DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar boasts 4 out of 10 places of interest on trilateral highway...219 victims saved in August...Yamethin Dyeing and Printing Factory urged against polluting...New village road formally opens in Pobbathiri Township?s village...Locals in floodhit Homalin taken to shelters...Zabuthiri residents gets new asphalt road, income generation loans...Fingerlings released into Otthaya District GAD?s fish farm...Election candidate lists announced...UEC panel to hear six candidature appeals...Artistes help flood victims in Nyaungdon Township...Human trafficking awareness updated in Muse...New apartments for Meiktila?s civil service...Kyangin gets help in replanting flooddamaged monsoon paddy fields...Mandalay?s centenarians presented cash and kind...Narcotic drugs seized in Indaw Tsp...20 shortlisted for Miss Universe Myanmar 2015- 2016 announced...Young traditional Lethwei fighters to meet at Myanmar Fight 5..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 20 shortlisted for Miss Universe Myanmar 2015- 2016 announced...More than 9,000 Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand returned back in five years...Commander-in-Chief leads military delegation to Israel...Myanmar, China ink agreement on establishment of Cultural Centers...China-Myanmar relations strengthened by recent visit of president: Union information minister...10 students win scholarships to Japan...60 percent dip for Inland Water Transport...Japan-Myanmar Association honours outstanding students before excursion to Japan..... "PERSPECTIVES": "A step in the right direction" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "A Study of Myanmar Puppetry (Part IV)" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt