DOMESTIC NEWS: Equality of opportunity for all...Nay Pyi Taw celebrates 72nd Anniversary Independence Day...First airport in Chin State to open at the end of May...Gallantry medals, certificates awarded to persons for valour and sacrifices in their service for nation and people...100-acre plantation set up in Nay Pyi Taw...Labour costs high for winter onion farming in Kyaukpadaung Township...Yangon holds 72nd Anniversary Independence Day...Myanmar reports 239 human trafficking cases in 2019...Displaced Persons Accepting and Resettlement Committee holds meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Appointment of Head of Department confirmed...Winners of titles and medals announced...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Saturday 4th January, 2020)...Funfairs, sports activities held in Nay Pyi taw Council Area to mark 72nd Independence Day...University students collaborated with Dr Air Bear to raise awareness of Yangon’s air pollution...We might have a better chance at home: keeper Kyaw Zin Htet.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President, First Lady host 72nd Anniversary Independence Day Dinner in Nay Pyi Taw...Bilateral border trade between Myanmar and Thailand exceeds $818 mln this FY...More than 1.2 million tourists arrive via Tachilek in 2019...NLD HQ celebrates 72nd Anniversary Independence Day...Gems, jade sale in local currency continues...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Win Myint...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to State Counsellor...AFC representative advises MFF on upcoming football election.....OPINION: "Landmine clearance key for resettlement of IDPs".....ARTICLE: "Healthy People Make Healthy Planet" - By Htun Tin Htun..."Train and Bus interchange project" - By Swe Oo Wai..."Start of a new year/Decade" - By Aung Kaung Sett Hein 4th year, RCSI Medicine, Dublin..."If you love yourself" - By Htet Zaw Htoo (SUOE) Senior Assistant Teacher at B.E.H.S. Minemaw..."Protecting Myanmar’s dolphins is everyone’s responsibility" - By Aung Thant Khaing..."Philanthropy: the prosocial behaviour" - By Mg Sila..."Life of a soul" - By Susan Year-8 (ALBA)