HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: 17th-day meeting of 8th regular session of 2nd Pyithu Hluttaw held...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw?s 8th regular session holds 17 th-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President, First Lady, State Counsellor enshrine religious objects into Eternal Peace Pagoda...73rd birthday of State Counsellor celebrated in Nay Pyi Taw...Mandalay authority grants permission to renovate U Bein Bridge...Action to be taken against illegal fishermen in Yangon River: Fisheries Department...Mini buses to operate in four Dagon Myothit townships...Automobile market remains cool in local market...360 pearl lots, 336 gem lots, 6,795 jade lots on sale at 55th Myanmar Gems Emporium...UCSB Chairman Dr. Win Thein receives JICA chief representative...Meeting held to prepare for 21st-Century Panglong Peace Conference?s third session...State Counsellor?s 73rd birthday celebrated nationwide...Emergency operation centre opened in Sittway...My Birthday Wish...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects Kyaikthanlan Pagoda in Mawlamyine...Over 29,000 trees cultivated on 24 acres in Meiktila for firewood.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Dollar gains against kyat...Exports outdo imports in bilateral trade with the Netherlands in April...Three Sino-Myanmar border gates show decrease in trade over two months...Union Minister U Kyaw Tin receives European Commission delegation...Refresher course for journalists from Mekong Sub-Region countries concludes in Kunming...Suspects in drug haul apprehended, others sought.....OPINION: "Develop SMEs to reduce trade deficit".....ARTICLE: "The plight of the toddy-palm trees in upper Myanmar" - By Phyo Thiha Cho (Myanmar Now)