DOMESTIC NEWS: EMBRACING PUBLIC SERVICE - State media to connect people and government: Dr Pe Myint...Low pressure area in Bay of Bengal to intensify into depression: DMH...Over K170 million allocated to Mandalay Department of Social Security...Police officer shot dead during Dawei manhunt...Mandalay hospital sees thousands of leprosy patients annually...Proficiency course aims to promote women?s economic empowerment...Access to water initiatives in Kayin State to be tendered...Taninthayi UCS allocates K1.08 billion for loans in 2016-17...Introduction of new kindergarten syllabus postponed to next academic year...Adolescents caught purchasing narcotics entrusted back with parents...Silt-clogged irrigation canals to be dredged...Myanmar Police Force donates water to water-scarce communities...Five killed, nine injured in car accident...Heroin, yaba pills seized in Shan State, Yangon Region...China-made hand grenades seized from drugs smugglers...Young man dies after lightning strike in Nawnghkio...Breeding of edible nest swiftlets thriving in Myeik...Breeding of edible nest swiftlets thriving in Myeik...Solar drying machines to be installed in Mandalay...Mon State government revenue exceeds estimates...Promotion indeed in need - Aung Myint Oo...Service-oriented policing workshop held in Myintkyina..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Proficiency course aims to promote women?s economic empowerment...Three Myanmar migrant workers rescued from slavelike condition in Thailand...UNIDO helps SMEs tap international loans...IFC to invest in private sector development...Germany to import Myanmar teas..... "OPINION": "No dialogue, no peace" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Glimpses of Life on the Farm across Myanmar and image of MADB in the past" - U Thein Myint.....Letter to the Editor.