Woman injured after stepping on landmine
18 Jul 2019
A woman from Nga Pyaw Chaung village in Kyauktaw Township was accidentally stepped a landmine yesterday afternoon and was sent to Kyauktaw hospital, according to administrator of the village.
18 Jul 2019
A woman from Nga Pyaw Chaung village in Kyauktaw Township was accidentally stepped a landmine yesterday afternoon and was sent to Kyauktaw hospital, according to administrator of the village.
18 Jul 2019
Since floods hit some townships in Arakan State recently, nearly 70,000 acres of farmland in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Ponnagyun and Minbya townships were destroyed, according to figures of the Arakan State Farmers’ Union.
18 Jul 2019
Flooding has occurred in Mrauk-U, Minbya and Kyauktaw townships in Arakan State for six days as of 10 July, there are about 100,000 people affected by the flooding due to insufficient preparedness of the government.
18 Jul 2019
The urgent proposal to immediately restore Internet access to nine townships in Arakan and Chin States was rejected in the NLD-dominated Pyithu Hluttaw yesterday.
18 Jul 2019
The Pagoda is located in Kyet Zay ward in Mrauk-U town, the small stupa was hit by an artillery shell during a previous attack in Mrauk-U. The stupa developed a crack and after rainwater had seeped into it the stupa collapsed.
17 Jul 2019
Five people from Ponnagyun Township have been arrested on 15 July for suspicion of having ties with the Arakan Army (AA).
17 Jul 2019
The Arakan Army released a statement yesterday denouncing the statement of the Tatmadaw alleging the AA of running away after starting fires in Nwa Yon Taung village in Buthidaung Township.
17 Jul 2019
About 150 people held a protest in front of the Singapore and Myanmar Embassies in Washington DC in the U.S.A on 15 July as a move to object the actions of the Singaporean government.
16 Jul 2019
Since the ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has resulted regional instability and joblessness, sales of gold have been falling in Arakan State, gold shop owners said.
16 Jul 2019
Members of parliament in the affected areas said that the government and CSOs are still sluggish in providing relief aid for flood victims who have been encountering food and living challenges.
16 Jul 2019
Myanmar has verified 18,629 names from the list of 22,432 persons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on 15 July. Bangladeshi authorities sent the list of displaced people to Myanmar officials.
15 Jul 2019
The main challenges for farmers are the lack of agricultural equipment and high production costs, said U Maung Thar Hla, a farmer from Mawrawati village.
15 Jul 2019
“I have been charged under section 302 based on the previous complaint. There is no evidence for this indictment. I was in Yangon when the murder happened. They want to proceed to examine evidence further. So, they indicted me,”
15 Jul 2019
It has been five days since two Arakanese deportees from Singapore have been arrested along with their driver and their family members could not meet them yet.
15 Jul 2019
Two men from Yoetayote village in Ponnagyun Township were held by the Tatmadaw on 15 July, family members told the DMG.
15 Jul 2019
A clash broke out at a mountain range east of Nwayonetaung village in Buthidaung Township on Saturday, houses caught fire and villagers had fled to safety but an old blind man and a mental ill person were left stranded in the village, said the village administrator.
14 Jul 2019
Days of heavy rain in Arakan State has left the Mrauk U-Sittwe Highway flooded and created transportation difficulties for residents.
14 Jul 2019
Flooding in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Minbya townships in Arakan State has affected many communities and forced over 9,500 people to leave their homes, according to government officials.
13 Jul 2019
A three-mile-long river bank between Zin Chaung and Kyauk Kalat villages is suffering from severe erosion, said Arakan State Hluttaw member U Phoe San.
13 Jul 2019
More than 2,500 people from Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Minbya townships have been forced to leave their homes to escape flooding, U Ye Min Oo, a staff officer of the State Natural Disaster Management, told DMG on July 13.