Refugee returnees from five villages near Shwe Kokku returned home voluntarily, said a resident of Chaungzon Village.

Myanmar’s Labor Attaché Office is taking steps to help nearly 1,600 recently laid-off Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand get their jobs back.

Arakan Army (AA) chief Major-General Twan Mrat Naing has thanked Arakanese people for their help in various ways to the armed organisation over the past 14 years as the AA celebrated the 14th anniversary of its founding on Monday.

The parallel National Unity Government (NUG) and ethnic armed organisations across Myanmar were among those sending messages of felicitation to mark the 14th anniversary of the founding of the Arakan Army (AA) on Monday.

At least 11 people were killed and seven others were injured after the junta launched an airstrike on Waibula town, part of Chin State’s Falam Township, on Monday, according to a source on the ground.

There is already a shortage of fuel at filling stations in some Arakan State townships, and people may find it difficult to use fuel during this year’s Thingyan holiday.

Nearly 150 baby sea turtles hatched in Kyeintali Township, Gwa Township, Arakan State, were released on the local beach, according to a turtle conservation zone official.

Shelters in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State are damaged and need help to repair them before the rainy season fully sets in.

Water scarcity is forcing some hoteliers in the ancient town of Mrauk-U to suspend operations as they cannot adequately serve customers.

As the solar power installation project has been delayed, the DRD has returned the money to the residents.

The Burmese Women’s Union released a statement on April 6 indicating that 58 women were arrested and 29 were killed in the month of March due to the actions of the military junta since the coup in Myanmar.

In their joint statement, the resistance groups said that the regime has been reinforcing and resupplying its troops using private vehicles along Myawaddy-Kawkareik road.

Family members and human rights activists say the repeated postponements of hearings for those arrested on suspicion of being linked to the Arakan Army (AA) without any verdicts are causing distress to the accused.

Myanmar’s military regime is taking steps to restart the Nayputaung marble stone production project in Taungup Township, Arakan State, according to local residents.

A gold shop in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township was robbed on Friday morning, with around 20 ticals of gold stolen from the shop.

Daingnet also known as Thakkama people will organise their traditional floating flower festival at Shindaw Village in Ponnagyun Township from April 12-13.

Intra-Arakan State ferry boat lines and long-distance bus lines running between Arakan State and other parts of the country will suspend operations for a week during the Thingyan holidays, according to transportation service providers.

The trial for a displaced man and a local resident in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, began on April 5, about five months after the duo were arrested by the military, according to a lawyer involved.

The Mrauk-U Cultural Heritage Conservation Association is excavating the original drainage channels at the Nandawyargon (palace mound) in Mrauk-U, the last royal capital of Arakanese kings.