DOMESTIC NEWS: Beginning of Buddhist Rains Retreat Waso observed in pagodas nationwide...Mandalay pagodas teeming with devotees on Fullmoon of Waso...Buddhists observe Waso-Dhammacakka Day in Nay Pyi Taw...11th Waso robe offering in Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw...Court of Inquiry leaves for Rakhine State...Persons associated with AA armed group captured...Plans afoot to open more gates in Yangon’s Aungmingala Bus Terminal...Nay Pyi Taw Safari, zoo, cinemas, shopping malls draw people on Waso Fullmoon Day...Swollen Ayeyawady forces more people to shift to shelters in Htigyaing...Yangon’s parks, picnics spots crowded with people on Fullmoon day of Waso...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Press Release No 27/2019 14th Waxing of Waso 1381 ME (15 July 2019)...Jade stones seized in Indaw, Sagaing Region...Family of Bo Let Yar donates old English records, gramophone to MRTV...Announcement on road closure on Martyrs’ Day...Announcement on closure of Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road on Martyrs’ Day...Over 1,000 bus stops being set up in Yangon: official...YCDC: 90% of Yangon to get drinking water supply by 2025...Ancient Buddha statues found in Twantay Township...Over 10 tons of illegal timber confiscated in Kaleinaung Tsp...GV Athletic celebrate MFF Warrix Futsal Cup 2019 (Mandalay) victory.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: National committee, UN agencies discuss preventing, responding to conflict-related sexual violence against women...Myanmar border trade reaches $8.02 bln in current FY...Goods flow restricted on Myanmar-India friendship bridge...Daiwa Securities sets up venture fund in Myanmar...Consumer goods imports decline 7.8% this FY...Wave Money announces stellar growth in H1 2019...‘Microfinance Success Asia’ event coming to Myanmar for the first time...WLC to host ‘King of Nine Limbs’ in Mandalay on 2 August.....OPINION: "Improving the quality of education through autonomy of universities".....ARTICLE: "Change in electricity bill payments, and their view" - By Shin Min