Dozens of ward and village administrators from Arakan State’s Myebon Township submitted resignation letters to their local General Administration Departments on June 5, following the recent detention of three of their peers on terrorism charges. 

In a bid to enable teachers to access new curricula and other learning materials from the Ministry of Education, the Department of Basic Education will install DBE (Department of Basic Education) boxes at schools in Arakan and Chin states that lack internet connectivity.

An 81-year-old man and his son, from Kon Baung Gyi village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township, were reported missing five days ago and have yet to be found, according to their family members.

People who have had close contact with coronavirus “Case No. 234” from Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, will not be placed under facility quarantine, Maungdaw district hospital superintendent Dr. Kyaw Maung Maung Thein told DMG.

A COVID-19 patient in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, tested negative for the disease last week and verged on being considered a recovered case only to test positive again three days later, said the superintendent of the Thandwe district hospital.

With basic education schools set to reopen in July, education administrators in Arakan State plan to rely on sessions of schooling as one strategy for allowing as many students as possible to attend classes while observing 6-foot social distancing protocols in the COVID-19 era.

Village administrators are concerned for their safety and well-being after an administrator from Myebon town’s North Ward, in Arakan State, was taken from his home by a combined squad of Tatmadaw troops and policemen. 

A 17-year-old who was seriously injured during an April shelling of Kyauk Seik village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township recently had to have his leg amputated, family members said. 

The Department of Public Health (DPH) under the Ministry of Health and Sports has reported 48 cases of dengue fever in Arakan State during the period from February 1 to June 1 of this year.

A spokesperson for the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) said the government bore some responsibility for the detention of three of its members, allegedly by the Arakan Army.

The organising committee for Arakan National Day in Sittwe Township announced that it would not host a commemoration this year because of ongoing conflict in Arakan State, regional instability and weak rule of law.

An unidentified group has abducted a member of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) from his home in Sarpyin village, Taungup Township, according to the missing man’s family.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Arakan Army released a statement on June 1 offering to enter into a bilateral ceasefire with the Tatmadaw as a basis for further peace negotiations. 

A military contingent was rocked by twin mine blasts that also killed a civilian near Kinchaung Bridge on the Yangon-Sittwe highway in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, at 11:30 a.m. on June 2, according to locals. 

A handful of strategic positions that had been held by the Arakan Army in Chin State’s Paletwa Township and Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, were captured by Tatmadaw forces in recent days, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief reported. 

A pair of village administrators from Myebon Township, Arakan State, are facing a lawsuit opened under two sections of the Counter-Terrorism Law, according to their families. 

Police have opened a case against two residents of Mrauk-U district in under the Counter-Terrorism Law after the Tatmadaw detained them for nearly six months, family members of the men told DMG. 

Four civilians from Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, sustained bullet wounds on May 30 at about 8 p.m., residents said. 

For many villagers in Arakan State, there’s never been a more dangerous time to earn a living. Those who harvest wood or bamboo, forage for vegetables, engage in hillside cultivation, or otherwise rely on the lands surrounding their villages for livelihood take a risk every time they venture out as landmine encounters evidence increasing militarisation of the region.