DOMESTIC NEWS: Mro national killed in Maungtaw Township...Gov?t to speed up work for rights for disabled...Live broadcast of State Counsellor?s Peace Talk with local youths...3,000 issued NVC and NID cards in Maungtaw Township...Country-wide procurement of medicine, medical equipment reviewed...Organic paddy grows well in Indawgyi region Danyingone wholesale vegetable market open...MIC invites entrepreneurs for logistic services sector...NSCN invited to attend Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends parade of military nurses...Bus rapid transit system to be launched in Mandalay...Akhar ethnic people celebrates traditional new year in Kengtung...Ngamoeyeik River to be upgraded for water bus service...Dawei cultural heritage displayed at Dawei District IPRD...Khin Mar Lar Tun gets hattrick as Sports & Physical Education trounce University...MNL match commissioner seminar 2018 wraps up in Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives UNICEF?s June Kunugi...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint receives new Singaporean Ambassador...German tour groups visit Myanmar via Tachilek border gate...Companies to be scrutinised for re-export of sugar in September...UN pressure hurting, not helping Myanmar: China....."OPINION": "We will preserve our ancestral heritage!".....ARTICLE: "Youths and Independence Day"- By Maung Thaung Win [Ex-Diplomat]