CYCLONE MAHASEN: Tatmadawmen send storm victims back homes.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Headlong plunge of speedy truck from Thiri Mingalar bridge in Sagaing...Man dies of wasp stings in downtown Yangon...IWT?s ferry service in regular operation...Rusty wartime bomb unearthed in railway yard...Seizures of illegal teak and hardwood in Sagaing, Magway and Ayeyawady Regions...Middle-aged woman with history of mental illness hanged herself in Labutta Township...Two-digit banker faces arrest in Sagaing Township...Haul of tramadol capsules seized in Tachilek...YeU storm-hit primary school yet to get repaired...Meiktila police to take a tough line on trafic rules violations...Buddhist cultural course opened in Natmauk...Basic commodity prices show signs of soaring... Deputy Minister visits fire station in Tachilek...Midwifery course opened in Natmauk...Villages in Yamethin to be electrified by solar energy...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Myanmar Engineering Society...Cash assistance for eye surgery...Zichaung Power Plant to increase supply soon...Quality paddy seeds production course conducted in Dawei...CCA course opened in Kalay...Stake driven for building new primary school...People apply for low-priced SIM Card...Over 2.3 million allocated for development fund in Kyaukpadaung...Old lamp-posts replaced in West Shwesigon Ward...Muse mine blast kills one...Outstanding Ayeyawady people honoured...Twenty-three prisoners granted amnesty..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein leaves for the United States to pay a working visit...Statement by the Press Secretary on the visit of President U Thein Sein...Basic commodity prices show signs of soaring...Myanmar delegation attends Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2013...Union Foreign Affairs Minister congratulates Malaysian counterpart...Myanmar, ROK signs MoU on economic cooperation...Skills Malaysia-Invite Programme introduced..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Family" .....ARTICLE: "Silted creeks dredged in Bago District for prevention of floods" Byline: Peinzalok Thein Nyunt Photo: Yan Aung Tun (Peinzalok)