DOMESTIC NEWS: Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker attends State/Region U-17 Football Tournament...Railway level crossings to be modified, upgraded...Dengue fever kills three in Mandalay Region...Over 300 MIC-approved foreign enterprises closed down during past 30 years...Local demand driving up Ye Township areca nut price...August 5.5 per cent inflation highest this year...Myanmar-ROK trade reaches $258 million from April to July...National Development Party presents its policy, stance and work program...Train service between Yangon, Mandalay back to normal...Protection of ethnic rights bill discussed...Trustee board refutes Shwedagon Pagoda gold plate rumors...Mro national killed in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State...Contract Registration Law promulgated...Announcement...Weather bureau issues code yellow weather warning for deep depression in Bay of Bengal.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives British Foreign Secretary...Permanent Representative of Myanmar to Geneva responds during Interactive Dialogue with Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Danish Ambassador...Vice-Senior General visits Indian National Defence Academy...BPI pharmaceutica ls price stable despite rising dollar rate...resident U Win Myint, Brunei Darussalam Monarch exchange congratulatory messages over 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations...Labour Union Minister receives ILO?s Deputy Director-General...Aung La N Sang to defend his middleweight title against Mohammad Karaki .....OPINION: "Amending constitution sine qua non for complete democratic transition".....ARTICLE: "Kachin State Democracy Party paper read at 2018 International Day of Democracy ceremony" - By (Unofficial Translation)