PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves increase in electricity bills…Bill to protect rights of national races discussed….. DOMESTIC NEWS: Consumer Protection Law guarantees safe products, services to consumers…Consumer Rights and Myanmar…Newly appointed officers to uphold Our Three Main National Causes: Commander-in-Chief…Media Law emerged, situation the same…Slight earthquake jolts inside Myanmar…Medium-term Budget Framework to be introduced under PFM Reform Strategy: President…USDP members meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi…Dy border affairs minister attaches importance to stability for development of Rakhine State…Vendors in Tatkon get CDMA SIM cards…PSM course for enthusiasts in Myingyan on 24 March…Burning cigarette butt burns down inns and shop stall in Mohnyin… Bullock cart race in Pyinmana Tsp…Wrong circulation of dailies annoys readers…Myanmar embassy launches programme for visa extension of migrant workers…Meals offered to monks to mark 40th Anniversary Mon State Day…Experiences recounted for observations at Mandalay Region parliament…Retirees happy in holding mobile phones…Shan State provides 19 fire trucks for its townships…Pazundaung Tsp dwellers enjoy mobile library…Mu River Bridge, reliable transport facility in Shwebo Township…Tiddim people to consume potable water…..EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw receives Ambassador of South Africa… Vice-Senior General Soe Win and party visit Bangkok…Workshop on international IDEA?s ERM Tool held…Union FM meets Director-General of WHO…WHO to provide proficiency courses, teaching aid for midwives…Myanmar Chief Ministers tour Singapore…Canadians show generosity….."PERSPECTIVES": "According to the law"…..ARTICLE: "The urgent need for good education" by Hla Maung…"MY MEETINGS WITH H.E. U THANT" by Ba Than