DOMESTIC NEWS:p aritta Recitation Ceremony held at p residential p alace...Maarutha makes landfall, weakens...Today is the auspicious day, ending the 1378 ME & changing into the Myanmar New Year 1379 ME...Myanmar New Year Message of Greetings of Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Win Myint...Myanmar New Year Message of Greetings of Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw Mahn Win Khaing Than...President U Htin Kyaw?s New Year Day Message of Greetings...Vice President U Myint Swe?s New Year Message...New Year Message of Greetings of Vice President U Henry Van Thio...New Year Message of Greetings of the C-in- C of Defence Services...Pyithu Hluttaw organises Paritta reciting ceremony...a myotha Hluttaw Speaker pays respects to elder persons in Myawady...1,200 crimes, 285 dead, 1,073 injured nationwide during Thingyan Festival...Fire destroys twelve shops in Maungtaw...Maungtaw villager missing..... EXTERNAL RELATION:Wishes for Myanmar New Year from Embassies in Myanmar...Murder victim?s kin: ?Our hearts are broken?..... "OPINION":"New Year resolutions should include humanitarian needs"-Aye m in Soe..... ARTICLE:"Scientists discover eggs of one of world?s most endangered turtles"...Smithsonian Scientists Discover Two Colorful Geckos in Vanishing Myanmar Rainforest