DOMESTIC NEWS: Unexpected thunderstorm hits Yangon...Two new lifts installed at East Gate of ShwedagonePagoda...Trees, lamp posts blown off by heavy rain in Nay Pyi Taw...MRF appeals for rice sector at meeting with vice president, entrepreneurs...Meeting held for Nay Pyi Taw Mayor Maha Thingyan Festival...Cash aid provided for pregnant women, children in Maungtaw...Imported Thanakha based cosmetics affecting local Thanakha market...Noisy motorbike exhausts crushed by road roller in Monywa...The cost of Mandalay City Mahar Thingyan pandal to be reduced nearly Ks fifty million...Muse depot bans artificially ripened mangoes...GTMH introduces cloud services...Two-year Journey of the Central Bank of Myanmar...Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko donates cash to Mway Taw Kakku Pagoda (complex)...F-7 jet from Toungoo Air Base crashes during training...New homes, support for Muslims...Isolated to scattered rain or thundershowers expected in Bago, Taninthayi regions...Yangon Investment Forum 2018 to be held in May...72 villages may face water shortage in Mandalay.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives UN?s Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator...Fresh paddy supply brings down price by half at Muse border...Beef products to be exported to China...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Korean Ambassador to Myanmar...Rakhine Government receives US Senate Committee member, party....."OPINION": "Cooperation is key for development of private sector"....."ARTICLE": "Utilization of Water Resources in Myanmar" - By Min Khant Soe (Zayar Myay)..."How will Myanmar SMEs develop?" - By Yin Aw Exploring the challenges