NEWS TOPICS: Plastic bags to be banned as govt acts on pollution » TCG to seek $103m at Bangkok donor conference » Rice association gears up for monastery donations » Playing ‘wait and see? in Myanmar » Rainfall up in lower Myanmar, below average in central areas » Writer Ni Ko Ye dies of heart attack » Veteran politician optimistic about next year?s general election » Yangon donation group gets creative for Kahtein Thingan » Nippon Foundation donates medical boxes » Lecture held to honour scholar » Hotels announce special packages for newlyweds » FREDA to launch mangrove plantation in wildlife sanctuary » Internet survey: MCIA » Myanmar, Thailand share spoils in challenge series » Kanbawza beat luckless Zayar Shwe...BUSINESS: Commodity prices variable in late October trading » CDMA market booms as NPT opens up » Gold association holds AGM » Jeweller?s new technique leaves lasting impression » Car prices, trading down after Kengtung auction » MBE gets involved in Dedaye » Humble living in Mayangone