HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw starts 16th regular session with discussions on bills, loans from IDA, IMF...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw raises the curtain on its 16th regular session...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw discusses landholding permits, ethnic youths & literature.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: COVID-19 cases in Myanmar stand at 188 on 18 May 2020...COVID-19 in Myanmar Updated at 8 pm, 18 May 2020 Total tally: 188...COVID-19 Laboratory results at 8:00 pm, 18 May 2020...Govt buys 10,000 tonnes reserved rice as of mid-May - By Nyein Nyein...Managing stress and anxiety amid COVID-19...Well-wishers donate face masks, hand sanitizers to NPE...Illegal drugs, clandestine lab seized in Tachilek Tsp...Illegal drugs worth K600 mln arrested in Muse Tsp...Firearms, explosives discovered at Muse cemetery...Illegal drugs worth K975 mln confiscated in Maungtaw Tsp...Republic of the Union of Myanmar President’s Office Order 14/2020...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Monday 18th May, 2020)...Warning about Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (AMPHAN).....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Investigation Committee invites people to share information on WHO staff killed in Rakhine State...Tour operators for Chinese visitors discuss better services in post-COVID-19...Rubber export income down about $30 mln in seven months (Oct-Apr)...External trade crosses $23 bln as of 1 May...U Soe Han, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Participates in the Video Conference of the 32nd ASEAN-Australia Forum...Myanmar brings back 81 citizens from the Philippines.....OPINION: "Dealing with stress and anxiety during COVID-19".....ARTICLE: "Fourth-Year Performances of Mandalay Region Government" - By Nandar Win PHOTO: TAR YAR (IPRD REGION)..."Local epidemiology should guide focused action in ‘new normal’ COVID-19 world" - By WHO South-East Asia Region..."Cybersecurity: a responsibility we all share" - By Arker Nyut Wai, Head of Business Security, Technology Group