Local residents in Mrauk-U, Arakan State, are facing water shortages as Latsay Lake, which is the main water supply to the urban areas of Mrauk-U, has already dried up, according to locals.

Untimely rains damaged some salt farms in Kyaukphyu, Pauktaw, Sittwe and Thandwe townships on Sunday and Monday.

The junta boss has made three trips to Arakan State so far this year, with local media outlets featuring news stories and analysis of those visits.

The Arakan Army (AA) has been able to control many parts of Arakan State during the ethnic armed group’s 14-year revolution, but is expanding the scope of its “liberated” areas, said the AA deputy chief, Dr. Nyo Twan Awng.

The Arakan State passport office on Monday resumed issuing “tokens” to new passport applicants, according to the branch.

A large number of domestic visitors are booking rooms for holiday trips during the upcoming Thingyan New Year festivities at hotels and guesthouses near the well-known Ngapali Beach in Thandwe Township, Arakan State.

Campaigns against the election proposed by Myanmar’s military regime have begun to unfold in Arakan State.

Artesian wells are being dug to supply Kandawgyi Lake in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, at the instruction of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, to help address annual water shortages during the dry season, but sources say the wells are producing little water.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said Saturday that the expansion and upgrading of Sittwe Airport and its runway in the Arakan State capital is a priority for his regime, according to the junta-controlled Myanmar Alinn daily newspaper.

Myanmar’s military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) are making preparations to organise celebrations for the Thingyan water festival in their respective areas of control.

Cashew nut growers in Arakan State say their profits are down due to a poor harvest this year, despite the fact that cashews are fetching good prices.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has visited Arakan State three times this year, more than two years after he seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021.

A man was killed when a fire tore through his home in Apaukwa Village, part of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, on Friday night.

They were working at Cal-Comp Electronic Public Co Ltd in Samut Sakhon Province near Bangkok. Redundancy notices were issued to 1,050 Myanmar workers on March 31.

The Arakan National Council/Arakan Army (ANC/AA) has urged the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) to create a landscape in which all the pro-democracy and ethnic revolutionary forces can participate in building a federal Union.

The Ponnagyun-Rathedaung road has been blockaded for nearly 10 months despite the latest ceasefire between the military and Arakan Army (AA) being reached on November 26 of last year, according to residents, who say the road remains closed to even local traffic.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing promised upgrades for Sittwe University in the Arakan State capital during the current academic year as he and officials from the regime’s Education Ministry visited campus on Thursday and met the rector and faculty members.

The Arakan Army (AA), which observed an informal ceasefire with the military in late November, has reportedly been carrying out developmental tasks in its areas of control.

A young man was reportedly killed and two others wereinjured after the military carried out airstrikes on Dawtamagyi Village in Kayah (Karreni) State and fired mortar shells into the village on Thursday.