NEWS TOPICS: National Convention resumes with rebuke of UN Security Council » High hopes for new disease fund » Flooding ravages central Myanmar » Opium growth down 34pc » Thai FM pledges support » Sales of jade accessories increasing » Myanmar off money laundering black list » Faster passenger boat to ply Yangon and Laputta this year » Symposium explores nurses' role in disasters » Park wages war against plastic litter » UNFPA happy with health movie » Daewoo survey team saves local fishermen » Efficient police force essential, says PM » Funeral group remains independent » Star poet falls » Homes for the aged under strain from growing elderly population » Online job search sites aid overseas workers » Music studios encouraged to get licence » Centre for disabled orphans opened » Red Cross working to prevent disease » Japan provides $150,000 » Tour guides key to improving tourism » National Park to exhibit 500,000 flowering plants...BUSINESS: Gem traders form association » Cement prices set to soften » MOGE to raise oil production » Bangladesh to invest in new industrial zone: report » Myanmar economy to grow » Electricity supplies to last longer as late rains fuel power plants » Third of all trading licences not being used » Precast concrete gaining ground