HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Amyotha Hluttaw discusses formation of Union ministry of national races affairs...MP voices concern over threat of illicit drugs [Pyithu Hluttaw].....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Significant day temperatures (4-3-2013)...Refresher course of Toungoo District Court starts...Food poisoning at plywood factory in Homalin Township brings death toll to six...Union Cup Games Men?s, Women?s volleyball tournament continues...Seizure of illegal teak in Sagaing Region...House fire in Dala Township...Pseudo-meat seized, incinerated...Four die, mother, son hurt in expressway crash...Car crash hurts five passengers in Shwepyitha Township...Green light given to construction of more washrooms in Yangon...Work proficiency of ward/ village administrators uplifted...Kayah State to reclaim 500 acres of modern farming...Shwegu illuminated on selfreliant basis...Myawady observes Mon National Day...Nissan blazed at traffic junction...Meisei gets more electricity from new generator...Union ministers visit Palethwe hybrid paddy farms...MLF holds 13th annual meeting...Observers visit Hluttaws...Tun Foundation Literary Awarding Ceremony on 9 March...Union Border Affairs Minister oversees rehabilitation undertakings in Rakhine State...Disaster risk management is a national duty: Union SWRR Minister..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein arrives in Vienna of Austria...Bangladesh Single Country Trade Fair 2013, 6-8 March...Myanmar Upstream Summit organized in Yangon...India-Myanmar Business Seminar kicks off...Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing welcomes Russian Defence Minister...Union Border Affairs Minister oversees rehabilitation undertakings in Rakhine State...Seed production, sorting technology conducted...Myanmar, Russia to promote bilateral ties..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Sons of Buddha".....ARTICLE: "Dried fish industry in outskirts of Yangon booming" By Moe Thuzar Soe