HLUTTAW:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw mulls US$125 million loan for natural disaster relief...2nd Pyithu hluttaw 5th regular session?s first day meeting held...Amyotha hluttaw holds first day meeting..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Meeting for accurate statistics held...More than Ks20 million to be spent on upgrading public park in Maungtaw...Hepatitis C patients to receive free medical treatment...Motorbike fire breaks out in Buthidaung Town...One dead, 14 injured in light truck crash...Auto market remains cool with high prices...Vocational training to be opened in Rakhine State...Floating garden to be established in Inle Lake...Negotiations for protest in Nay Pyi Taw falters...Military medical team provides care to victims of Pauktaw fire..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: european Union Day celebrated in Nay Pyi Taw...Blue plaques erected at Yangon Stock exchange...CBM increases US dollar exchange rate to Ks1,367...Border trade with ITC hit over Ks3.7billion over a month of this FY...Online licences follow construction of Myawady Dry-Port...ASEAN military leaders for united change..... "OPINION"; "Living in Hope in the Twilight Years"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Who & How Shall Mandalay, the Last Fort of Myanmar?s Culture be Safeguarded?"-Hsuu Hnget