DOMESTIC NEWS: JMC-U holds 16th meeting at NRPC in Yangon...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker addresses leadership discussion in Nay Pyi Taw...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw holds Joint Bill Committee meeting...YCDC to cooperate with IFC to improve construction permit system...Light trucks banned from ferrying students to school...Local, foreign businessmen invited to invest in new urban development projects of Yangon Region...Rainfall to increase in Taninthayi Region, Kayah, Kayin and Mon states...Ground consecration ceremony held for building Eternal Peace Pagoda...Media escorted to Awng Lawt, Kachin State...Shan State officials attend workshop for improved municipal services.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Win Myint receives Indian Minister of External Affairs...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker receives Nepali Ambassador...Ministry of Health and Sports discusses WHO funds...Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun receives WHO mission...14th AMRI meeting held in Singapore from 7 to 11 May...Mandalay Region may get over 500,000 tourists this fiscal year...Border trade at Muse gate up by $17 million in April...Thai-Myanmar border trade value exceeds $110 mln last month...Indian Minister of External Affairs arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Swiss Ambassador...Chinese Public Security Minister visits Shwedagon Pagoda...Wholesale, retail foreign companies permitted to operate in Myanmar...Myanmar-Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrols...Myanmar to play Laos today in semifinal of AFF U-16 Girls? Championship...Leeds United co-hosts football clinic for kids in Yangon.....OPINION: "Yangon will grow, but only with responsible investment".....ARTICLE: "Care and maintenance of the toddy palm tree" - Win Chit (National Literacy Award Winner)..."Public Announcement for remonstration"