DOMESTIC NEWS: Countering terrorism - Myanmar focuses on domestic protection...Flood affected people in Rakhine evacuated, provided with aid...Flooding devastates shrimp industry in Rakhine State...MFF signs five-year sponsorship deal with MBL...MEE explains fuel, electricity distribution and safety measures...Road safety body steps up efforts to halve road deaths by 2020...Users fined for electricity theft in Mandalay...No budget to fix tangled power nests in Yangon; official says...Village electrification costs recouped in Mandalay...Tatmadaw flies passengers from Yangon to Coco Island...Road accident kills one, injures seven...Police accelerate crime prevention in Yangon?s townships with highest crime rates...MPA to double fines for delayed container withdrawals...Fish adding ceremony held in Katha...Ancient timber of U Bein Bridge kept in Bagaya monastery...Timber extraction suspended nationally for remainder of year..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Players from MNL sourced for ASEAN University Games...U Hau Do Suan presents credentials to UNSG...Appointment of Ambassador agreed...Winrock International will support graft technology to aid avocado cultivation...Thai national arrested for drug trafficking...Clucking hell: Illegal chicken incinerated in Mandalay...Car imports reach over 600,000 from 2011-2012 FY to May 2016...High quality coffee exports double...Green gram export to EU expected to sell 20,000 tonnes...Management of Mount Popa, Chat Thin and Shwe Settaw Sanctuaries to be aided by Norway..... "OPINION": "The opportunity of a lifetime" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "The Sasana Flag" (The sacred flag of Buddhists) - Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)