Four Buddhist monks in Mrauk-U have been detained by the Arakan Army (AA) for more than one year and remain incommunicado, according to local Buddhist monks.

A local man from Mansi Village, who did not want to be named, said he smelled a foul odour near the garbage dump and found a dead body with the deceased’s hands and legs bound with rope.

Since October 6, heavy rains and the rising water level of the Belu Creek caused IDP shelters outside Pwegon and Sikar wards in Moebye town to be flooded.

Flower vendors are reportedly selling flowers from mainland Myanmar at a higher price due to low yields from the flower farms in Arakan State.

These less trafficked sites have been overrun by bushes, cracks have appeared in their stonework, and some buildings are crumbling, according to residents.

The regime announced on Tuesday that the pair were each sentenced to a “life imprisonment equivalent” of 20 years behind bars.

The Irrigation and Water Utilization Department, which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, is planning to build a reservoir near Kyauktan Village on Maday Island in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, locals said.

“Students are facing difficulty learning their lessons. It’s not convenient for students to study. We [educators] also have difficulties,” said Daw Win May Than, the school’s headmistress.

Dozens of people were killed and wounded when a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mon Lai Hket near Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State, was hit by aerial munitions late Monday night.

A basic education primary school in Shwezigon Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, has been closed for nearly five months as there is no teacher, according to villagers.

Businessmen in Arakan State say they have little faith in the military regime’s claim that it will provide loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Myanmar.

“The majority of detainees are Facebook users, and some of them are TikTok and Telegram users,” said Data for Myanmar.

As cases of tuberculosis are increasing in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, those infected are in need medical treatment, displacement camp officials say.

It has been nearly a year since the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) observed an informal ceasefire in November 2022, but residents in Arakan State continue to face the danger of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs).

Family members filed a complaint with the ULA last July about the rape of the girl by a 17-year-old boy from the same village.

The corn harvest has just begun, and the farm gate price is 880 to 900 kyats per viss, whereas corn with high moisture content sells for just 640 kyats.

The junta has blocked off a large section of the Loikaw-Dawtamagyi-Bolakhe road, a main entrance to Mawchi town, since February of this year. Locals in Mawchi town have been facing food shortages and rising commodity prices since then.

The lightning rods will be installed at Htilominlo, Mya Zedi, Sulamani, Dhammayangyi, Shwesandaw, Manuha, Pyathatgyi, Maha Bawdhi, Dhammyazaka and Pantthaki Maharhtay temples.

A 3-year-old girl in Thayetchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Pauktaw Township, was raped on Friday and the alleged perpetrator has been arrested by the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), according to family members of the victim.