DOMESTIC NEWS: UNFC PLANNING INTENSIFIES - Union Conference Preparatory committee to hold second meeting with UNFC in Thailand - Ye Khaung Nyunt...Yangon Gov?t targets four hotspots as part of crime crackdown - Ko Moe...Suspended Bagan hotel projects still in limbo...Union Minister inspects Mandalay International Airport...MTSH shares continue to depreciate by K2,000...?Myanmar Start-Up Campaign” to award local entrepreneurs...Military helicopter crash kills three service personnel...Govt accedes to tax reduction demands of jewellry manufacturers...Dala motored sampan drivers told to keep life jackets and glow sticks on board - Zar Zar...Two motor rounds found within a week in Kawlin - Ko Ko Nyein...Two die after eating egg-shaped mushrooms - Lein Hone Mahn (IPRD)...One man dies following land collapse - Lu Aung (Katha)...Explosion kills one, wounds three in Htantabin - Ko Lwin (Swar)...Yaba seized in Hpa-an - Tun Tun Htwe (Hpa-an)...Man injured after stepping on landmine - Thein Than (Kyaukme)...IKBZ plans to offer further insurances...Share prices stable after penalties announced for price manipulators...Gem tract exploration to resume in November - Zarni...Road repair, maintenance tenders invited for six districts in Mandalay Region - Aung Thant Khaing...Political information portal aims to increase transparency - Myitmakha News Agency...Political information portal aims to increase transparency..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UNFC PLANNING INTENSIFIES - Union Conference Preparatory committee to hold second meeting with UNFC in Thailand - Ye Khaung Nyunt...ADB President meets Myanmar President and State Counsellor... Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets with DPRK Ambassador...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets with DPRK Ambassador...Union Minister inspects Mandalay International Airport...President U Htin Kyaw holds talks with ADB President regarding development undertakings...Myanmar, Australia sign MoU on Combating Transnational Organized Crimes and Developing Police Cooperation...Mongolian President and delegation arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...JICA will provide assistance to promote Bagan handicrafts...Sale of rice at Muse border up - MLT/union Daily...Muse trade camp earns over US$550 million in two months - —MLT/union Daily...Workshop on Minority Rights held in Nay Pyi Taw by MNHRC & OHCHR...Miss Myanmar International 2016 to be held on 3 September...Construction Ministry organises Chinese language course for staff..... "OPINION": "Traffic: Deadly in Yangon" - Alec Wilmot.....ARTICLE: "Vital Cultural Resources of Myanmar" - Daw Lwin Zar Naing Win.