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Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
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Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
December 28, 2025
Voters in eastern Shan State cast ballots amid security conc...
Mizzima
This photo taken on August 25, 2019 shows people, affected by clashes between the military and ethnic rebel groups, waiting to receive supplies from local civil society organisations in Man Lwal village, outside Kutkai in Shan State. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
September 9, 2019
HRW calls on all warring sides in Shan State to ‘safeguard c...
Myanmar’s armed forces and the three ethnic armed groups fighting in northern Shan State should safeguard civilians, Human Rights Watch said. Renewed...
Kaladan Press
Rohingya Refugee camp location in Cox's Bazar
September 9, 2019
No more mobile network in Rohingya refugee camps
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued a letter to mobile phone operators to stop the sale of SIM cards and...
Narinjara
September 9, 2019
Wild elephants destroy Maungdaw monastery plantation
Nearly 20 wild elephants entered into the compound of Longdon village monastery under Maungdaw township of Arakan on Friday night and destroyed...
Narinjara
September 9, 2019
Nepal helicopter stranded in Sittwe airport
A helicopter from Nepal is stranded in Sittwe airport since yesterday due to the bad weather in western Myanmar. Earlier the helicopter temporarily...
Narinjara
September 9, 2019
AA claims shooting down army helicopter, Tamadaw denies
Arakan Army (AA) claims that its members have gunned down an army helicopter in Plaletwa township of Chin State near the Indian border on Thursday,...
Kaladan Press
September 9, 2019
Father injured, two sons killed in Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highwa...
A Rohingya father was injured and his two sons killed in a road accident between a pickup van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Howaikong Balukhali...
Kaladan Press
September 9, 2019
Abul Kalam and 7 Camps-in-Charge transferred from Rohingya r...
The decision of the government to remove Mohammad Abul Kalam, the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) from Cox’s Bazar office, and...
Kaladan Press
September 9, 2019
Landmine blast on Bangladesh-Myanmar border kills Rohingya r...
A Rohingya refugee has been killed in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Bangladesh officials said on September 3, 2019. The...
Development Media Group
September 9, 2019
Arakanese youths charged under Anti-Terrorism Law appear in...
Arakanese youths who have been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law appeared at Western District Court in Yangon on 6 September for the third time...
Development Media Group
September 9, 2019
Land owners in Mrauk-U’s new town project want deserved comp...
A new town project will be developed on over 400 acres of land in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State and some farmers who own the land targeted for the...
Development Media Group
September 9, 2019
MADB disburses monsoon agricultural loans to farmers in Kyau...
Monsoon agricultural loans are being disbursed to farmers in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State and the disbursement period will be by the end of this...
Development Media Group
The Tatmadaw’s helicopter is flying. Photo - Khine Min Tun / Facebook
September 9, 2019
Tatmadaw denies attacks of its military helicopter
A military helicopter was shot down on the afternoon of 5 September west of Mt. Laung Yat, five kilometers northwest of Kintalin village, Paletwa...