DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov?t steps up nutrition programme efforts...MYANMAR GAZETTE- Head of service organisation appointed...Gov?t steps up...Government cracking down on illegal trading...National Level Political Dialogue for Regions (Taninthayi Region) successfully concludes...Training course for voting booth supervisors conducted...Fundraiser on 28 January to provide healthcare for Naga people...New housing for growing YCDC staff...High prevalence of elephantiasis found in Amarapura...Opium oil seized in Shan State...Man killed in Myawady hunting accident...MAEX making efforts to be listed on YSX...Vessels to run for Kalatan multi-purpose project to arrive Sittway on 27th January...Myanmar Citizens investments totalled over Ks1.4 trillion as of second week of January...Newly harvested pea production results in rise in green gram price....Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Woman ploughing field shot in Namkham...Tatmadaw clashes with KIA troops in Shan State...Foreign Head of State sends felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Children, pregnant women in Maungtaw, Buthidaung receive vaccinations...Stinky factories temporarily shut down in Dawei...Villager wounded in mine explosion...Improvised Explosive Devices of TNLA seized..... EXTERNAL RELATION: VP U Myint Swe receives Vice Chairman of General Electric...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with Speaker of Britain?s Lower House...U Myint Swe presents credentials to President of South Africa...Maung Maung Lynn concurrently appointed as Ambassador to Cyprus...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives IPU Technical Cooperation Program Manager...Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission Chairman receives GE delegation...Myanmar sesame price jumps Ks20,000 per bag due to demand from India...Myanmar, China discuss stability, rule of law in border areas...Japan Grants US$ 398, 795 for road upgrading and one school construction...Foreign investments meet the target in 2016-2017 FY...Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck of Bhutan visits ancient pagodas in Bagan...Speaker of the Senate of parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons, parliament of Canada send felicitations to Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint and Speaker the Amyotha Hluttaw U Mahn Win Khaing Than...Illegal migrant deported to Bangladesh...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Vice Chairman of General Electric...Myanmar students can apply for ASEAN Tourism Scholarships