DOMESTIC NEWS: President attends consecration ceremony of Laykyun Marn Aung Pagoda in Sagaing...YCDC relaxes its grip on granting permits for building construction...Replica tooth relic conveyed from Pathein to Myanaung for public obeisance...Literary talks, songs presentation reflect images of Mandalay City...Zabuthiri Township opens six concrete streets...Military columns capture temporary bases of Kokang insurgents...Workshop for media on election reporting held in Yangon...Easy Bike Show attracts Mandalarians...Readers association to conduct summer courses free of charge...Dawei University shares findings in research works...AMD conducts agricultural machinery driving course...Shan State Fisheries Department shares funds to eight villages...Union Culture Minister visits pagoda construction in Toungoo...Communications services inspected in Kayah and Shan states...Association for Protection of Race and Religion calls for more time to draft amendment bill for National Education Law...MMPO denounces Kokang insurgent group...Body-building, traditional boxing, football events continue..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: China asks Myanmar Rice Federation to add more companies to approved rice exporters list...English proficiency course for immigration officers concludes...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Brunei Darussalam...Union FM sends felicitations to Brunei Darussalam...Thai Expo (Mandalay) promotes Myanmar-Thai friendship relations...Director of Asian Business Development lectures stock market in Myanmar..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Let?s create an environment for the youth of today to strive for excellence" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "The last old Myanmar capital city ?Ratanapon” [Mandalay] Part I" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt