HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw: Second Pyithu Hluttaw session continues: "THE second Pyithu Hluttaw?s first regular session continued for its 15th day with the presentation of a report on the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting and action taken against a letter of complaint by Defense Services personnel Pyithu Hluttaw representatives to a Member of Parliament?s discussion on an urgent motion. First, Chairman of the Pyithu Hluttaw Ethnic Affairs and Internal Peace-making Committee U Khun Maung Thaung, who took part in the fifth UPDJC meeting, presented a report to the Parliament, calling for government to seize the moment for peace. The chairman also suggested that the UPDJC should be formed with parliamentarians— three from the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) and two from the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House)— in the time of the next government. Next, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint announced that points related to the Letpadaungtaung copper mining and property of Defense Industry No (20) included in discussions of MP U Kyaw Aung Lwin on the MP Daw Khin Sann Hlaing?s urgent motion were deleted in accord with the 2013 Pyithu Hluttaw rules and regulations 158 (c). The second Pyithu Hluttaw session continues for 16th day today."..... DOMESTIC NEWS: Rolling out the new gongs: 16 foot tall metal gongs available in Mandalay...Fifteen Yangon townships to receive normal water supply today...Golf contest for the disabled to be held...Myanmar observes International Women?s Day 2016...Ladia Brand painted taxis provide free service to Yangon women on International Women?s Day...Paper toys to be displayed at art exhibition...Water usage to be reduced in Mandalay Thingyan Festival...Arrest of suspects, seizure of narcotic drugs in February...Twenty four illegal motorbikes seized in Kyunhla...Yangon?s organic produce lacks own market...Pea merchants and farmers face difficulty from lower prices...Flower market on Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin motorway booming..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Yangon Railway Station Complex Project to launch in May next year...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets ambassadors...National Workshop on ESCAP Transport Facilitation Models held...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives ambassadors...President receives Daewoo delegation...Appointment of Ambassador agreed on...Myanmar observes International Women?s Day 2016...Ammunition, weapons seized in Mae Sot...46 illegal Myanmar nationals arrested in Kanchanaburi...Metro Group considers entry into new markets..... "OPINION": "Rights and duties are correlated and inter dependent" by Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "?The travaller?s Guide” A brief History of Yangon" by Than Zaw..."International Women?s Day and Women Rights" by Dr. Khine Khine Win