HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Second Pyithu Hluttaw holds 17th-day meeting of 11th regular session...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 17th-day meeting of 11th regular session of Second Amyotha Hluttaw held.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Myint Swe attends meeting on awarding religious titles, donation of rations...Senior General inspects Tatmadaw Heavy Industry factory in Htonebo...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Head of service organization transferred...Personal interview of foreigners approved by ICC for Permanent Residency...Joint Committee to amend 2008 Constitution holds meeting 2/2019...Basic Diplomacy Course for Hluttaw Office personnel opened...MoI chalks out plan for govt’s 3rd year performance report...MNHRC conducts Course No. 1 on human rights in Yangon...Tatmadaw negotiation team holds talks with representatives from SSPP/SSA...Prices of lablab pea, rice bean rise on Chinese demand...MR nixed 36 routes in 4 years amid mounting losses...Yaba tablets seized in Tachilek, Kawthoung Tsps.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Win Myint receives Vietnamese Public Security Minister...Myanmar, Viet Nam hold 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Security Cooperation...Kuwait Embassy celebrates 58th National Day, 28th Liberation Day...Line Walker-2 continues fourth day of filming near Sule Pagoda...Trade deficit narrows to $927 mln as of mid-February...Myanmar earns $6.2 mln from mineral exports in one week...Myanmar-India individual border trade exceeds K2.3 bln as of 8 February...CMP imports up almost 27% since October.....OPINION: ''Stay safe under the rule of law''.....ARTICLE: ''J&M Steel to up output to 30,000 tons a year to meet local, export demand'' - Interviewer: Khin Maung Htwe and Win Win Maw, Photos: Zaw Min Latt