HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Budget for fiscal year gap discussed at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw to discuss motivation of civil servants...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Bridges, wildlife and English teaching discussed at Amyotha Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Seven killed, 12 injured in MraukU riot...State Counsellor sends condolences for victims of Rakhine State riot...Charges filed against MP, writer following their talk in Yathedaung, Rakhine State...Maung Taw District Deputy Commissioner U Ye Htut meets repatriates in border areas...Gov?t to submit final application for Bagan to UNESCO by January end...Company license registration fee to be reduced for small-business owners...Media conference held to prevent weekly killings of elephants...Domestic gold price on upward trend...Vice President U Myint Swe attends Private Sector Development Committee meeting...Implementation committee on recommendations on Rakhine State prepares to compile its 4-month report...Lisu Traditional New Year Festival opens in Putao...JMC-U holds 14th meeting at NRPC (Yangon)...24th City Mart supermarket to be launched in Yangon...Myanmar attends FIFA Executive Football Summit...Southern Shan, Magwe in final of KBZ Bank U13 Girls? Tournament.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CPI, inflation increase in December...State Counsellor receives Chinese Vice Foreign Minister and Major General, Deputy Chief of Staff...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives Singaporean Ambassador...Foreign Head of State sends felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Chinese Foreign Vice Minister...Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha Aung receives Singaporean Ambassador... Norwegian Ambassador, UNDP Country Director call on Union Minister...UEC Chairman U Hla Thein observes advance voting in Finland Embassy in Myanmar...U Kyaw Tin receives ILO Deputy Director-General...Third Myanmar-China (2+2) High Level Consultations held in Nay Pyi Taw...Members of ARSA Terrorist Group....."OPINION": "Implementation of urban development".....ARTICLES: "Lisu Traditional New Year FestivalThe Festival of ?Climbing Ladder of Knives”..." - U Lay Gyi