HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Proposal to develop comprehensive plan for floods and water scarcity discussed...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw continues with query session, discussions on proposal..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Emergency health care takes place in Naga Self-administered Zone...Thaton?s roads marred by high death toll...Red Cross opens emergency flood shelters in Hinthada...Protection and promotion of farmers? rights and interests critical to national economic growth: Vice President...Govt ready to supply paddy seedlings to farmers in flooded areas - Thein Ko Lwin...As sandbanks clog up rivers, flooding augmented in Rakhine State...Yaba seized from man?s pants...Police arrested two gamblers in Natogyi...Man killed after transformer overheats...Vehicle collision kills a car driver...Yaba and hand grenades seized...Myanmar?s waterways to get nationwide upgrade...Meliá Yangon Hotel launched...Yangon?s suburban property market slumps...National Natural Disaster Management Committee meets...Govt budget falls short of connecting Minbya to national grid..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: THE WELCOMING WAGON - President U Htin Kyaw and wife host welcoming ceremony for Laotian president...First batch of detained Myanmar citizens in Malaysia set for homecoming on 8 August...Speakers hold talks with Laotian President...Myanmar, Laos ink agreement on management of friendship bridge...Myanmar?s external trade value decreased by $750m this FY...Expired individual trade cards (Muse) must be updated before deadline...Meliá Yangon Hotel launched...Twinings tea officially launched in Myanmar...Ooredoo Myanmar reports successful quarter...Sesame price likely to fall at harvest time due to low demand from China...Importation of diamonds illegal, says IRD...Myanmar-India joint venture SEZ likely to emerge in Sittwe...Number of hotels increases to 1,300 nationwide...Pact?s village banking scheme arrives Thaton...Laotian President and wife arrive Nay Pyi Taw..... "OPINION": "Paradoxes of pedagogical approaches" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Access to Justice" - Dr. Khine Khine Win.....POEM: "The Sunny Morning Struck the Bell" - Htin Lin Zaw