HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Immediate action by Union Government needed in Rakhine: MP...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 5th regular session 45th day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: First coordination meeting of Steering Committee to hold CONSAL XVII...Myan mar?s improved human trafficking ranking discussed...270 pearl lots sold by open tender at auction (August-2017)...Suspected violent attackers arrested in Buthidaung...Headless body found in Buthidaung...Twenty-one markets told Thiri Mingalar automobile market...H1N1 on the rise..... EXTERNAL RELATION: Myanmar earns semifinal spot in SEA Games with victory over Brunei...$200m from World Bank...Indonesian embassy observes 72nd Independence Day...Trade via sea increased by US$1.77 billion...Agricultural exports decrease by US$29.5 million ...Speaker U Win Myint receives outgoing EU Ambassador...Thura U Shwe Mann receives outgoing EU Ambassador...Sepaktakraw team ready for 29th SEA Games...Myanmar archery team wins silver at SEA Games...."OPINION": Agricultural exports decrease by US$29.5 million" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Civil Service Reform Strategic Action Plan" - U Khin Maung