HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: U Aye Tha Aung, Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker, inspects Mandalay Region Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 12 hornbills sighted in Chin State......For first time, rice and provisions donation held for 10,000 monks in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint attends public talk and library opening in Pyapon...Ancient religious building in Bago Region needs renovation...Property prices high in Mandalay?s Patheingyi Township...693 grams of heroin, 42,000 yaba tablets seized in Myitkyina...Annual vehicle registration to go online...Sayamagyi Daw Zin Khine Foundation awards education stipends to 101 students...Myanmar Cultural Variety Show opened...Late goals give Yangon United win over Zwekapin.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Tourism needs money, management, modernisation...Senior General welcomes Russian Minister of Defence...UCSB Chairman inspects conduct of civil service entry-level officers in second stage written test...670 police officers to be deployed during Myanmar-Thailand rice offering ceremony...Myanmar?s imports top $14.3 billion in current FY...US dollar exchange rate decreases in local market due to greenback?s depreciation...Export value increases by $1.9 billion as of mid-January...Rice listed as main export to Bangladesh through Maungtaw Trade Zone....."OPINION": "Be alert and be aware of terrorists!".....ARTICLES: "Beneficial Irrigation in Chin State, the Land of Taungzalat" By - Min La Pyae