Four coronavirus patients have died in Arakan State during November as the month draws to a close, according to the state’s Covid-19 control committee, with the pandemic’s third wave in Myanmar receding even as global concerns grow about the new omicron variant. 

The Arakan People’s Authority, under the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has indicated that some people involved in a brawl at the Eain Phyu Taw (White House) KTV in Sittwe’s Anaut Sanpya ward, along with the owner of the KTV venue, are being investigated. 

Residents of Sin Gaung village in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township were instructed on November 25 to report overnight guest lists, according to local villagers. 

The 47^th anniversary of Arakan State Day will be observed in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on December 15, according to the state’s military government. 

The Karen National Union’s Brigade 2 used an explosive device to attack a convoy of Myanmar military troops that was departing Thandaung town, Kayin State, at about 6:15 p.m. on November 25. 

An organisation helping and encouraging Tatmadaw personnel to defect from the Myanmar military, People’s Soldiers, says the families of soldiers who have joined the anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) need the help of the public as they adjust to their new realities. 

Myanmar exported about US$1.2 million worth of goods to Bangladesh through the Maungdaw border trade centre in Arakan State from November 1-24, according to an official from the trade centre.

The Small-Scale Industries Department will organise a basic training course on bamboo handicraft in Sittwe, Arakan State.

The Department of Immigration and Population issued National Registration Cards (NRCs) to 1,578 people under the Pan Khin project at U Ottama Hall in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Friday, according to the state’s military council. 

Min Di Par, the young writer from Mrauk-U Township’s Panmaw village who was arrested last month on suspicion of financing the anti-regime People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia, appeared before the Mrauk-U District Court on November 26 facing Counter-Terrorism Law charges.

Fishermen in Arakan State say they are struggling to make ends meet due to rising prices for fishing gear. 

The planned construction of a Buddhist religious edifice, known as a dhammayon, on the Sittwe University campus is being criticised by some students as an affront to the values of religious pluralism.  

Amid rising agricultural costs and low paddy prices, farmers may struggle to repay their loans even though this year’s paddy yield looks to be above average, the Arakan Farmers’ Union has warned. 

More than 30,000 viss of palm oil that were bought with the aim of curbing palm oil market prices in Arakan State are now being sold for K4,000 per viss.

The Arakan State-based writer Aung Kyi Moe (Thin Pone Tan) held the launch ceremony for his second book, entitled “A Biography of Successful People,” at the Mingalarpa Motel Hall in Sittwe on November 25. 

Local residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) are seeking an immediate replacement for the lone doctor at Tin Nyo cottage hospital in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, who left the position more than a month ago.  

Out of 100 hotels, motels and guesthouses in Arakan State that closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 66 have been allowed to resume operations so far, according to the state’s Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (DoHT). 

A scuffle broke out between municipal personnel and vendors at Sittwe’s Myoma Market on Wednesday morning as local authorities sought to evict the latter from the market’s no-vendor area.

A K30,000 fine will be imposed on three-wheeled motorcycles and motorbikes entering and stopping at Myoma Market in Sittwe, Arakan State, according to the township development committee.