HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Second Pyithu Hluttaw?s ninth regular session holds 14th-day meeting...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw?s ninth regular session holds 14th-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Henry Van Thio addresses NWRC coord meeting 3/2018...Roundtable discussion on reviewing framework for political dialogue continues, role of secretariat group to be reviewed...High timber prices force villagers to turn to toddy palm wood.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Win Myint meets separately with BIMSTEC leaders, Nepali mechants...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives Brazilian Vice Minister for Asia Pacific...Independent Commission of Enquiry issues press release...President U Win Myint attends BIMSTEC Summit, closing of 4th BIMSTEC Summit...Rakhine State Chief Minister meets Independent Commission of Enquiry...Independent Commission of Enquiry visits Maungtaw, Rakhine State...UN Security Council held open briefing on ?The situation in Myanmar”...FFM?s Report of 27 August 2018 will only serve to create further divisions and mistrust in Rakhine State and the entire country: MOFA...Agricultural export reaches over $1billion...Myanmar?s overseas trade exceeds $14 billion, $1 billion in trade deficit...Myanmar-Indonesia trade up by $58 million in three months...Consumer goods import up by $225 million as of mid-August...Myanmar delegation continues study tour of film and video arts in Republic of Korea...Announcement on sending ballots to overseas eligible voters for advanced voting...Seventy-five children discharged from Tatmadaw...Myanmar, Brazil hold 3 rd session of Political Consultations in Nay Pyi Taw.....OPINION: "Active cooperation under the BIMSTEC framework is a must to fight terrorism and trans-national crime".....ARTICLE: "Private sector should be encouraged to boost productivity" - By Khin Yadana