DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanma Timber Enterprise to cut annual logging quota by half...MoHT, MoHS collaborate on tourism development...Mini dams built for flood prevention, water supply in Rakhine State...Sagaing Region considers bamboo plantation requests from local businesses...Educative talks held for protection of children and women...Rakhine Chief Minister opens upgraded high school...Rosewood Yangon, formerly New Law Courts, gets Blue Plaque...Strong winds topple trees in Myeik, house destroyed...Speeding truck slams into tree in Minhla Township; two killed...Sesame farmers hit hard by drought...Thanantana Dhamma Palaka (Hindu) Association holds 25th Waso robe offering ceremony...NSSA certificate awarding ceremony held in Mandalay...University rectors share academic experiences...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 4th August, 2019).....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister attends RCEP intersessional meet in Beijing...Border trade accounts for 30.4 per cent of total rice export in current fiscal year...Sesame exports exceed 90,000 tons in current fiscal year...Demand for Myanmar cashew nuts stable this year...Lethwei World Championship IV to be held in Yangon this month...U-23 Asian Volleyball Championship 2019 underway in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar team leaves for Viet Nam for AFF U-18 Championship 2019.....OPINION: "Crush illegal trade for nation’s economic growth".....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: "The Artic is burning: how will it affect us?" - By Khin Maung Myint..."Amazing mural painting in temples of Sarle Village" - By Thiha (the Traveller)