Businessmen in Arakan State say they have little faith in the military regime’s claim that it will provide loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Myanmar.

“The majority of detainees are Facebook users, and some of them are TikTok and Telegram users,” said Data for Myanmar.

As cases of tuberculosis are increasing in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, those infected are in need medical treatment, displacement camp officials say.

It has been nearly a year since the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) observed an informal ceasefire in November 2022, but residents in Arakan State continue to face the danger of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs).

Family members filed a complaint with the ULA last July about the rape of the girl by a 17-year-old boy from the same village.

The corn harvest has just begun, and the farm gate price is 880 to 900 kyats per viss, whereas corn with high moisture content sells for just 640 kyats.

The junta has blocked off a large section of the Loikaw-Dawtamagyi-Bolakhe road, a main entrance to Mawchi town, since February of this year. Locals in Mawchi town have been facing food shortages and rising commodity prices since then.

The lightning rods will be installed at Htilominlo, Mya Zedi, Sulamani, Dhammayangyi, Shwesandaw, Manuha, Pyathatgyi, Maha Bawdhi, Dhammyazaka and Pantthaki Maharhtay temples.

A 3-year-old girl in Thayetchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Pauktaw Township, was raped on Friday and the alleged perpetrator has been arrested by the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), according to family members of the victim.

Fighting in Myanmar increased by 58 percent from April 2022 to March 2023 compared with the previous year, according to figures compiled by BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.

Farmers are reportedly facing difficulties growing groundnuts this year due to a scarcity of local seeds suitable for the climate and geography of Arakan State.

The Kyaukphyu combined cycle power station, an investment of Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), has failed to fulfill the promises it had made to residents of Ohntaw village in Kyaukphyu, where the power plant is located.

The Myanmar army and navy have been regularly conducting live fire exercises involving heavy guns in Taungup, Kyaukphyu, and Manaung townships, as well as Sane town in southern Arakan State, according to local residents.

Schoolteachers working in the public education system in Arakan State called for collaborative efforts to guarantee their safety on World Teachers Day 2023.

The Myanmar regime is arranging to bring back three Arakan State women who were trafficked to Iraq, according to volunteers facilitating their return.

“They came at around 4 a.m. and seized the phones of eatery owners. Some eatery owners who were sleeping in their shops could not even enter their shops,” said the owner of an eatery that was demolished.

More than four months after Cyclone Mocha made landfall over Arakan State on May 14, storm victims in Pauktaw Township are struggling to recover, according to locals.

Residents of Arakan State’s Maungdaw District whose livelihoods are dependent on local forests are reportedly facing hardship due to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).

The murder of an assistant teacher from Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township is being carefully investigated to unearth the truth behind what happened the day she was killed, according to U Khaing Thukha, spokesman for the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA).