Border guard stations and police outposts in Rathedaung, Buthidaung, Maungdaw and Minbya Townships have been merged for security reason on March 10.

Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions.

Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions. 

MRAUK-U : Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions.

7 civilians are dead and 12 others were injured by police gunfire during a mass protest which occurred in Mrauk-U due to a sudden ban on the literature talk which had been arranged at the Mrauk-U royal palace site. Officials concerned claimed that a permit had been issued only for 15^th January.

The organizers that said that after the Mrauk-U conflict, the government announced that requests for literature talk permits should be submitted to the respective Township administration offices, however, the talks arranged in other townships were cancelled considering the time it would take to get permits.

Pan Thu Khin, a writer to join the talks has said that literature talks arranged to be held after the Mrauk-U conflict were cancelled because the permits had not been granted.

“It is something to question - if the situation has reached its worst point - as a ban on all talks is equally imposed.  Does conformity with laws mean a temporary ban or a permanent ban? It is something to consider if, their legal procedure is correct. Well, in a state like Rakhine, there are no good schools and no effective learning, let alone a library. So it is not easy to develop a habit of reading. So, I just sense that a ban on such talks which means ‘reading through hearing’, is very much like pushing the State into a worst case scenario” said she.

The writer Ba Gyi Kyaw (Sitetway) also affirmed that literature talks were a source of knowledge for people from rural areas, whose literacy and thereby knowledge were highly limited.

Literature talks in Rakhine State were widely held after 2012 and over 100 talks were generally held each year. Currently, Pyithu Hluttaw MP Dr. Aye Maung and the writer Wai Hun Aung, who spoke at the literature talk, which took place on the annual commemoration of the fall of the ancient Rakhine kingdom, are being charged under state treason law.

Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions. 

MRAUK-U : Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions.

7 civilians are dead and 12 others were injured by police gunfire during a mass protest which occurred in Mrauk-U due to a sudden ban on the literature talk which had been arranged at the Mrauk-U royal palace site. Officials concerned claimed that a permit had been issued only for 15^th January.

The organizers that said that after the Mrauk-U conflict, the government announced that requests for literature talk permits should be submitted to the respective Township administration offices, however, the talks arranged in other townships were cancelled considering the time it would take to get permits.

Pan Thu Khin, a writer to join the talks has said that literature talks arranged to be held after the Mrauk-U conflict were cancelled because the permits had not been granted.

“It is something to question - if the situation has reached its worst point - as a ban on all talks is equally imposed.  Does conformity with laws mean a temporary ban or a permanent ban? It is something to consider if, their legal procedure is correct. Well, in a state like Rakhine, there are no good schools and no effective learning, let alone a library. So it is not easy to develop a habit of reading. So, I just sense that a ban on such talks which means ‘reading through hearing’, is very much like pushing the State into a worst case scenario” said she.

The writer Ba Gyi Kyaw (Sitetway) also affirmed that literature talks were a source of knowledge for people from rural areas, whose literacy and thereby knowledge were highly limited.

Literature talks in Rakhine State were widely held after 2012 and over 100 talks were generally held each year. Currently, Pyithu Hluttaw MP Dr. Aye Maung and the writer Wai Hun Aung, who spoke at the literature talk, which took place on the annual commemoration of the fall of the ancient Rakhine kingdom, are being charged under state treason law.

Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions. 

MRAUK-U : Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions.

7 civilians are dead and 12 others were injured by police gunfire during a mass protest which occurred in Mrauk-U due to a sudden ban on the literature talk which had been arranged at the Mrauk-U royal palace site. Officials concerned claimed that a permit had been issued only for 15^th January.

The organizers that said that after the Mrauk-U conflict, the government announced that requests for literature talk permits should be submitted to the respective Township administration offices, however, the talks arranged in other townships were cancelled considering the time it would take to get permits.

Pan Thu Khin, a writer to join the talks has said that literature talks arranged to be held after the Mrauk-U conflict were cancelled because the permits had not been granted.

“It is something to question - if the situation has reached its worst point - as a ban on all talks is equally imposed.  Does conformity with laws mean a temporary ban or a permanent ban? It is something to consider if, their legal procedure is correct. Well, in a state like Rakhine, there are no good schools and no effective learning, let alone a library. So it is not easy to develop a habit of reading. So, I just sense that a ban on such talks which means ‘reading through hearing’, is very much like pushing the State into a worst case scenario” said she.

The writer Ba Gyi Kyaw (Sitetway) also affirmed that literature talks were a source of knowledge for people from rural areas, whose literacy and thereby knowledge were highly limited.

Literature talks in Rakhine State were widely held after 2012 and over 100 talks were generally held each year. Currently, Pyithu Hluttaw MP Dr. Aye Maung and the writer Wai Hun Aung, who spoke at the literature talk, which took place on the annual commemoration of the fall of the ancient Rakhine kingdom, are being charged under state treason law.

The People’s Republic of China and ASEAN Member Countries did not give any consent to create a safe zone inside Myanmar, the embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Dhaka said in a statement on March 4.

Rakhine State’s General Administration Department receives further resignations of village administrators on March 4 after about 90 village administrators in Mrauk-U Township had resigned.

There is only one lake in the village. At the moment, the amount water in the lake is decreasing. Each family of IDPs gets four pots of water as a quota per day, officials from the camp said.

It is now known that the Special Drug Control Unit (46), of Maungdaw District, arrested three culprits, who were caught red-handed with stimulant tablets worth 1755 lakhs (USD $150,000) in hand, at 11 PM on the 9^th February, as they prepared to transport it to Bangladesh.

In accordance with the pregnant mother and child care programme of the Department of Social Welfare, financial support to pregnant women, and children up to two years old, has began to be provided in Maungdaw Township since 5^th February 2018.

Literature talks that had already been arranged to be held in other Rakhine townships were said to have been cancelled after the conflict broken out in Mrauk-U on 16^th January 2018, according to writers who were invited to talk at the occasions.

After sending an investigation team to Gu Dar Pyin village of Rathedaung, the government announced on the 2^nd of February that there were no mass graves, as the Associated Press reported.

  Ko Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested under the State Official Secrets Acts, has told the media at his 3rd appearance in the court, that the testimony provided by the police is all perjury.

Daw Aye Nu Sein, Vice-Chairperson of the ANP and an advocate has said that ANP was committed to providing legal support to Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hun Aung who have been charged with three offenses related to State Treason and Unlawful Association Acts.

Those involved in the murder of Bo Bo Min Thike, a former township administrator of Mrauk-U, have been served with three lawsuits at the Ponnagyun Township Police Station, and it is known that officials concerned and nearby villagers are being interrogated at the Rakhine State Police Headquarters.

Tour agencies have said the decrease of inbound tourists to Mrauk-U, the evocative ancient ruins of the royal city, was not because of the conflicts which broken out between civilians and police officers starting in Mrauk-U in mid-January, but is more related to transportation issues and the Bengali issue in northern Rakhine state.

Nu Mra San, the chairperson of the sub-committee for proposal writing, has reported that an international level proposal for the Anandacandra inscription to be listed as an item of world cultural heritage will be made in March.

The Arakan Patriotic Party has said that it has received a response from the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), and that their offer of merging with it will be decided upon on only after the ALD conference.

During the meeting, the government was questioned by the CSO representative of Sitetway with regard to using the term “Democracy” if the government action in the Mrauk-U conflict which killed seven innocent civilians had been carried out like actions of the former system of “Law and Order Restoration,” and if it was worth sacrificing those civilians’ lives.