Narinjara

March 21, 2016
Two Burma Army Deserters were found guilty of raping two girls aged eight and five and sentenced to prison in two separate cases at Sittwe District...
March 16, 2016
Farmers have not been paid over half a billion kyats of promised compensation for farmlands ruined by the Myanmar Oil and Gas (MOGE) Myanmar to China...
March 9, 2016
Arakanese organisations collected nearly 100,000 signatures for a petition calling on the Thai authorities to pardon and release two Burmese migrants...
March 8, 2016
Police arrested 28 people illegally removing earth from the Mrauk-U archaeological site in Arakan State on 5 March, according to U Nyein Lwin, the...
Seized Drugs
March 8, 2016
Drugs worth over 20 million kyats were seized from two men in Sittwe Township, Arakan State on Tuesday 1 March.
March 7, 2016
Thirteen Arakanese youths, who were picked up from various parts of Arakan were produced before the Sittwe township court on Friday in connection...
March 4, 2016
The trial of six men accused of having ties with the Arakan Army (AA) started in Mrauk U District Court, Arakan State on Tuesday 1 March said a...
February 2, 2016
Arsenic above the safe levels permitted for human consumption has been found in groundwater in Arakan State and Ayeyawady and Bago divisions.
The Arakan state parliament building/ Photo by Narinjara
February 2, 2016
The new Rakhine (Arakan) State Parliament will convene on 8 February 2016, according to the Rakhine State Parliament Office in Sittwe.
Search for Aluminium and Titanium in Arakan Coastal Sand
January 28, 2016
A Burmese company, backed by the Chinese government is preparing to test mineral sands on the Arakan coast to see if they can be used to produce...
January 27, 2016
rakan State Chief Minister U Mra Aung has said that Arakanese nationals who were displaced by fighting between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army,...
January 26, 2016
Machar Hazac (age 55) was arrested in possession of 97,500 yaba (amphetamine) tablets in Maungdaw, western Arakan State on 21 January, according to...