DOMESTIC NEWS: Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment on COVID-19 holds 2nd meeting...COVID-19 related directives extended till 15 May: State Counsellor...Notification on COVID-19 prevention in IDP camps...Driver killed in AA attack on vehicle of pest services company in Rakhine...COVID-19: MoNREC, well-wishers donate cash, medical supplies...Deputy Construction Minister holds online meetings with Myanmar’s development partners...Bahtoo officers training school graduates 123rd cadet batch...Situation update on COVID-19 surveillance...Total COVID-19 cases reaches 132 on Thursday, nine recovered, five die...Unprovoked AA attack kills civilians in Paletwa...COVID-19 Call Centre opens daily...Myanmar Competition Commission issues restrictions on increasing sales...Ayeyawady Foundation donates cash, food to hospitals...Rakhine townships get back electricity after weeks of blackout...FDA eases import permit process on six medical equipment during COVID-19 crisis...50% early entry of Seintalone damages mango market - By Nyein Nyein...Third-time e-licence for 190 import items to be granted: MoC - By Nyein Nyein...Chickpea sells well through online in Monywa...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 4:00 pm Thursday 23rd April, 2020).....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister U Kyaw Tin participates in video conference of ASEAN-US Special Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19...Call for Nominations for the ASEAN Prize 2020...WHO warns ‘long way to go’ in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000.....OPINION: "Stamina required by all to win ‘longdistance run’ during COVID-19 crisis".....ARTICLE: "Fourth year serving the people as Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in civilian government administration" - By Thura Zaw / Photos Kyaw Zeya, Aye Than