DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor, armed group representatives discuss peace issues...Civilian honoured for assisting in seizing 14 million Yaba pills...National-level political dialogue for regions held in Dawei...Electrical short circuit causes fire in Buthidaung...KIA Armed Group?s 2nd Officer Seized...Refresher course for sub-commissions for byelections opened...Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival 2017?s 2nd day of aesthetic literature held...Two suspects for violent attacks arrested in Buthidaung...Authorities to install GPS devices in YBS buses...KIA soldier arrested with weapons, ammunition...Star tortoise population over 2,300 in Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary...Car hits tree on Ygn-Mdy Highway...Thayawady District has the highest rate of illegal teak logging...New building aims to educate nuns, needy children in outlying Yangon...Muse border trade value slumped by over US$360million...FPB trading volume nearly tripled on 23rd January...Freight transportation charges of Yangon- Muse on the rise...Ks15 billion to be spent on Yangon?s agricultural development over next three months...Tatmadaw always holds out an olive branch to armed groups: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...Discussion on Security of the State, Rule of Law held...Warm clothes delivered to members of the Tatmadaw in northern Shan State..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Queen Mother of Bhutan arrives Yangon...State Counsellor receives Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...Union Election Commission Chairman receives Swiss Ambassador to Myanmar...Watermelon market booming with Chinese New Year...MIFFA and GIZ to cooperate in three year project for sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in GMS...Senior General receives Thai Army Chief...Rail safety programme launches in Yangon..... "OPINION?: "Rumours are more dreadful than wildfires" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARITICLE: "Pyatho: the month of Equestrian Tourney Festival" - Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt