HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PHITHU HLUTTAW: MP submits motion to hike state lottery jackpots by 10 per cent...Amyotha Hluttaw raises publication of laws, approval for fire services depts..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon myothit project to start on the other side of Kyimyindine by February...resident U Htin Kyaw visits general hospital, Nursing and Midwifery School in Kalay...Government to help preserve cultural heritage...Expressway accident that killed eight due to careless driving...Electrical fire destroys homes, no injuries reported...Five died, 17 injured as vehicle overturned...80,000 students in Ayeyawady Region register for matriculation exam...Tax earnings from cigarette and alcohol increase year by year...Sacha Inchi experimentally cultivated in Sagaing Region...Humanitarian aid arrives in Sittway...Meeting called for Student?s Union building...Wa? Liberal Democratic Development Party presents policy and programmes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Sweden?s Speaker of the Parliament arrives in Yangon...Vice President receives US Ambassador...Property expo targets Myanmar citizens in Singapore ...Myanmar?s mango planned to penetrate Russia market...High US dollar index hiked up exchange rate...Over 167 tonnes of turmeric shipped abroad in Feb...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin arrived back after attending ASEAN Foreign Ministers? Retreat in Boracay, the Philippines...UEC Chair U Hla Thein receives US ambassador...Myanmar signs Paris Principles and Commitments protecting children in wartime...Japan grants US$ 501,075 for three school constructions and road upgrading in Rakhine and Mon States, Magway Region..... "OPINION": "Fighting against bribery and corruption!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Asian agrobiotechnology growth threatened by private-public sector conflicts and NGO activism"-Mahaletchumy Arujanan