The sinking of three boats in Arakan State in the first week of July, leaving several people dead and missing, has prompted renewed calls for improved water transport safety. 

Traders encounter difficulty showing samples of their goods to export to the neighboring country and to place orders for goods from Bangladesh to import to Myanmar, a trader from Maungdaw said.

The compilation of a draft proposal to list the ancient city Mrauk-U in Arakan State as a world cultural heritage zone is 70 percent completed now, according to the Department of Archaeology in Mrauk-U Township.

People with disabilities in Arakan State have not appreciated their rights completely, said U Hla Myint, chairperson of the Arakan State Association for Persons with Disabilities.

Tatmadaw vehicles struck landmines near AungThapyay @ Dat Taw village at Tan Tin village-tract in Ann Township, Arakan State, last month. Colonel Win Zaw Oo said the three people were being questioned in relation to the case. 

The flood was caused by a poor sanitation system, blocked drainage outlets, heavy water flow from the mountain and the drying up of creeks, said U San Ngwe, the chairman of Taungoke township municipal committee. 

The student union, teacher’s union and school authorities are cooperating to increase the security at Sittwe University since July 8 due to high rates of motorbike theft and weak security. 

More than 60 Muslims were caught in a boat near Myin Hlut in Maungdaw township on July 7, police officer Aung Kyaw Moe from No. 4 Border Guard Police sub troop told DMG. 

One of the eight injured detainees from Kyauktan village, Rathedaung Township, died on 6 July night at about 8 p.m. while he was receiving medical treatment at Rathedaung hospital, according to family members.

A member of the Arakan Army on 30 June returned to a normal life through a Tamadaw column conducting security operations in Kachin State’s Bamaw Township, the Tatmadaw released a statement on 6 July.

The Indian government on 2 July repatriated Arakanese IDPs from Chin State, who fled to Hmawngbuchuah Khau village in Mizoram state in India, a refugee said.

A rocket attack originating from the hills on the Bangladesh side of the border hit a security outpost at No. 40 border milepost between Myanmar and Bangladesh, during the attack a Myanmar soldier was killed,

Trees conservationists in Sittwe firmly reject the act of chopping down trees for safety reasons and requested appropriate authorities not to fell trees.   

The Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State have been “locking horns” with each other for over six months at the expense of local people have been facing human rights violations, according to a statement released by a group of civil society organizations on 5 July.

Two men from Pauk Too Taung village in Myebon Township were shot dead on 5 July at about 8 p.m, according to an MP for Myebon Township.

A passenger motorboat heading to Saku Island in Rambree Township from Taunggup town sank at noon on 5 July because of heavy waves and gusty winds in Kalin Taung River, according to locals. 

A military column under No.22 Brigade set fire to houses in Amyet Taung village in Rathedaung Township on the afternoon of 5 July at about 2 p.m., according to locals.

The Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp at the bank of Lay Myo River in Mrauk-U Township is inundated with rain and river water, more than 400 houses are in dire need of immediate evacuation,

The AA’s Commander-in-Chief Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing, deputy chief Big-Gen Nyo Twan Aung, Colonel Kyaw Han, Information officer Khiang Thukha and San Shwe Maung have been charged by Sittwe District court under the Counter-Terrorism law.