DOMESTIC NEWS: peace draws nearer: Tentative agreement to sign ceasefire in October...Construction on Talok-Simeegon asphalt road inspected...Company donates clean water equipment to Zeyathiri Tsp...Kalay University holds music and dance competition...Fire victims of Mahaaungmye Township provided with relief items...Long-term investment in stock exchange may pay off: expert...Post-peace talks dinner held...State media broadcast campaign speeches...Media slots for three political parties announced...Mandalay mayor calls for greener city...Myawady workers complete vocational training courses...Myawady holds traffic safety meeting...Country?s first steel box girder bridge opens...KBZ explains insurance policies...Border Affairs Ministry provides K47 million to schools...Garment Industries Transparency Initiative held in Yangon...Education standards improving: Union Minister..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ADB, Myanmar sign deal to boost int?l trade...Commander-in-Chief visits Gaza...World?s largest bank opens in Yangon...Mandalay Chief Minister discusses model village plans with KOICA...UEC Chairman meets Club de Madrid delegation...Myanmar Five Star to purchase oil tankers...Training for cyclists ahead of Malaysia race...Cycling event promotes Thai-Myanmar friendship..... "PERSPECTIVES": "An absence of war isn?t peace" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Wonder Tree: Neem" by Khin Maung Myint