DOMESTIC NEWS: Lawmaker complains that tender process isn?t fair or transparent...MNHRC releases statement on matriculation student amnesty...Myanmar Democratic Transition Forum to be held 11-13 August in Nay Pyi Taw...Over 500 primary school teachers performing duties in Maungtaw District...China company offers to build bridges across Ayeyawady River and Chindwin River in Sagaing...History students visit ancient Pyu Cities...FDA sues 25 pharmacy shops as of July...Tatmadaw columns and border police provides security for returning IDPs in Yathedaung...Masked men attack a village chief in Buthidaung...5,700 WY stimulants seized in Maungtaw...Draft Companies Law designed to remove obstacles for foreign investment...Htaukkyant factory to assemble Daewoo buses...Ceremonies to mark 29th 8888 Uprising held...Myanmar national futsal team preparing for 29th SEA Game...Myanmar?s U-12 football shuts out all competitors at youth tournament..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Increased investment and trade for Myanmar...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives UNDP Administrator...Htantapin Community Oriented radio pilot planned...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives UNDP Administrator...H1N1 death toll reaches 17 as local and international donors donates medications and materials...Video message by H.E. U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the 50th ASEAN Day (8 August 2017)...State Counsellor meets top UN development official...Eighty per cent of sesame production goes to export market...Muse trade rises again after merchant accounts unfrozen...How Genius Coffee cracked Myanmar?s premium export market...Myanmar donates elephant to Sri Lanka....."OPINION": "Migrant Workers and Human Trafficking" - Khin Maung Oo.....ARTICLE: "Discussion on Myanmar Democratic Transition with comparative analysis of global examples" - Mg Kyaing Thin