HLUTTAW SESSION: AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: SEEKING NEGOTIATIONS - Amyotha Hluttaw to discuss proposal to end fighting in Rakhine State..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Severe weather coming this week: DMH... Reed Lake in Chin State threatened by silt deposits... Bill to revoke State Protection Law put forward to PyithuHluttaw... Union Information Minister meets Myanmar Media Council... Strong wind topples electric towers... Govt promises ?really? affordable housing with Nay Pyi Taw project... Truck overturns on Tatkon-Pyinmana road... Illegal teak seized in northern Shan State... Two children found dead in village pond... Drunken man sets fire to his own home... Two women killed in road accident... Two missing after boat sinks... Heroin, yaba confiscated in Shan State, Mandalay Region... K1.4 trillion in tax earned from car imports over four years... High taxes on raw forestry materials pose problems for entrepreneurs... Senior general warns against acts aimed at ?disintegrating Tatmadaw unity?... Ngapali Beach in need of infrastructure improvements... New BRT buses to be added to routes this month..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Foreign Affairs Minister meets USAID administrator... Myanmar to cut energy use by 20 per cent by 2020... Myanmar government, USAID hold talks on priority sectors... Japanese FM arrives Nay Pyi Taw... USAID helps promote quality of Myanmar tofu, soybeans... JJ-Pun Tiostone to extend investments in concrete manufacturing businesses... Myanmar?s border trade down in first month of FY 2016-17..... "OPINION": "Public participation is essential"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Bribery and Corruption"-Ko Myat