers urged to confront challenges: MYANMAR managers need to develop a greater awareness of the challenges they need to overcome in a rapidly changing world to be able to bring benefits to the community, says a prominent woman entrepreneur...Universities clinch deal on scholarships: ACADEMIC staff and students from Yangon Institute of Economics will have opportunities to further their studies in Malaysia under a memorandum of understanding signed last week... Betel quid: ABOUT K50 million worth of ingredients for betel quid are sold in Yangon every day, according to a report in Living Color magazine. .. Improved farming methods could double cotton yields: A SENIOR agriculture official in Mandalay has urged cotton farmers to improve cultivation methods to achieve better yields... Yangon Uni research centre goes commercial: THE Universities? Research Centre at Yangon University is offering its services to private enterprises and the public to test products and samples for safety and quality... Dialysis more expensive in the long run: nephrologist: A LEADING Yangon nephrologist (kidney specialist) has sought to dispel the myth that transplant operations are too expensive for patients suffering kidney failure.