Ponnagyun-Rathedaung road closed again, say residents
14 Nov 2021
The main road connecting Arakan State’s Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships was reclosed in the first week of November, local residents said.
14 Nov 2021
The main road connecting Arakan State’s Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships was reclosed in the first week of November, local residents said.
14 Nov 2021
Locals are worried about Myanmar military troops moving from village to village in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State.
13 Nov 2021
Construction work on a variety of development projects in Lay Taung town, Ramree Township, is only about 25% complete more than two years after Lay Taung was recognised as a town, its organising committee said.
12 Nov 2021
The Shwe Min Thar Foundation (Myanmar) said healthcare services will be provided for people with disabilities in Arakan State’s Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships for the next 18 months.
12 Nov 2021
Domestic air travellers can get pre-departure testing for Covid-19 free of charge at the relevant township Department of Public Health (DPH), according to a statement released by the junta-controlled Ministry of Health.
12 Nov 2021
A young writer, who goes by the pen name Min Di Par and was arrested last month on suspicion of financing the anti-regime People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia, was formally charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law at the Mrauk-U District Court on November 12.
12 Nov 2021
US citizen Danny Fenster, managing editor of the magazine Frontier Myanmar, was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on November 11.
12 Nov 2021
Arrangements are being made to reopen basic education schools in Gwa Township, Arakan State, which remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as soon as possible, according to the township administrator.
11 Nov 2021
Although the US dollar has fallen against the Myanmar kyat in the past few days from recent record highs, commodity and consumer goods prices are likely to remain elevated for some time to come, according to businesspeople.
11 Nov 2021
Myanmar’s junta has reportedly sent a warning letter to the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) for allegedly violating the provisions of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), after the peace accord signatories recently criticised military conduct since its February coup d’état.
11 Nov 2021
Fighting will continue if the Myanmar military launches offensive attacks against the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State, U Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the ethnic armed group, told DMG on Wednesday.
10 Nov 2021
People can get medical oxygen free of charge at the oxygen plant recently established in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, according to the plant’s organising committee.
10 Nov 2021
Many homes in Arakan State that were destroyed by fire during armed conflict between the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) and Arakan Army (AA) have yet to be rebuilt.
10 Nov 2021
Illegal logging at Wun Paik mangrove forest in Arakan State’s Ramree Township has decreased significantly due to the help of the people, said the Wun Paik Mangrove Forest Conservation Group, which is formed of local residents.
09 Nov 2021
A case against U Sein Chit and Ko Ye Naing Oo, who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links to the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF), was filed at the Thandwe Township Court on Monday.
09 Nov 2021
The Arakan State High Court on November 9 accepted the appeal of four Arakanese students who were sentenced to two years and six months in prison for an anti-war protest in 2020, according to a lawyer representing the defendants.
09 Nov 2021
The Arakan Liberation Party has called on the Arakan Army to immediately release one of its leading members, Khaing Aung Thein Htay, who has been held in the ethnic armed group’s custody for more than seven months.
08 Nov 2021
To promote a local tourism industry that was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and political instability, the Saung Oo Festival will be held at Ngapali Beach on November 14.
08 Nov 2021
A temporary bus parking lot will be built at Nandawyargone field in Mrauk-U town, Arakan State, according to the Mrauk-U Township Development Affairs Committee.
08 Nov 2021
Many internally displaced people (IDPs) at IDP camps in Arakan State are reportedly suffering from the seasonal flu.