DOMESTIC NEWS: UEC Chairman U Hla Thein meets Kayah State sub-commissions...NRPC organizes workshops for senior ministerial officials, local government members...Joint Committee on Amending 2008 Constitution holds meeting 1/2020...Free operations for patients with cleft lip, pallet, club foot, hand, tumours, burns to be performed in Monywa...18 shortlisted applicants interviewed for permanent residence status...Health Research Congress holds 48th iteration in Yangon...PyinOoLwin Children’s Literary Festival launched with festive opening ceremony...Union Supreme Court sits to pass judgements on special criminal, civil appeal cases, hears special civil appeal cases...Union Minister U Ohn Win inspects gemstones processing, plant nursery, greening plots in Mandalay Region...Conservationists conduct waterbird census at Inle Lake sanctuary...Preparations underway for YangonCocokgyun ferry service: YRTA - By Nyein Nyein...Two CBT destinations in Sagaing Region host 1,976 visitors as of Dec...Two mahouts killed by elephant in musth in Bago Region...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Monday 13th January, 2020)...After Week-1, Yadanarbon F.C. leads MPT Myanmar National League 2020.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Farms need to ensure GAqP for EU market to get Govt’s nod for using farmland...Japanese team takes documentary photos in Bagan...About 3,000 cattle stranded at Muse border as trade stalls ahead of Chinese New Year...MRIC endorsed 79 foreign projects, 179 domestic proposals as of Dec...China-Myanmar JV invests $172 mln in power generation project in Kyaukpyu - By Nyein Nyein...Second coordination meeting held for FIFA Football for Schools Programme...WLC: ‘Battlebones’ lethwei fight planned on 31 Jan.....OPINION: "Creating plastic-free settlements".....ARTICLE: "Electrifying the rural areas" - By Kayalet Maung (DRD)