Development Media Group
May 27, 2020
Aung Htein — A ward administrator was stabbed to death by four masked assailants in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on the morning of May 25. U Thein...
May 27, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The number of Myanmar nationals returning from China to their homes in Arakan State amid the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 3,500...
May 26, 2020
Min Tun — Two villagers from Kan Thit village in Ponnagyun Township were seriously injured by a pair of landmine blasts on May 24, according to U Kan...
May 25, 2020
Hnin Nwe — Arakan State’s Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuary were designated as a Ramsar wetland site on May 22, coinciding with International Day for...
May 25, 2020
Aung Htun — As fighting in Arakan State between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) has intensified, both national and foreign journalists are...
May 25, 2020
Aung Kaung Zaw — The last day to repay the previous monsoon season’s agricultural loans in Arakan State has been deferred to May 31 due to the COVID...
May 23, 2020
More than 800 IDPs who had been sheltering in Rathedaung town are returning to their homes in Kyauktan village to cultivate farmlands, and were...
May 23, 2020
“Some IDPs have returned to their homes. They are afraid to be infected as they know that mass gatherings can amplify the spread of disease” Conflict...
May 22, 2020
Four out of 20 people believed to have been detained by authorities this week in Ann Township were released on May 20, according to their family...
May 22, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The Committee for Scrutinizing Confiscated Farmlands and Other Land will meet with relevant departments in order to conduct a...
May 21, 2020
Kyaw Thu Htay — The Union Election Commission on May 18 announced the termination of Dr. Aye Maung’s status as a Pyithu Hluttaw lawmaker for Arakan...
May 20, 2020
The Tatmadaw on May 9 declared a unilateral ceasefire in force until August 31, but with the notable exception of “areas where terrorist groups...
