DOMESTIC NEWS: Union A & I Minister views demonstration of Palethwe hybrid paddy growing in Wetlet...Kayin National Union-KNU opens Liaison Office in Kyaukkyi of Toungoo District...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister inspects regional development tasks...Union Education Minister looks into exam papers marking...Experts meet to fight poverty in Rakhine State...Basic Summer Sports Course concludes...YCDC MCWA branch donates cash to the aged...Mobile GSM tower comes online in Lawpita...Matters on microfinance institutions clarified...Yangon Region Chief Minister looks into development undertakings...L & F Ministry assigns project duties to departments...Golf tournament marks Maha Thingyan Festival...Boat race held at Poem Buddha Pujaniya in Ponnagyun...Hotel services courses wrap up...Mibamyitta Nanthan Creek Bridge commissioned into service in Mohnyin...Rural gravel road inaugurated in Ottwin...Concrete road for bicycles, motorcycles completed...Higher production of paddy discussed in Thanlyin Township...People satisfy fair supply of electricity in Bago...Mango cultivation extended in Mandalay Region...Day Care Centre for Aged Doctor opened...Self-reliant library opened in NyaungU Township...Pathein-Hinthada local train derails...Union H&T Minister meets Region/State in-charges...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (10-4-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UNFPA to cooperate in Myanmar?s development process...Dy Education Minister receives TCS Vice- Chairman...Myanmar and Thai entrepreneurs to meet on 25 April...UMFCCI officials receives Japanese guests...Myanmar youth golfers secure prizes in True Visions International Junior Golf C?ships..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Let?s try to top HDI list"..... ARTICLES: "Yanpel Dam to help contribute to availability of irrigation water and drinking water and boosting agricultural production in Magway Region" Archive: Maung Nyein Aye..."Taking fire preventive measures a matter of urgency in dry season" T.S. (NLM).....POEM: "A New Year Wish!"