DOMESTIC NEWS: YBS Airport Shuttle commences in Yangon...Officials provide boats, food, cash during Mon State flood...336 gem lots to be sold through open tender...At least six dead in landslide in Phakant Township...YBS 32 to operate new route between Maritime University and Htaukkyant...Shopping mall in Hpa-an expected to create more job opportunities...Over four tons of hardwood timber seized in Katha District...MIC issues four investment permits, four endorsements...Taxi driver sentenced to death for rape and murder of FDA staff...Veterinary students go on field trip to Natogyi Township...Murder committed in Yedashe Township...Dy Minister inspects road, bridge works in Rakhine State...NPT - YGN airplane?s windshield cracks mid-air...Haul of drug seized in Mohnyin Township...Myanmar Daily Weather Report.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MIC Chairman meets four foreign chambers of commerce...India-Myanmar border trade exceeds $30 mln this FY...Agro exports continue to decline in current FY...Myanmar, Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrols along boundary line...Free motorcycle helmets distributed in Myittha...Union Minister U Thant Sin Maung attends WTC-2018...International Day of Yoga (IDY) to be observed in Yangon.....OPINION: "Encourage production of finished jade, gem products in order to crack foreign markets".....ARTICLE: "Random thoughts while travelling abroad" - By Su Thet Hmu (Mayangon)