HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Thirteenth session of Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw begins...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s 13th regular session commences...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s 13th regular session holds first day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Aid provided to flood victims in upper Myanmar...Flood Bulletin...Union Election Commission office holds Waso robes offering ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 28/2019...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 29/2019...Reduce no-fishing period to two months: association to MFF...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 30/2019...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Head of service organization transferred...Anti-graft law not being invoked against staff yet: YCDC...Announcement on road closure on Martyrs’ Day...Announcement on closure of Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road on Martyrs’ Day...Weaknesses in forest sector found in first report of Myanmar EITI...Embankments along Mone creek to be completed soon...Vessel laden with charcoal capsizes in Chindwin River.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy...Vice C-in-C of Defence Services receives UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy...Union Minister for International Cooperation receives the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar...Volunteer Alice Le Roux at the Sonne International Day Care Center in South Dagon, Yangon...Construction Ministry, Korea Land & Housing Corporation to cooperate in policy sharing, pilot projects in housing sector...Fishery exports top $610 mln in current fiscal...Fisheries Dept must ban imports of Thai shrimps: farmers’ body...MIC clears 10 foreign projects, 2 domestic investment proposals...Kayan ethnic martial artist Antoniyar secures 3rd ONE Championship win...Myanmar U-18 national team leaves for Japan to undergo training.....OPINION: "Safety on our waterways is a necessity".....ARTICLE: "Waso, the month of religious and socio cultural significance" - By Dr Khin Maung Nyunt (Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Sithu)