Authorities removed squatters from a cemetery in Sittwe’s Dannyawaddy ward on Thursday, with about 100 junta soldiers, police, department personnel and municipal workers involved in forcing squatters out of the cemetery.

The Arakan State Education Office is conducting an assessment at a basic education high school in Nyaung Chaung village, Ann Township, after villagers complained that a receently constructed building there is substandard.

Members of the Arakan National Party (ANP) are able to resign from the party voluntarily, according to party decisions made at a meeting this week. 

Squatters living along the railway between Sittwe Station and Sittwe University Station in the Arakan State capital were evicted on Wednesday.

Parents are concerned about possible hassle after Myanmar’s military regime said that 20 matriculation exam centres will be moved to urban areas due to safety concerns.

The Myanmar junta has brought another case against Ma Moe San Suu Kyi, the daughter of ousted Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, according to family members.

The Arakan State military council has been working to relocate Muslim refugees from Kyauktalone camp for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyaukphyu Township to a new location, according to spokesman U Hla Thein.

The case against two men from Arakan State’s Thandwe Township who have been accused of ties to the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF) was examined for basis at a court hearing on Wednesday, according to their lawyer.

The Arakan State Administration Council says internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled past armed conflict in the region can return to their homes if they wish to do so, with some notable exceptions.  

Sandbars have formed in the middle of the Laymyo River in Minbya Township, creating problems for local water transport. 

Covid-19 patients receiving treatment at the public hospital in Sittwe report needing basics such as drinking water and bedding as they fulfil mandatory isolation stays at the Arakan State capital’s largest medical facility. 

Women’s rights activists in Arakan State called for equal rights for women and the elimination of violence and discrimination against women on Tuesday as the world observed International Women’s Day.

A total of 230 offshore fishing vessels operating in coastal Arakan State are equipped with vessel monitoring systems (VMS) and are being tracked by government officials via monitoring centres, according to the state’s Department of Fisheries.

Arakan State is gaining an additional two districts, according to a spokesman for the state’s military government, U Hla Thein, who told reporters on March 8 that Ann and Taungup would be elevated to district-level jurisdictions.

Rural people from Thaing Chaung village-tract in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township want access to water from the Thaing Chaung Dam to prevent water shortages over the summer months.

Nandar Wun Park, near the village of Kyar Ma Thauk in Sittwe Township, will be leased to the private sector and turned into a recreational space for the public, Arakan State military council member U Than Tun told DMG.

Local social organisations are providing education to illiterate children and the elderly in Ahnyit village in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, where Asho Chin people live.

The junta-controlled Ministry of Electricity and Energy said on Sunday that a new gas-fired power plant with a capacity of 150 megawatts (MW) in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township is set to run at full capacity by June, supplying the national grid.

Fresh clashes erupted on March 7 between Myanmar junta forces and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), after junta troops entered KNU territory.