Narinjara

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...
January 26, 2016
A village administrator from Minbya in Arakan State serving three years in prison for alleged links to the Arakan Army was released on 22 January as...
January 26, 2016
Two Arakanese men, Hsan Win Tun and Kyaw Soe Moe, aka Arno, were arrested by Burma Army personnel in Sittwe Central Market on 22 January and taken to...
January 25, 2016
Four youths have been arrested in Arakan State on suspicion of being involved in insurgent activities.
January 25, 2016
An ancient inscribed stone tablet was discovered in Ann Township, central Arakan State, by a monk who was digging a well at a monastery in Ruu...
January 22, 2016
A prominent Arakanese student leader faces prosecution for his part in protest demonstrations against education laws in March 2014.