Sarus cranes are on the verge of extinction in Arakan State, say activists advocating for conservation of the local environment and biodiversity.

Sales for the Aung Bar Lay state lottery in Arakan State have dropped by about 70% since the Myanmar military seized power in a February 1, 2021, coup, lottery ticket vendors say.

Vessels extract sand from the island every day and the shore is eroding away as the number of people who catch prawn is on the rise.

The victim has been identified as Daw Hnin Yu Nwe, 37. She is believed to have been killed while on her way to Panphawpyin Village from Pauktaw Village on the morning of September 16.

An archaeological museum located in Nan Yar Kone Ward in the ancient Arakanese city of Mrauk-U will be relocated, with a new museum planned to be built.

Thousands of people from Arakan State are waiting in Muse, northern Shan State, to cross the border into China after China reopened the border crossing, according to the Arakan Literature and Culture Association (Muse).

Daw Nyo Aye of the Rakhine Women’s Network (RWN), who was arrested and charged with incitement under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, was reportedly admitted to Sittwe Hospital following a court hearing on Monday.

A total of 30 cases of burglary and theft were reported in eight urban wards in Kyaukphyu town from August to the second week of September.

Sellers say most of the items being sold online in Myanmar are made in Thailand and China, and it is difficult to get FDA approval.

The pier of the central market in the Arakan State capital of Sittwe has not yet been repaired more than four months after it was damaged by Cyclone Mocha, creating problems for boatmen and travellers.

A female junior assistant teacher from Kyunpaw Pauktaw Village, part of Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township, was found dead with stab wounds to her neck at about 10 a.m. on Saturday, locals said.

Myanmar’s military regime has made it mandatory for domestic nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and their international counterparts (INGOs) conducting humanitarian operations in the country to register, according to junta media.

A senior Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) official was shot dead in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Friday, according to sources close to the ALP.

The water from Latsay Lake, which supplies water to residents of Mrauk-U, Arakan State, is reportedly polluted and is not suitable for locals to use.

More than 80,000 girls between the ages of 9 and 12 in Arakan State will be vaccinated against cervical cancer on September 18, and the female general public will be vaccinated beginning in October, according to officials from the junta’s Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has expressed interest in buying 10,000 tonnes of sugar from Myanmar, according to an official from the Myanmar Sugar & Cane Related Products Association.

Charged for their alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA), three residents from Arakan State’s Sittwe and Ann townships were recently handed down two-year prison sentences.

A growing number of human trafficking cases have been reported among Muslim internally displaced people (IDPs) at camps in Sittwe, Myebon and Pauktaw townships this year, according to camp managers.

The May Yu shopping complex in Bawlonekwin ward of the Arakan State capital Sittwe will open next month, according to developers.