DOMESTIC NEWS: VP U Myint Swe attends National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation meeting 1/2019...Newspapers to be distributed in turn this Thingyan...National Road Safety Council holds fifth meeting...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Union Supreme Court sits to pass judgment and hear cases...UEC, election observers discuss final report for 2018 byelections...Union Minister discusses youth policy issue in Mon State...Rakhine State Peace and Stability Supporting Committee holds first meeting...Rates for camera, video permits in Bagan cultural zone revised downwards...Electrical fire destroys home in Shwebo, Sagaing Region...Authorities arrest three suspected elephant poachers...MFF looking for national goalkeeping coach.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor, Malaysian FM exchange views on latest situation in Rakhine State...State Counsellor, Irish Ambassador discuss bilateral relations, Rakhine issue...Union Minister for Commerce receives Assistant US Trade Representative, US Ambassador...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on friendly visit to PRC...Myanmar-Bangladesh border forces senior officials hold meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Malaysia Foreign Minister departs from Yangon...Deputy Minister for Home Affairs receives BGB director general...Chief of Myanmar Police Force meets Border Guards Bangladesh Director General...Eye on export market, growers seek GAP certification for Myanmar banana...Trade through Hteekhee gate tops $1 bln in as of March...Import of CMP raw materials up by $172 mln as of March...Myanmar-US trade up 67% in January...Union Health & Sports Minister attends GAVI board meeting, 52nd session of Commission on Population and Development...Bangladesh deploys border guards to island near Myanmar...Team readying for the AFC qualifiers, says Myanmar U-15 coach Koga.....OPINION: ''Awareness is no small responsibility for anyone on the road''.....ARTICLE: ''Third-Year Reform Agenda of Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement'' - Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye...''New rules and checks aim to reduce casualties on Yangon-Mandalay highway'' - By Kyaw Ye Thwin