Sixty-seven percent of all landmine casualties in Myanmar over the first eight months of 2021 were in Arakan and Shan states, according to an October 8 statement from United Nations OCHA Myanmar.

The Arakan State Administration Council says it is ready to reopen public schools and border trade camps as the Covid-19 infection rate in the state has dropped below 5%. 

The Arakan State military council is prioritising an industrial zone project to be developed in Ponnagyun Township, the spokesperson for the state’s regime government said at a news conference on October 8.

The court case of twin brothers in Maei town, Taungup Township, who were arrested and charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law for alleged links to the Arakan Army (AA), has been delayed due to a lack of prosecution witnesses.

A cache of explosive remnants of war (ERW) were discovered inside seven boxes in Maungdaw town, Arakan State, on the afternoon of October 7.

The Arakan State military council says it will release 36 more people who have been charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law in Arakan State when it receives permission from Myanmar’s Anti-Terrorism Central Committee. 

Medical supplies have been found dumped at the BXT port, a popular public recreation area in the Arakan State capital Sittwe’s Mi Zan ward. 

Arakan State Minister for Security and Border Affairs Colonel Kyaw Thura has said that arrangements will be made to help the residents of Tinma village return home this month, according to the abbot of the village monastery. 

 A section of road connecting Tin Nyo San Pya and Shwe Kyin Pyin villages in Mrauk-U Township is in need of immediate repair, residents say.

The Sittwe Township Court on October 8 sentenced ousted Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu to two years in prison with labour in a case brought against him under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, his lawyer U Nyein Chan said. 

A rare species of sea turtle was found dead at Point Beach in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Wednesday evening.

Prices of cosmetics such as facial foam, lotion, tonor and makeup are up by 30% this month, according to cosmetics shops.

The basic paddy price set by the State Administration Council (SAC) is a loss-making rate for farmers, according to farmers in Arakan State.

Two out of four family members from Ywar Shay village in Kanyingon village-tract, Thandwe Township, were killed by a lightning strike on Wednesday. 

Oxygen plants in 10 Arakan State townships that were built on a self-reliant basis are expected to be able to produce more than 27,100 oxygen cylinders per month starting next month. 

Arakan State’s Department of Public Health says it is arranging to vaccinate middle and high school students against Covid-19.

A plaintiff and prosecution witness in the case of Ko Aung Win Hlaing, chair of the Moe Pyinnyar Dana Philanthropic Association in Arakan State’s Taungup town who was charged under Section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act, were sworn in at the Taungup Township Court on October 6, according to a lawyer involved in the case. 

With fuel oil prices rising, auto-rickshaw drivers in the Arakan State capital Sittwe are finding it difficult to do business, with the downturn also affecting the families for whom many of the drivers are breadwinners. 

The volatile price of gold has resulted in high supply and low demand in the local market, according to sources from jewelry shops.