Covid-19 rules and regulations remain in force for air travellers and at border trade camps in Arakan State despite low new infection numbers over recent weeks, according to the Arakan State Public Health Department. 

With the opening of Myanmar’s public schools set for June 1, students from camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State need school supplies, according to camp officials and parents. 

The Myanmar military has arrested a Muslim man from Myaungnarkam village in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, accusing him of having illegal ties to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), according to locals. 

Hundreds of locals have fled to the Thai-Myanmar border after junta troops stormed villages near the border in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, according to ground sources. 

The Arakan State Public Health Department has administered Covid-19 booster shots to more than 176,079 people aged 40 and above across Arakan State’s 17 townships. 

Myanmar regime soldiers, police and department officials checked for overnight guests at Byine Phyu village near the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Sunday night. 

More than 7,000 residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) from displacement camps in Kayin (Karen) State’s Myawaddy were affected by flooding after the Moei River, which separates Myanmar and Thailand, burst its banks over the weekend, according to local charities. 

Residents in the Arakan State capital Sittwe have called on authorities to systematically regulate the movement of sand-carrying dump trucks in the city. 

Residents in Arakan State’s Ann Township said they were worried about clashes as gunfire was heard at around 10 p.m. on Sunday.

Two fishermen from Kyauk Moung village in Pauktaw Township were killed as strong winds buffeted Arakan State on May 21, according to locals. 

Muslim students studying at Sittwe University donated K800,000 to repair houses in the Mahamuni camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) recently destroyed by fire. 

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are in need of assistance as displaced camps in Mrauk-U, Ponnagyun, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships, which were badly damaged by strong winds that swept through Arakan State on May 21. 

According to the Sittwe branch of the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank, agricultural loan disbursements in Arakan State will amount to less than last year due to low loan repayment rates, with over K9 billion earmarked for farmers this year.

Residents from Kin Taung village in Arakan State’s Taungup Township are worried as the Myanmar military has stationed troops at their village and they are banned from going outside the village from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. 

Locals are worried that fighting could resume in Arakan State as tensions between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) have shown signs of escalating in recent days. 

The Arakan National Party (ANP) will hold an emergency conference to find solutions to its internal troubles, with the party forming a committee on May 18 to prepare for the gathering. 

As of next week, Myanma Railways (MR) in the Arakan State capital Sittwe will add one more coach to the train running between Pyitawthar and Yaychanpyin for the convenience of teachers and students at Sittwe University, according to a MR official. 

With the aim of promoting modern Arakanese poetry, a poem festival kicked off in the Arakan State town of Rathedaung on Saturday. 

Two detained village administrators in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township were released on bail on May 20 after being charged under the Forest Law, according to family members.