HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw vetoes bikes in outer Yangon; discusses power supply, distribution loss...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s eleventh regular session holds eighth-day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General meets officers, troops, families of Mogaung, Mohnyin cantonments...Ministries to compete in Htamane making contest in Nay Pyi Taw...National Committee for Children’s Rights holds first meeting of 2019...News in Brief...Police arrest suspicious man possessing pistol in Buthidaung, Rakhine State...Producers urged to upgrade rubber targeting foreign market...Public and private health providers, police discuss tackling drug addiction...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Efforts on to keep fuel price at K10-20 per litre...45 projects to protect Sagaing riverbanks at cost of K9 bln...Three-year cancer awareness campaign starts...Myanmar Investment Commission approves nine investment proposals which will create over 5,700 job opportunities.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UN Peacekeeping Operation Course opens in Nay Pyi Taw...Sri Lanka celebrates 71st Independence Day...Deputy Attorney-General receives UNDP Senior AntiCorruption Advisor...Colonial buildings, trishaw rides draw tourists to Katha, Sagaing Region...Health & Sports Ministry commemorates World Cancer Day with fitness dance...CBM Governor receives delegation from International Monetary Fund...Myanmar, South Korea to collaborate on 3 research projects ...Tourists visit Ngapali beach on board cruise...Myanmar Investment Commission approves nine investment proposals which will create over 5,700 job opportunities...CBM will switch to marketbased reference exchange rate from today...CMP imports up over 29% in 2018-2019 FY.....OPINION: "Striding towards a democratic federal Union".....ARTICLE: "Hailing 72nd Anniversary of Union Day" - By Ko Myint Tun (Saw)