HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Yangon-Mandalay Road to be upgraded to international standard with ADB assistance...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Motion to conserve natural resources as national duty passed.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mothers, children in Sittway receive cash assistance for nutrition...Myanmar Permanent Representative to the United Nations delivers a Statement at Security Council on Government?s efforts in Rakhine State...NRPC discusses Framework, National-Level Political Discussion, TOR and SOP...Ministry granted 1,605 hotel licenses in January...Union Attorney-General?s Office mid-level law officer refresher course concludes...One more political party applies for registration...Public Announcement for remonstration...Myanmar Cultural Variety Show held in Nay Pyi Taw...NCA signatories: We are ready to work together to create the Federal Republic...Middle-aged man hurt in mine blast in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State...Two high school students killed in traffic accident...MR to build ten diesel locomotives this year...Taxi driver escapes from vehicle fire...Over 2,500 dengue cases, 27 deaths, recorded in Rakhine State last year...Young craft makers display their talents...A bomb explosion occurred in Ottara Thiri Township...About 62,000 SMEs have registered member cards...Rubber exports rise sharply...Plum growers report losses due to decline of plum prices in Mandalay...Myanmar MoP Local Coordinators Training held in Yangon...Heart valve procedure successfully performed at Mandalay General Hospital...Prosecution witness in Reuters reporters? hearing testifies.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Some 95 domestic investment enterprises permitted...Thailand-Myanmar border trade reaches US$1.2 billion...Five containers of Taro leaf-stems to be exported to S Korea...All-round cooperation needed to practice OSH system...Brunei Darussalam signs an Agreement for reciprocal exchange of land for the construction of diplomatic premise...Spectacular Chinese New Year theatre in Yangon...Largest human image of Myanmar breaks Guinness World Records title...Shinhan Bank awards scholarships to Yangon and Mandalay universities students...A delegation from Thai Red Cross Association researchs in Mrauk-U....."OPINION": " Conservation efforts need enforcement and top-to-bottom duties and responsibilities".....ARTICLES: "Emergence of a new step towards peace in Myanmar" - By Shin Min..."Citizen?s Budgets — Democracy in Action" - By Ildrim Valley and Stephanie Guo