The Myanmar regime has waived mandatory Covid-19 tests for fully vaccinated international travelers who come to Myanmar on commercial flights, according to the regime’s Ministry of Health.

Most farmers in Ayeyarwady Region are facing difficulties in cultivating this rainy season due to the sharp rise in fuel and fertiliser prices. 

The military-led Ministry of Electricity and Energy said the construction of a combined cycle power plant near Gantgawdaw Pagoda in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township is slated for completion in May 2023. 

A junta court in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township has imposed a fine on a local activist for violating the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law. 

The Arakan Army (AA) detained a junta soldier on Thursday afternoon near the Sanpya ward administration office in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, with the regime subsequently arresting a local resident.

A junta-appointed ward administrator was stabbed to death near an office of the township war veterans’ association in the town of Ann, according to locals.

Flooding is frequent in wards such as Shwepyar, Mingan, Hsinkulan and Lanmatawtaung in the Arakan State capital Sittwe due to blocked drains and poor water flow, according to locals. 

A fifth meeting of the Myanmar-Bangladesh joint working group on repatriation of Muslim refugees was held via video conferencing on Tuesday, according to reports from the junta-run newspaper Myanma Alin. 

Nearly three years after the installation of power cables, over 40 villages in Manaung Township still do not have access to electricity, according to residents. 

Seven houses were destroyed in a clash between the Myanmar military and a coalition headed by the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO), a military branch of the Karen National Union (KNU), near Kyaukneit village in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, according to a ground source. 

Eleven homes in the airport area of Ann Township have been ordered to be demolished, but they will not demolish their homes, according to the home owners. 

High costs of living have forced some distance learners that come from other parts of Arakan State to study at Sittwe University to stay at monasteries. 

Myanmar’s military regime has tightened security and conducted interrogations of residents in Mon State’s Kyaikto Township since Monday, following an attack on a police outpost last week, according to locals. 

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are calling for more effective healthcare services in Arakan State’s displacement camps due to the rising dengue fever, malaria and diarrhoea caseloads that accompany the arrival of the monsoon season each year. 

Hundreds of Myanmar military soldiers have defected to the Arakan Army (AA) since last year’s coup, said U Khaing Thukha, a spokesman for the ethnic armed group, at a press conference on Tuesday. 

The Myanmar regime’s second in command, Vice Senior General Soe Win, has called on his troops in Arakan State to be ready to fight, as the Arakan Army’s spokesman on Tuesday accused the junta of preparing to wage a full-scale war.

An internally displaced person (IDP) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion near Sanyin village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township on Tuesday morning. 

The Arakan Army and National Unity Government are on friendly terms, the AA spokesman said at a press conference on Tuesday, during which he also criticised the NUG’s adversary, Myanmar’s military regime, and junta efforts to disrupt the parallel administration that the AA is spearheading in Arakan State. 

Kyaukphyu Airport in Arakan State is set to undergo renovations during the current fiscal year, with runway and parking lot upgrades expected.