Development Media Group

February 26, 2026
Junta arrests Muslim villagers in Sittwe over alleged links to AA
February 25, 2026
Airstrikes leave deep psychological scars on Arakan State children
February 24, 2026
Chinese-owned power plant in Kyaukphyu being relocated amid rising conflict
January 17, 2023
Families of defendants decry trial and verdict postponements in AA-related...
Family members say they are disappointed about repeated deferrals in the trials of relatives who were detained and charged for their alleged ties to...
January 14, 2023
Arakanese, Kokang groups pledge support for fellow alliance member TNLA on...
The Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party/Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNTJP/MNDAA) and the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA...
Several prisoners were released from Sittwe Prison on January 4, Myanmar’s Independence Day.
January 14, 2023
Scores of civilians charged over alleged AA ties remain detained;...
Local residents in Arakan State are calling for the release of family members detained by the military on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army...
January 13, 2023
First-of-its-kind rice shipment exported from Arakan State directly to...
A total of 2,500 tonnes of rice from Arakan State was directly exported to Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the first time on January 9, according to the...
Civil servants under the military regime conduct a population census in Sittwe. (Photo: Thikyar Saychin Ngwe Thazin)
January 11, 2023
Regime conducting population census in Arakan State for compiling of voter...
Myanmar’s military regime has begun conducting a population census in townships across Arakan State in order to facilitate the compiling of voter...
January 11, 2023
Sittwe residents lament chaotic state of parking, traffic near central...
Local residents have criticised municipal authorities and traffic police for failing to handle irresponsible parking by auto-rickshaws, motorcycles...
Inside a rice mill in Sittwe
December 24, 2022
Myanmar exports rice to Bangladesh
Myanmar will start exporting 160,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh this month, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). Under the agreement...
A fence on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
December 24, 2022
Gunfire reported along Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Maungdaw residents
Heavy weapons and small arms fire were reported along the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, at...
Paddy fields in Aungtaing Village, Sittwe Township. (Photo: DMG)
December 23, 2022
Multiple crises leave Arakan State farmers struggling to repay...
Farmers suffering from the impacts of military conflict, displacement, climate change and high prices for inputs like fertiliser and fuel this year...
December 23, 2022
Junta selling food and consumer goods in Arakan State but few are buying,...
Myanmar’s military regime is selling foods and consumer goods to the public in some townships including Sittwe, Ann, Taungup and Gwa townships in...
December 22, 2022
Two men killed by wild elephant in Buthidaung Twsp
The bodies of two Muslim men who were trampled to death by a wild elephant were found near Ngakyitauk Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung...
December 22, 2022
Regime’s Arakan State government to conduct census ahead of planned 2023...
Myanmar’s military regime will conduct a population census starting January 9 of next year in townships across Arakan State in order to facilitate...