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.

More than 64 percent of those buildings were torched last year, according to the September 29 report from ISP Myanmar. Sagaing Region was hit hardest, accounting for 72 percent of the torched structures.

The administrators from Sanpya, Myothit, Alesu and Ywahaung wards in Ponnagyun are said to have submitted their resignation letters simultaneously.

People should prepare safety measures as there is always a possibility of earthquakes in Myanmar, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).

Activists working for environmental conservation have been installing 150 birdhouses in Arakan State’s Manaung Township to provide shelter for birds as part of their conservation efforts.

The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) has said it will develop a crop insurance system as farmers in Myanmar face financial losses during the paddy harvesting season due to climate change and high agricultural costs.

Shelters at a camp for Hindu internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myoma Ashae Ward in Maungdaw, Arakan State, have not yet been repaired more than four months after they were damaged by Cyclone Mocha, according to IDPs there.

The Arakan Army (AA) has taken measures since August to prevent the infiltration of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) members into Muslim villages in Buthidaung Township, according to residents.

A vehicle was reportedly stopped at a traffic light at Lawkananda junction when a car crashed into it from behind at about 5 p.m. on September 24.

Daw Nyo Aye was unable to attend a court hearing on Monday due to her poor health and the next hearing has been scheduled for September 29, said Ma Saw Mya Thandar, the daughter of Daw Nyo Aye.

“We have submitted a letter to the township administrator to repair the coastal road. No budget to repair the road has been approved,” said U San Thein Chay, the administrator of Shwe Nyo Ma Village.

Myanmar’s junta-led Hotels and Tourism Ministry has issued a list of top tourist destinations for the coming tourist season and Mrauk-U is not on the list, befuddling local advocates of the ancient Arakanese city.

As military conflict in the region is decreasing for the moment, some townships in northern Arakan State, such as Rathedaung, Buthidaung, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U, are cultivating crops on abandoned farmlands.