DOMESTIC NEWS: Hluttaw meetings? organising central committee,work committees hold coord meeting...Amyotha Hluttaw?s office holds Waso robe offering ceremony...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee holds meeting...New school buildings handed over to Ministry of Education...Meiktila hiking team climbs 6,020 ft.-high mountain...MRA requests government to tackle scarcity of small currency notes...Myeik locals receive free medical checkup, treatment...Price of quality rice rises in domestic market...Price of chickpeas rises in Mandalay market...Pyithu Hluttaw?s office holds 6th Waso robe offering ceremony...Kayin State Chief Minister meets with representative group from Kayin State Youth Affairs Committee...CBM Governor: Follow financial rules and regulations...Two men arrested in Maungtaw for illegal border crossing...SMBC awarded for education support to Myanmar...Live broadcast of 71st Martyrs? Day ceremony...Notifications issued under section 462(a) of Myanmar Companies Law 2017...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Notification No. 5/2018 5th Waxing of Second Waso, 1380 ME (17 July 2018)...Mock flood drill held in Mrauk U, Rakhine.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives Chairman, members of Advisory Board for the Committee for Implementation of the Recommendations on Rakhine State...President receives Prof. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai...Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than receives Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Committee for Implementation of Recommendations on Rakhine State...Thai delegation from IBERD Foundation calls on Union Ministers U Thaung Tun, Dr. Win Myat Aye...MIC re-notifies foreign investors from violating restrictions...IKBZ awarded by AB&F for two consecutive years...Myanmar, Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrols along border...Exported ginger earns higher profit within three months...Thai court dismisses charges against Myanmar migrant workers.....OPINION: "Negotiations among those of different backgrounds take time, patience".....ARTICLE: "A veteran writer?s recollections of Bogyoke" - By Thi Thi Minn