Ma Oo Than Nwe received a bullet wound in her thigh while she was hiding in her house with her family when they heard the sound of gunfire near the village this afternoon at about 1p.m,

The shooting took place on a bridge connecting Ponnagyun and Sittwe Townships at Min Chaung creek. A 26-year-old man identified as Ko Chit Thu Aung was shot on 1 August, at about 11 p.m. and died at the spot.

Women from Arakan State lack job opportunities in the region, and there’s an increase in the the number of Arakanese women working abroad which has left them vulnerable to potential risks and dangers.

The Arakan State government hopes to open the Kanyin Chaung economic zone, developed in Maungdaw Township, by the end of 2019, Arakan State Municipal Affairs minister said. 

Five village schools have been temporarily closed after Nyaung Chaung police outpost in Buthidaung Township was attacked, said deputy education officer for Buthidaung Township.

A bomb explosion occurred this morning near a Tatmadaw convoy traveling on Angumaw-Maungdaw road.

A 24-year-old pregnant woman from Mahamuni village in Kyauktaw Township was hit a stray bullet fired by a Tatmadaw troop in the evening of 31 July.

Water, electricity and roads are still required for houses built by the Indian government in Maungdaw Township, Hindu refugees said.

A 65-year-old Muslim woman from Sin Thay Byin village in Buthidaung Township was killed during gunfire in the village because she was left in the village while other residents fled to safety.

According to information from local residents, a lawmaker inspected the factory along with assistant director general of the Environmental Conservation Department. They found that coal would be used to run the factory.

Villagers from Kin Ta Lin village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township have been sent back to their homes this morning, the Arakan Army announced.

The Tatmadaw has filed a complaint against a villager from Kyauk Phyu Township, Arakan State, accusing the villager of distributing information relating to secrets of the Tatmadaw, according to Kyauk Phyu police Station.

Heavy rain, blocked roads and security risks because of military troops have hampered the efforts of the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC) to collect the list of war victims in Arakan State, said secretary of the REC.

The market built in Sat Yoe Kya ward in Sittwe town is now in a state of dereliction because there are no vendors after it was built seven years ago.

A woman from Late Ma village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township received a bullet wound yesterday morning at about 8 a.m. while she was cooking at her home, according to her family members.

After conducting interrogations with 61 Muslims, who were arrested on 7 July at Myin Lut beach in south of Maungdaw Township, 31 adult Muslims and 3 children were found that they are residents from Maugndaw and Buthidaung Townships but they fled to Bangladesh during the 2017 violence conflict.

The ongoing armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State hinders establishing theatre troupes, the secretary of the Arakan State Thabin Organization told the DMG.

Dissatisfied vendors who were forced to move from six shops buildings located in front of the Department of Information and Public Relations in Sittwe on 28 July demonstrated on Monday.

To prevent human trafficking, a public awareness campaign is going to be provided in IDP camps in Arakan State who are taking refuge following the ongoing armed conflict between the Tatmadaw and the AA.