DOMESTIC NEWS: President, First Lady host reception and dinner in commemoration of 72nd Union Day...72nd Anniversary Union Day State Flag raising ceremony held in Yangon...NLD HQ commemorates 72nd Anniversary Union Day...Ministries’ sports meet commemorating Union Day held...Kayah State Govt, protesters reach consensus in negotiations...Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs receives states/regions ethnic affairs ministers...72nd Anniversary Union Day State Flag raising, saluting ceremony held in Nay Pyi Taw...Rakhine State Government celebrates 72nd Anniversary Union Day...Additional statistical bulletin on drug seizures, acting on information...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on Tuesday 12 F ebruary 2019)...Invitation to young writers for Sunday Special...Fullmoon of Tabodwe to be designated as Myanmar Thanakha Day...Cigarette sparks fire, 2-storey dwelling gutted in Nyaungshwe...Wild elephant found dead in Thabeikkyin Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japan’s Oshima to produce rice-drying machines next month in Myanmar...Quality check key for legal rice exports to China: Dy Commerce Minister...No. of migrant workers hits 5 mln...Animal products exports touch $243 mln in first four months of this FY...Malaysian company to invest in furniture factory in Bago Region...Myanmar, Japan to jointly conduct Judo training.....OPINION: ''We must safeguard our future male generation''.....ARTICLE: ''The Bonfire Festival of Tabodwe'' - By Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt