DOMESTIC NEWS: Paritta Recitation Ceremony for 1381 ME held at Presidential Palace...New Year Greetings for ME 1381 from President U Win Myint...Message of Greetings sent by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre, for the 30th anniversary celebrations of establishing peace of the Wa No.2 Speacial Region...Government delegation attends 30th peace building anniversary of Wa Special Region No. 2...New Year Greetings of Vice Presidents, Hluttaw Speakers, C-in-C of Defence Services...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat’s New Year Message...Message of Greetings delivered on the first day of the Myanmar New Year by Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw...Myanmar enters New Year 1381 ME: Greeting of Sayadaws...Wishes for Myanmar New Year...Parittas recited by Members of the Sangha at Pyithu Hluttaw...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker attends Jivitadana ceremony, provides aid to aged people in Myawady...People throng pagodas, Paritta recited in Nay Pyi Taw...People commemorate New Year at pagodas in Yangon...Government delegation arrives ahead of Wa 30th peace building anniversary...677 inmates released from Insein Central Prison...Over 200 prisoners released in Rakhine State...Over 430 prisoners from Mandalay Prison receive amnesty...Cave temples around Hpa-an crowded with travelers...644 traffic mishaps reported in Yangon Region in Jan-Mar...Illegal timber seized in Bamauk Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar U-15, U-18 teams leave for Hong Kong to compete in Jockey Club International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019...Phoo Pwint Yati Khaing wins CAA Women’s Golf Championship USA 2019.....OPINION: ''May a democratic federal Union be established with collective strength of people incoming years''.....ARTICLE: ''Accomplishments of Nay Pyi Taw Council: Focusing on development, cleanliness and rule of law in urban and rural areas'' - Interviewer: Thi Thi Min PHOTOS: MAIKHA