HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Union-level officials seek Pyidaungsu Hluttaw nod to procure loans .....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 44th Mon State Day ceremony in Mawlamyine...Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung inspects Mon State Hluttaw...Free eye surgery offered to local people in Rakhine State...India hands over last batch of locomotives to Myanma Railways...Photo exhibition in Bagan...Rural road commissioned into service in Hpa-an...Farming methods disclosed to farmers to extend tropical tuber crop cultivation...Over 160 tonnes of illegal Kanyin timber confiscated in Katha...UMFCCI forms Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association for sustainable development...Negotiations to implement highway bus terminal underway in Dala...SG Min Aung Hlaing honours soldiers, families for thwarting off attackers...Central Bank of Myanmar Governor receives ICBC Yangon Branch CEO...Myanmar Lethwei fight in Maungtaw to honour 73rd anniversary of Armed Forces Day.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: $80-million loan from ADB passed by 533 votes to 4...State Counsellor in Canberra...Agro product exports increase by $160 million....."OPINION": "ASEAN, Australia committed to countering terrorism"....."ARTICLE": "Energy Consumption with Sustainable Development in Myanmar " - By Khin Yadanar