Broken down by gender, 1,229 male students and 1,133 female students failed to show up, head of Arakan State education department U Ba Htwee Sein told DMG.

The statement said 3,125 women remain in prison, 11 of whom have been given death sentences, 15 to life imprisonment, and 122 were sexually assaulted by junta personnel.

Tight checks are causing delays to passenger buses running between Sittwe, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Minbya and Myebon townships, and beyond to Yangon and Mandalay.

The pottery industry in Arakan State used to churn out various types of pottery including stoves, flower vases, cooking pots and water pots.

Restrictions on local and international organisations have caused many difficulties for internally displaced people (IDPs).

The deserters are alleged to be from BGF Battalion No. 9 based in Myinlut town, part of Maungdaw Township.

 Around 50 percent of all hotels and guesthouses in Thandwe town and Ngapali Beach have been booked by visitors, 

According to the Bangladesh office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 2,000 houses were destroyed by the fire, which affected some 12,000 people. 

Tinma villagers have submitted requests to the regime nine times so far asking it to clear landmines and rebuild burnt houses.

Construction of the railroad began in 2009, and the railroad section linking Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U affected nearly 400 acres of farmland owned by 223 farmers in 17 villages.

On January 12, operations at the border crossing resumed for the first time since 2020, when the two countries closed their borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

One man was injured in a fire outbreak at a row of roadside petrol sellers outside the No. 12 Police Battalion in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Saturday.

Myanmar’s military regime is searching for Muslims from Chut Pyin Village in Rathedaung Township who are believed to have opted not to flee to Bangladesh, unlike much of the state’s Muslim population, during the alleged genocide of 2017. 

IDP returnees have told DMG that they are facing various difficulties. 

Junta-appointed ministers visited the displacement camp twice last month to ask the IDPs to return home, according to the IDPs.

Despite the fact that Kandawgyi Lake is dredged every year, the lake still dries up in the hot season.

A 150-strong military contingent from the military’s Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 351 and LIB No. 599 opened fire into the village, said a resident of Nyaungpintha Village.

While the military regime is trying to deceive the public and the world by organising a sham election, these four people are not respecting the will of the people, the statement alleges.

Farmers say the declining agricultural industry in Arakan State is due to a lack of effective support measures by those who have ruled for generations.