The Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers Association will sell over 2,783 tonnes of palm oil in Yangon at the junta’s reference price of 4,400 kyats per viss.

Five signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the junta’s National Solidarity and Peace Negotiation Committee (NSPNC) signed a nine-point agreement after holding talks for three days.

The junta’s commerce ministry said it would take measures to significantly bring down palm oil prices in the next few days for the sake of members of the public.

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has ordered the ministers of his regime to systematically regulate local and international nongovernmental organisations (NGOs and INGOs).

Farmers are using technologically produced seeds that can be easily bought and grown, including vegetables such as eggplant, pepper, cucumber, beans, gourds, and ferns.

The Arakan Army (AA) has been providing military training for resistance groups that emerged following the military coup in February 2021.

Representatives of the junta’s NSPNC and delegates from five members of the Peace Process Steering Committee (PPST) have been discussing the amendment of some articles of the 2008 Constitution since August 29.

The artillery shell was discovered on a hill about five furlongs west of the displacement camp on July 21.

The party has recruited the minimum number of party members as required by the law, but has had difficulties opening party offices.

The soft-shell crab business is thriving in Arakan State’s Gwa Township, with soft-shell crabs being exported to foreign markets.

A group of junta officials consisting of the township administrator and departmental employees visited the Kaviyadana IDP camp and Naypukhan displacement camp in downtown Kyauktaw at around 8 a.m. and told IDPs to return home.

The raft-fishing business has resurged in Ayeyarwady Region’s Pyapon Township, along with human trafficking to work on fishing rafts, according to local fishery business owners.

The embassy said it would meanwhile work to simplify the application procedure for passport renewal, and do maintenance work on passport-related machinery.

Local residents in villages across Ann and Kyaukphyu townships make a living catching fish, prawn, clam and crab. They bemoan that their livelihoods have been affected by theft and fear of thievery.

Rice merchants will have to sell rice at the set prices from August 28, and action will be taken if prices are raised, said an official from the MRF.

After the storm, many farmlands in the Yoe Creek area were damaged and the local economy is in a state of crisis, with residents facing significant livelihood difficulties. 

Daw Nyo Aye was remanded by the township court for two weeks at the hearing, and the next court date has been scheduled for September 12, according to family members.

The price of a land plot measuring 30x40 ft in Sittwe’s Mingan ward has doubled from 35 million kyats to 70 million kyats in recent years.

Rice will be sold to the public for 250 kyats per pyi, and 200,000 sacks of rice have been sent to Arakan State, according to Myanmar Rice Federation chairman U Ye Min Aung.