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.

The case of four Arakanese students who were recently sentenced to two years and six months in prison was appealed to the Arakan State High Court on October 4, according to a lawyer representing the defendants.

A court in the Arakan State capital Sittwe is set to rule in a Penal Code Section 505(b) case against the former chief minister of the state, U Nyi Pu, who also faces charges under Myanmar’s Anti-Corruption Law, according to a lawyer representing the ex-chief minister.

An initial trial to establish a freshwater shrimp hatchery has been arranged in Arakan State, U Thet Oo, director of the Department of Fisheries, told DMG.

If people file complaints to the Arakan Army (AA) about theft, robbery and dacoity occurring in Arakan State, the ethnic armed group and its United League of Arakan (ULA) political wing will seek to bring them justice, AA information officer U Khaing Thukha told DMG.

With the waning of the monsoon season in Myanmar, the country needs to pay special attention to the risk of the development of thunderclouds, U Hla Tun, deputy director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, told DMG.

The rapidly rising US dollar has made it difficult in Arakan State to publish and sell the Rakhita calendar, which has faced high-profile legal action in recent years. 

The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) should not summon ward and village administrators to warn them about administrative matters involving the Arakan Army (AA), U Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson of the ethnic armed group, told DMG on October 4. 

Experts from the Department of Archeology and National Museum say the expansion of squatter settlements, roads, buildings and other land uses in the Mrauk-U cultural area could be detrimental to its ongoing bid to gain UNESCO World Heritage status. 

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