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. 

A female high school teacher who is said to have been part of the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Taungup since its earliest days was arrested, according to witnesses.

Myanmar’s military regime arrested more young people recently in the Mon State towns of Mawlamyine and Kyaikto, residents said. 

Extraneous pieces of a Chinese spacecraft crashed into the sea off the coasts of Arakan State’s Thandwe and Manaung townships at around 5:30 a.m. on November 23, according to locals.

Myanmar’s military regime is reportedly looking to take legal action against civil servants involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) by targeting them for “misuse of funds” if they received a Covid-19 loan, which the previous government provided to alleviate the impacts of the pandemic.

A 17-year-old girl, one of three females in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township who were arrested early this month and accused of providing financial support to the anti-junta People’s Defence Force (PDF), was released on November 19, according to the township police.

Despite efforts being made to electrify 11 villages in Mrauk-U Township and four villages in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, grid power has not yet been made available, according to locals, as a deadline to complete the project came and went in June.

An official from the office of the Arakan State police chief has insisted that police are not investigating Arakan State-based media outlets, nor have any cases been opened against reporters in the state.  

Despite the arrival of the 2021-22 tourism season, visitor numbers to Arakan State remain stubbornly low, according to the state’s Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (DoHT). 

Almost 10 months since the military seized power in a February 1 coup, bank users and businesses in Arakan State continue to struggle with limited or nonexistent cash withdrawals and other banking services, as is the case in much of Myanmar.