US citizen Danny Fenster, managing editor of the magazine Frontier Myanmar, was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on November 11. 

Arrangements are being made to reopen basic education schools in Gwa Township, Arakan State, which remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as soon as possible, according to the township administrator. 

Although the US dollar has fallen against the Myanmar kyat in the past few days from recent record highs, commodity and consumer goods prices are likely to remain elevated for some time to come, according to businesspeople.

Myanmar’s junta has reportedly sent a warning letter to the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) for allegedly violating the provisions of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), after the peace accord signatories recently criticised military conduct since its February coup d’état.

Fighting will continue if the Myanmar military launches offensive attacks against the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State, U Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the ethnic armed group, told DMG on Wednesday. 

People can get medical oxygen free of charge at the oxygen plant recently established in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, according to the plant’s organising committee. 

Many homes in Arakan State that were destroyed by fire during armed conflict between the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) and Arakan Army (AA) have yet to be rebuilt. 

Illegal logging at Wun Paik mangrove forest in Arakan State’s Ramree Township has decreased significantly due to the help of the people, said the Wun Paik Mangrove Forest Conservation Group, which is formed of local residents.

A case against U Sein Chit and Ko Ye Naing Oo, who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links to the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF), was filed at the Thandwe Township Court on Monday.

The Arakan State High Court on November 9 accepted the appeal of four Arakanese students who were sentenced to two years and six months in prison for an anti-war protest in 2020, according to a lawyer representing the defendants. 

The Arakan Liberation Party has called on the Arakan Army to immediately release one of its leading members, Khaing Aung Thein Htay, who has been held in the ethnic armed group’s custody for more than seven months. 

To promote a local tourism industry that was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and political instability, the Saung Oo Festival will be held at Ngapali Beach on November 14. 

A temporary bus parking lot will be built at Nandawyargone field in Mrauk-U town, Arakan State, according to the Mrauk-U Township Development Affairs Committee.

Many internally displaced people (IDPs) at IDP camps in Arakan State are reportedly suffering from the seasonal flu. 

Basic education schools in Arakan State and across most of the country, which were closed for more than three months due to the third wave of Covid-19, reopened in accordance with virus-related regulations.

Six people in Arakan State who allegedly cast ballots more than once in Myanmar’s general election on November 8, 2020, have been prosecuted, according to the state’s election subcommission and sources close to the accused. 

More than 300 internally displaced people (IDPs) who had been taking refuge in the town of Ann, Arakan State, returned home on November 6, according to a camp official.   

The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), representing the 10 ethnic armed group signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), issued a statement on November 5 condemning military conduct since the February coup d’état, which the team said has targeted public property and religious buildings.  

An anticipated verdict in the long-running trial of more than 20 Lekka villagers in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, who were charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law in 2019, went undelivered on Friday.