DOMESTIC NEWS: Thilawa SEZ begins expansion...Discussion at pyidaungsu hluttaw on 5 million euro loan from german bank...Workshop on undergraduate Dental Medicine courses held in Yangon...Half of pharmaceutical demand to be met by 2020...Palace of Hsenwi Sawbwa to be restored ...Intravenous drugs factory to be finished in 2018...Number of agricultural land renters on the rise in Takon Township...Action to be taken against businessmen bribing officials for FDA certificate ...Three houses destroyed by fire in Haka...Vice President U Henry Van thio receives, Secretary-General of APWF Secretaria...U nay Win honoured by State Counsellor for his sacrifice to arrest gunman who killed NLD?s lawyer...Peace provides physical, mental well-being: Dr Tin Myo Win...4th meeting held for Myanmar Democracy Film Festival...Myanmar National Human Rights Commission hails Peace Conference...Basic training course on disaster management opened in maungtaw...over 400 university students join Telenor?s 32nd Net monday programme in myeik..... EXTERNAL RELATION: pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win myint receives Swedish parliament Speaker...amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Swedish parliament Speaker...UEC says election complaint valid...protest, prayers outside Thai embassy in Yangon over possible crackdown on Dhammakaya Temple in Bangkok...State Counsellor receives president of the russian-myanmar Society of Friendship and Cooperation and Swedish parliament Speaker...president U Htin Kyaw receives Sweden?s parliament Speaker...VP U myint Swe receives FEC?s Japan-ASEAN Cultural and Economic Exchange Committee Chairman...apanese-style flea markets to take place monthly...US to lend expertise in shrimp breeding techniques to local producers...Import value declined by $187 million since April...Border trade value decreases to $6.272 billion this FY...MPT chooses Gemalto services to enrich mobile experience...Second batch of aid from malaysia arrives at Buthidaung port...Thura U Shwe mann receives Sweden?s parliament Speaker..... "OPINION": "We welcome the ?National Education Strategic Plan,” with open arms!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "A species in danger of extinction: Clouded leopard"-Rahul Ashem