DOMESTIC NEWS: ART MEETS POLITICS - Academy Awards recognise 18 films from 2014-15...Mandalay hosts discussion on traditional marionette arts... Greater Mekong farmers hit by water shortages... Three suspects arrested for theft... Police seize two kilos of heroin, 60,000 yaba pills... Three arrested for hunting deer in sanctuary... Union Minister urges state media to embrace ?public-facing? content... Daw Suu sends message to Academy Awards ceremony... Dawei factory owner concedes to payment demands of employees... 5th Myanmar Gems and Jewellery Emporium closes... Employment rises throughout U Thein Sein administration... Shwe U Min Cave Pagoda sets K3,000 entrance fee... ARDC to repay Union govt K844 million for misused finds... Farmers profit from organic cauliflower..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: World Kidney Day observed by MMA in Mandalay... Large trucks can now enter Mae Sot via Myawady...... "OPINION": "Institutions and effective governance" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Thingyan: The festival of goodwill and loving kindness" - Reproduced from Myanmar Traditional Monthly Festivals by Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu, Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt