IDPs face health problems because of unclean drinking water
19 Sep 2019
Yangon Rescue Organisation (YRO) said that IDPs in Arakan State are facing health problems because of unclean water that they drink in the camps.
19 Sep 2019
Yangon Rescue Organisation (YRO) said that IDPs in Arakan State are facing health problems because of unclean water that they drink in the camps.
19 Sep 2019
Tatmadaw representatives objected to a proposal to organize a commission led by the state government to investigate cases of death and injuries as a result of fighting in Arakan State.
19 Sep 2019
Kyauktaw has 259 primary schools in its whole township, and it requires 1,099 teachers to cover all schools. But schools are running with 760 teachers at the moment.
19 Sep 2019
The 7th Ethnic Media Conference issued a statement calling for the drafting of a law on the right to information for journalists at a three-day conference in Myitkyina, Kachin State.
19 Sep 2019
A landmine exploded near Chaung Tu village in Kyauktaw Township at twelve noon yesterday, injuring a woman.
18 Sep 2019
A man in his 50s from Maw Phyar village, Kyauk Phyu Township, was found dead two days after he was abducted by unknown groups on 14 September.
18 Sep 2019
Mrauk-U city is a booming tourist destination in Arakan State but few travelers visits the ancient city, so local tour guides have been unemployed for seven months now.
18 Sep 2019
Members of parliament in Arakan State on Monday put forward an urgent proposal expressing their sorrow for over 80 victims who were killed during ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State.
18 Sep 2019
The Arakan Army (AA) wants the Western Command included in the extension of the Tatmadaw’s unilateral ceasefire declaration, the AA’s deputy chief Dr Nyo Twan Aung told media after the talks in Shan State’s Kengtung town on 17 September.
18 Sep 2019
The Northern Alliance, the government and military representatives have reached an agreement to keep on discussing seven points in another round of talks in Keng Tung on 17 September.
17 Sep 2019
The number of IDPs has increased in the IDP camp at the Shithaung monastery in Mrauk-U city this month so there’s insufficient amount of food and shelters, according to officials of the camp.
17 Sep 2019
The Colourless Charity Group said the rice reserve scheme has been launched because of the growing concern for rice supplies because rice could not be grown in the conflict affected areas this year and a scarcity of rice might occur later if rice cannot be grown in the coming years.
17 Sep 2019
Two monks and three people who have been charged under Counter-Terrorism Act have appeared in Sittwe district court on 17 September.
17 Sep 2019
Headed by Arakanese youths, a discussion titled “Youth and Democracy” was hosted in Sittwe, capital of Arakan state on 15 September, on the occasion of International Day of Democracy.
17 Sep 2019
U Min Kyi said that union government allocated a budget for 30 buildings in Thandwe Township for 2018-19 financial years. Some school buildings have cracks in the walls and some structures have leaks due to rain that has dripped through the ceiling one year after the completion of the construction.
17 Sep 2019
Bomb blasts and gunfire near Letmaseik village in Ponnagyun Township on Monday drove as many as 800 villagers from their homes, according to local sources.
16 Sep 2019
The Burma News International (BNI) held the 7th Ethnic Media Conference in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina from 16 to 18 September with the intention to push for restoring justice using the driving force of ethnic media groups.
16 Sep 2019
“If the Gen Aung San statue is forcibly developed regardless of fulfilling ethnic people’s political requirements, unwanted hatred would be generated between Chin and Bamar people,”
16 Sep 2019
The Tatmadaw troop’s gunfire killed a man from Thabeik Taung (Muslim) village. U Abdul Kawrim, 45, was killed by a bullet wound, said U Einu, a local resident from Thabeik Taung village.
15 Sep 2019
U Zaw Htay made the remark in the wake of two murders in Myebon Township’s Kin Htaung Gyi village on 9 September. The lawmakers said that two men were killed and their heads were decapitated due to the lack of the rule of law in the region.