DOMESTIC NEWS: Chief Minister: Yangon bus line will meet international standards by 2018...5 million euro loan, tax bill discussed at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Notification 23/2017 16th February 2017 Formation of National Committee for Designating Minimum Wage...5 million euro loan, tax bill discussed ...Drug suspect eludes police pursuit and gunfire in northern Yangon...Attorney-General urges courts to resolve cases in timely manner...2,000 midwives to be appointed this year...TV programme on government?s first year to be filmed, broadcast and published...Tatmataw ends area clearance operations in northern Rakhine...Republic of the Union of Myanmar President?s Office Order 2/2017 6th Waning of Tabodwe, 1378 ME 17 February, 2017 Appointment of Taninthayi Region Security and Border Affairs Minister...Chief Minister: Yangon bus line will meet international standards by 2018...Dakkhina district court opened...A fire broke out in Bhamo township...7 ton of illegal logs were captured...Two illegal motor vehicles confiscated in Thaton Township...Seed bank established in Nay Pyi Taw...Pone Taung-Pone Nyar area expected to be designated as ecotourism site...Measures taken to protect crops against parasites...Over 30,000 students in Bago join ethnic language classes...Winter beans and pulses sell well in Pyay...Yangon property prices declined by 25-30% in three years...Vietnamese firms eye investing in Myanmar...Public Contribute Students Democracy Party presents policies and programmes...Formation of National Committee for Designating Minimum Wage..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thura U Shwe Mann receives Qatar Ambassador...U Ko Ko Naing appointed Ambassador of Lao People?s Democratic Republic...Pindaya Zone fee to be risen to US$5 as of next FY...Myanmar earns over US$12 million from rice exports by sea last month...Suzuki?s carry-branded Japanese minitrucks to export to Laos...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Chairman of Nippon Foundation..... "OPINION": "Find out to remove subversive elements around us!"- Khin Maung Oo