Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) are negotiating to clear landmines in the mountains and forests where the two sides clashed in the past, according to Colonel Min Than, a member of the military-run Arakan State Administration Council.  

Preparations are underway to resume Sittwe border trade, which has been suspended since June of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U Tin Aung Oo, chair of the Arakan State Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The funeral for Venerable Dwaravati Ashin Kusala, a prominent Arakanese historian and writer who had lived in Aung Myay Thar Si Pariyatti Monastery in Thandwe, Arakan State, will begin on April 3, officials said.

The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) has reportedly begun clearing landmines in Arakan State, with those activities starting last month. 

Three members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Arakan State’s Taungup Township including former state lawmaker U Min Aung were charged with participating in a protest against military dictatorship last month. 

Internally displaced people (IDPs) at Zeditaung camp in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, say they are facing livelihood struggles as long-term camp residents, but remain fearful of what might await them if they were to return home.

A resident of Sanyin village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township was severely injured when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) detonated near the village on Monday afternoon, family members said.  

With the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) releasing its “political visions” for Myanmar late last week, ethnic stakeholders in Arakan State have reacted with a mix of cautious approval and calls for greater transparency.  

Four Thandwe Township residents who were arrested and charged under the Peaceful Assembly Law and Natural Disaster Management Law last month for participating in a protest against the military coup are expected to make an initial court appearance on Monday. 

The Central Bank of Myanmar says banks will reopen on March 8 and that necessary security measures will be put in place to ensure that they are able to do so.

One local salt producer in the Arakan State town of Kyaukphyu has set sights on exporting its product and increasing its market share at home, thanks in part to funding for equipment upgrades from the Danish government’s Responsible Business Fund.

As anti-junta protesters stand trial for their activism in ever-increasing numbers, legal fees are piling up for the defendants and their families. 

Four students who have been charged with incitement for their involvement in an anti-war protest last year in the Arakan State capital appeared before the Sittwe Township Court for the first time on Friday. 

Twelve civilians arrested last year while transporting government-supplied rice for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township were acquitted on Friday. 

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked a Tatmadaw engineering battalion truck near Wai Lar Taung village in Maungdaw Township on Friday, killing an officer and two workers, according to U Soe Aung, chairman of the Maungdaw District Administration Council.

The chair of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the Arakan State capital Sittwe has resigned from the party, citing poor health.

A couple sheltering at a monastery turned displacement camp in Sittwe after being injured in fighting between the military and Arakan Army last year are seeking financial assistance to fund surgeries needed to remove shrapnel from their bodies.

Two children were seriously injured when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) blew up in Pelthadu village, Rathedaung Township, on March 4, according to family members of the victims.

Arakan State residents are seeking the reopening of motorways and waterways that were initially closed for security reasons amid fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan and Chin states.