HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PHITHU HLUTTAW: NEPC clarifies 6-month work at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Efforts made for MraukU inclusion on UNESCO World Heritage list...President plants Eugenia at monsoon planting event ...Waso-robe offering ceremony convening committee of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar holds meeting...Thanakha cultivators facing difficulty due to low demand...Deposit rate reduction on gem purchases underway...Disaster Management work committees concludes survey trip to Cyclone Mora affected areas...KBZ Bank Cup 2017 to be held as part of preparations for 29th SEA Games..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Frozen bank accounts of companies discussed...Seminar on Preventive Diplomacy, Mediation and Early Warning Systems...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Head of asia-Pacific Unit for Democratic Control of armed Forces...Thura U Shwe Mann meets Charge d?affaires of the Chinese Embassy...Germany to provide assistance to supply electricity in Shan State...Twelve enterprises recently permitted by MIC...Antivenom gearing up to penetrate export market...Trade deficit hit over US$1.2billion in two months...Senior General visits headquarters of Guards Tank Division in Naro-Fominsk, Russia..... "OPINION": "Life is hard but we all have to struggle on!" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE:"Asia?s rivers send more plastic into the ocean than all other continents combined" - GNLM