A 3-year-old girl in Thayetchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Pauktaw Township, was raped on Friday and the alleged perpetrator has been arrested by the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), according to family members of the victim.

Fighting in Myanmar increased by 58 percent from April 2022 to March 2023 compared with the previous year, according to figures compiled by BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.

Farmers are reportedly facing difficulties growing groundnuts this year due to a scarcity of local seeds suitable for the climate and geography of Arakan State.

The Kyaukphyu combined cycle power station, an investment of Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), has failed to fulfill the promises it had made to residents of Ohntaw village in Kyaukphyu, where the power plant is located.

The Myanmar army and navy have been regularly conducting live fire exercises involving heavy guns in Taungup, Kyaukphyu, and Manaung townships, as well as Sane town in southern Arakan State, according to local residents.

Schoolteachers working in the public education system in Arakan State called for collaborative efforts to guarantee their safety on World Teachers Day 2023.

The Myanmar regime is arranging to bring back three Arakan State women who were trafficked to Iraq, according to volunteers facilitating their return.

“They came at around 4 a.m. and seized the phones of eatery owners. Some eatery owners who were sleeping in their shops could not even enter their shops,” said the owner of an eatery that was demolished.

More than four months after Cyclone Mocha made landfall over Arakan State on May 14, storm victims in Pauktaw Township are struggling to recover, according to locals.

Residents of Arakan State’s Maungdaw District whose livelihoods are dependent on local forests are reportedly facing hardship due to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).

The murder of an assistant teacher from Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township is being carefully investigated to unearth the truth behind what happened the day she was killed, according to U Khaing Thukha, spokesman for the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA).

A three-storey shopping centre under construction in the Arakan State capital Sittwe will be opened before the Thingyan water festival in April 2024, according to the developer.

The price of elephant foot yam has declined due to demand and supply factors. The price has declined from 1,200 kyats per viss last year to between 500 and 1,000 kyats currently.

Two human traffickers who were attempting to smuggle a pair of 20-year-old men to Malaysia were reportedly arrested near a jetty in Buthidaung, Arakan State.

A senior manager of the Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank branch in Myawaddy, Kayin (Karen) State, was shot dead on Monday evening, according to sources close to the branch.

Two prosecution witnesses in the case of Daw Nyo Aye of the Rakhine Women’s Network (RWN) were examined during a court hearing in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on October 2, according to family members.

The detained Muslim administrator has been identified as U Arnuwah, 42. He was arrested by police from the Nganchaung border police outpost and was taken to the No. 7 Border Guard Police unit based in Kyeinchaung.

Heavy rains, strong winds, and high waves caused at least 10 homes and 20 fishing sheds to collapse in Autseik Village on Kalaroak Island, Ye Township, on the morning of September 30, villagers said.

The prices of basic consumer goods remain high in Arakan State despite the fact that gold prices have fallen and the kyat has slightly increased in value against the US dollar.