No matter what, humanitarians stand strong to support people in times of crisis, UNOCHA Myanmar’s statement said.

The Arakan State military council has not yet responded to a petition from eateries along the main beach in the Arakan State capital Sittwe who were told by the township municipal committee to vacate by August 26.

Some in-person and online clinics are giving fake Covid-19 vaccines illegally imported via Facebook pages, said FDA, which is under the Health Ministry.

“We are working to resume power supply, and we give priority to villages not far from town. It will take time to supply power back to remote villages,”

More than 500,000 acres of paddy fields were flooded in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Minbya, Ponnagyun Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, and over 7,000 people needed to be evacuated.

In the past, only elderly and middle-aged people came to the eye clinic, but now 30 percent of eye patients are children, said an official at the Shwe Garuna charity clinic in Sittwe. 

“Some people drown because they have to go by boat from one place to another due to poor road transportation,”

His visit came one day after he met junta boss Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw to discuss the provision of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar.

The rattan industry in Arakan State is on the verge of collapse as rattan-ware is being replaced by plasticware, according to rattan furniture producers.

Rural residents are especially targeted for scams, according to online money transfer agents.

“The gold price was K3 million per tical for 24K gold in July. The rise in price is attributed to the junta’s introduction of a 20,000 kyat banknote,”

The detained Muslims are reportedly from refugee camps in Bangladesh and were heading to Malaysia.

Some 550 Muslims imprisoned in various prisons across Myanmar and released in a junta amnesty were reportedly sent back to Arakan State and Bangladesh on August 16 at the arrangement of the junta.

Drug abuse at the mountain is not new, but the number of people who do drugs at the mountain has increased as the hilltop pagoda receives fewer visitors these days

Three months after Cyclone Mocha made landfall over Arakan State, damaged roads and bridges are yet to be repaired in Rathedaung, Kyauktaw and Myebon townships, disrupting transportation for locals.

Myanmar’s military regime has accepted Thai baht as official settlement currency for international transactions and clearing.

As the junta has continued to revoke licences and close business licences, foreign exchange companies have stopped exchanging dollars.

The junta is restricting the humanitarian activities of international organisations, including the United Nations and local social aid groups, for storm victims on the ground.

Arakanese farmers say they are facing difficulties replanting paddy fields that have been hard-hit by flooding in Arakan State.