DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects gasfired power plants, steel factory in Myingyan...Private Hospitals’ AssociationUpper Myanmar donates cash for health care in flood-hit areas...CFPA to annually provide K 2 bln for education from next year...Fish farms in Ayeyawady, Yangon regions should take protective measures against floods : Fisheries Department...Drugs seized in six townships...Sagaing timber logging remains lower than permitted volume...Myanmar Motion Picture Organization, Myanmar Poet’s Union, All Myanmar Gorkha Hindu Religious Association, Mya Ayeyar Foundation donate to flood victims...Locals informed not to worry on overflow from Kyi Ohn Gyi Wa Dam spillway...AA/TNLA/MNDAA armed groups sabotage bridges, attack Lashio, Tatmadaw columns, police stations...Fire Drill at school in Yankin Tsp...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 17th August, 2019)...Sunday Comics.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor attends opening ceremony of ASEAN Food Festival 2019 in Mandalay...Chinese experts to inspect tissue culture bananas for import...Local, foreign firms looking to form JV, invest in Thanlyin industrial zone...Cambodia’s JC International Airlines’ Phnom Penh-Yangon inaugural flight takes off...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets Russia-Myanmar Friendship Association Chairman in Moscow...Border trade tops $8.9 bln...English : a lingua franca in the world - By Arakan Sein...Manchester Metropolitan University showcases master-class Fintech and AI expertise at UMFCCI-hosted seminar...Myanma Lethwei World Championship IV to be held in Yangon today...Myanmar U-23 men’s football team prepares for 30th SEA Games...AFF U-18 Next Media Cup: Come back action of Australia causes Myanmar to slip to final...English Lesson - By C.T.O.....OPINION: "It is time to address non-communicable diseases".....ARTICLE: "For Floriculture to Flourish in Myanmar" - By Lokethar..."Development tasks benefit local people in Kachin State" - By Kyaw Htike Soe..."Why young people read the newspaper and watch TV news less and less & its solutions" - By Phyo Min BA (English); Dip in ELTM; Dip in English..."Why we should turn foes into friends?" - By Kyal Sin Phu 2nd Year Honours Student(English Specialization) University of Yangon..."Matupi's Bontalar Waterfall is popular tourist destination" - By Salai Van Ro Htan..."Cut off the obsession with the outer appearance " - By May Thu Htay2nd year Honours Student, English Specialization, University of Yangon..."Please apply your pride beneficially" - By Ms. Moon Final year Honours (English) Dagon Universit