HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: PRISONERS NO MORE - The State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to seek presidential pardon for political prisoners, activists, students... Union govt discusses strategies for efficiency... State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to strive for the granting of presidential pardon to political prisoners, activists, students... Col Nyein Chan appointed as head of DIDA.... PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Five per cent tax on top-up discussed... YANGOY REGIONAL HLUTTAW: Bill to amend excise tax approved at Yangon Parliament..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Man stabs woman in the eye; security fails to intervene... YESC announces power cuts on weekends... Award-winning cattle fetches double price after race... Two new drugs for TB patients arrive... 4,400 kilograms of caffeine seized in Tachilek... Motorbike accident kills one man... Police arrested thief in Chanmyathasi... Illegal timber of over 37 tonnes seized in Pale... Ox cart runs over man... Ngamoeyeik (Thunanda) Bridge opened... Wind damages new homes for disaster victims in Hakha..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Canada commits CAD 44 million to support Myanmar... Myanmar, Italy strengthen ties in culture, science, tech... President meets Canadian FM... Petition over commodities stranded at border to be presented to new government, MRF says... Sugar piles up at home as China stops imports... Italian FM, YHT founder discuss heritage conservation in Yangon... Mitsui, BM, MAPCO sign JV agreement to form Agri First Co Ltd... Rice export to China expected to rise after Thingyan... New border trade zone in Maungtaw nearly complete..... "OPINION": "Myanmar?s twin institutions" - Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "Key stakeholders matter most for speedy improvement of education sector" - Myo Myint...