HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Special session of first Rakhine State Hluttaw continues for third day.....BY-ELECTION RESULTS: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Nay Pyi Taw Announcement No. 20/2012 12th Waxing of Tagu, 1373 ME (3 April, 2012) Names of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives announced...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Nay Pyi Taw Announcement No. 21/2012 12th Waxing of Tagu, 1373 ME (3 April, 2012) Names of Amyotha Hluttaw representatives announced..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan Festival Organizing Committee meets...Coordination meeting for Comprehensive Education Sector Review held...Dy Construction Minister inspects Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun)...Renovated school buildings put into service...MFF invites its partner association to attend AGM...Directorate of Transport Administration sets registration fees for imported vehicles...Livestock breeding development tasks coordinated in Sagaing Region...Cultivation of Palethwe hybrid paddy strain educated to farmers...Experiences in region Hluttaw recounted...Health knowledge, anti-human trafficking disseminated...Age-wise measles vaccination 2012 talked in Singu...Microfinance works clarified in Magway...Sagaing Region Chief Minister inspects Thaphanseik Dam, hydropower generation...Self-reliant generator launched in Falam...Bago Region Chief Minister views process of free medical treatment for eye patients...First Under-23 Men?s Futsal Tournament to commence on 2 April in Mandalay...Thongwa Township facilitated with YaungchiU library...Yangon Mayor?s Maha Thingyan Pandal to present newer entertainments...Free health care given to villages in Indaw Township...Water throwing pandals allowed at 44 places in Maha Thingyan Festival...Citizenship scrutiny cards issued to eligible people in Kyauktan Township...Rules of microfinance clarified in Letpadan...MR to run Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon and Yangon-Mandalay special up/down trains in Thingyan...Myanmar Traditional Kite Beauty and Kite Contest kicks off...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (3-4-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Energy Minister receives foreign guests...Union Minister meets General Secretary of World View International Foundation...Participation of many parties in Myanmar by-elections ?significant step? - Ban Ki-moon...ASEAN sees Myanmar by-elections as road to regional, global integration...Union Mines Minister receives North Petro-Chem Corporation of China..... "PERSPECTIVES": "In the years beyond 2025".....ARTICLES: "Sluice gate and dam supplying irrigation water to farmlands for agriculture development in Bago Region" Archive: Maung Nyien Aye..."Thingyan fever" Tin Maung Than