Nighttime curfew extended in Ann Twsp
03 Jul 2021
A nighttime curfew has been extended for another two months, from July 2, in Arakan State’s Ann Township.
03 Jul 2021
A nighttime curfew has been extended for another two months, from July 2, in Arakan State’s Ann Township.
03 Jul 2021
Although a standard hearing for four Arakanese students charged under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 29 of the Natural Disaster Management Law was not held due to Covid-19 concerns, a final prosecution witness has testified regarding the latter charge.
03 Jul 2021
An additional 20 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Maungdaw Township on July 3, with one infected individual dying due to underlying illness, according to Maungdaw District General Hospital.
03 Jul 2021
A village-tract administrator was stabbed to death by a group of people in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township at about 10 p.m. on July 2, according to his family members.
02 Jul 2021
As the number of COVID-19 infections in Arakan State reached 348 on Thursday evening, a massive cluster of cases involving Border Guard Force (BGF) personnel and their families in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships was blamed for a significant share of the growing caseload.
02 Jul 2021
Only 16 tonnes of overall weight will be allowed for trucks in Arakan State during the monsoon season, according to the Thandwe District Roads and Bridges Department, which cited concerns about the structural integrity of roads and bridges in the state that require repairs.
02 Jul 2021
Scores of houses in Lekka village, Mrauk-U Township, and Hpar Pyo village in Minbya Township, which were reduced to ashes in clashes between the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) and Arakan Army (AA), have been rebuilt with the help of the Arakan State military council.
01 Jul 2021
Trade at the Kanyin Chaung economic zone in Maungdaw town, Arakan State, is being hampered by damaged roads in the area, according to traders.
01 Jul 2021
Two schools and two classrooms in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township have been temporarily closed from July 1 after four teachers were found to be infected with Covid-19, according to the Maungdaw Township education officer.
30 Jun 2021
The Sittwe Township Court held another hearing in the case of former Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, who has been charged with incitement, via video conferencing.
30 Jun 2021
A lawsuit under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code against three Taungup residents including a member of the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) has been dismissed, and the three men walked free on Wednesday along with hundreds of other prisoners released by Myanmar’s military regime.
30 Jun 2021
Ko Kyaw Than Hlaing, a former chairperson of the Arakan Social Association Japan (ASAJ) who was arrested at Yangon International Airport on June 25, was released on Tuesday.
30 Jun 2021
Another 15 people including six members of a Border Guard Force (BGF) have tested positive for Covid-19 in Maungdaw town as a makeshift medical facility to accommodate an overflow of coronavirus patients was set up at Maungdaw’s Thiri Mingalar Hall this week.
29 Jun 2021
Hearings before the Thandwe District Court in the cases of nine people charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, which had been scheduled for June 29, were postponed due to a flareup of Covid-19 cases in the region, according to a lawyer involved in the proceedings.
29 Jun 2021
Explosive remnants of war (ERWs) should not be concentrated in one place, said Ko Zaw Zaw Tun, general secretary of the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC), following reports of a cache of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township.
29 Jun 2021
About 100 tonnes of timber reportedly intended for illegal export to Bangladesh were seized along with eight motorboats at the mouth of Naf River in Maungdaw, Arakan State, over the past three months.
29 Jun 2021
A woman infected with Covid-19 and receiving medical treatment at Maungdaw District People’s Hospital has suffered nerve damage and is reportedly unable to speak.
29 Jun 2021
With no donors for nearly a year, emergency assistance has been needed for internally displaced people (IDPs) at Wah Taung IDP camp, which is located near the banks of the Lemro River in Minbya Township, as IDPs have faced difficulties during the monsoon season, according to camp managers.
28 Jun 2021
A 20-year-old worker at a farm in Mrauk-U District, Arakan State, was found stabbed to death in a field some 5 miles from the town of Mrauk-U on June 27.
28 Jun 2021
Arakan State recorded its first fatality linked to Myanmar’s third wave of coronavirus infections as the total number of cases over recent weeks rose to 119 on Monday, but a state military council spokesman said schools and border trade gates would remain open for the time being.