DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar New Year Greetings of President U Win Myint...New Year Paritta Recitation Ceremony held...Pyithu Hluttaw holds Paritta reciting ceremony...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker pays respects to elderly in Myawady...Rakhine traditional ceremony to pay respects to elders held on 17 April...New Year Paritta Recitation Ceremony held at Presidential Palace...Merit makers throng pagodas in Yangon on New Year?s Day...Presidential pardon given to 8,490 prisoners on Myanmar New Year?s Day...Crimes, accidents, fatalities and injuries during Thingyan Festival reduce this year...Nay Pyi Taw Council turning the city into a livable place without occurring any bad impact on the environment...Myanmar New Year Greetings of Vice-Presidents, Hluttaw Speakers, Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief and Cardinal Charles Bo...Maungtaw pays respects to elderly...Rakhine traditional water festival kicks off...Paritta recitation, merit making on New Year Day in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar New Year greetings of Rector Sayadaw, prominent persons.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar strongly objects use of such words as ?ethnic cleansing” or ?genocide” in reference to the situation in Rakhine State: Permanent Representative to UN ....."OPINION": "People over policy"....."ARTICLE": "Let?s strive for forest products export to rise again" - By Myint Maung Soe