DOMESTIC NEWS: better ballots: Government factories to print 125 million Ceasefire signing date to be set on Sunday...Ceasefire signing date to be set on Sunday...Joint statement on election issued...Seven soldiers killed in July clashes with KKO...Rice reserve scheme introduced...What they stand for: campaigns aired...Vice president in Nanning for two summits...$400m from World Bank for 2030 electrification plan...Landslide in Chin State poses no flood threat...Chanmyathazi elects new ward administrator...200 flood-hit schools to be rebuilt: Ministry of Education...President donates desks to students...K300 million for rural businesses in Yinmabin Township...Talks held on stepping up efforts against malaria...Harvesting begins on model paddy farm...Myanmar winery joins Asian Wine Producers Association..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union FM meets ambassadors...Myanmar, Italy eye cooperation in immigration affairs...President receives credentials of ambassadors...$400m from World Bank for 2030 electrification plan...MWEA member to attend MBA course in Japan...Myanmar?s first international yacht race to be held in Oct...Myanmar?s U-19 to play Thailand ahead of AFC qualifiers..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Rediscovering the beauty of diversity" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "MYANMAR CULTURE : AN ASSESSMENT OF LETWE NAWRAHTA U NE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE (1)" by Kyaw Swe Oo