Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 16 to 22, 2026)

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Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 16 to 22, 2026)

By Admin 24 Feb 2026

- Arakan Army’s handover of 73 Bangladeshi fishermen signals potential boost in border cooperation

- ULA calls for Chin–Arakanese unity on 78th Chin National Day

- Equipment from Chinese-owned VPower plant in Kyaukphyu to be fully relocated amid growing conflict

- Two civilians killed, two injured in junta airstrike on Ramree village

- India-Arakan trade routes fully reopen after two-month closure

- Myanmar military officers accused of profiting from dismantled homes in Sittwe villages

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 16 to 22, 2026)

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We Must Remove What Is No Longer Needed

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Top News

Crimes rise in AA-held territories

ULA bans motorcycle driving for those under 16

Min Aung Hlaing's Thailand trip raises concerns over ASEAN, activists

Displaced schoolteacher dies after taking own life in Ponnagyun

Betel leaf prices surge to K70,000 per viss in Arakan State

Main perpetrator sentenced to death in Ponnagyun rape and murder case

POLITICS

Junta-appointed UEC disbands Mro Ethnic Party

Political Gamesmanship Behind Designation of New Districts in Myanmar

Policy Affairs Steering Committee becomes decision maker in ANP

The AFP will continue along a nationalist path

Why is people’s interest in politics waning?

BUSINESS

Biz group: Arakan conflict hampers economy, development

Rice farmers in Arakan State face challenging market

Challenges of Myanmar-Bangladesh border trade

Hotels and tourism business will open in early 2020 in Manaung

Industry to manufacture finished goods from coconut starting in early 2020

Businesses slump at Maungdaw market

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 16 to 22, 2026)

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We Must Remove What Is No Longer Needed

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ULA bans motorcycle driving for those under 16

Min Aung Hlaing's Thailand trip raises concerns over ASEAN, activists

Displaced schoolteacher dies after taking own life in Ponnagyun

Betel leaf prices surge to K70,000 per viss in Arakan State

Main perpetrator sentenced to death in Ponnagyun rape and murder case

POLITICS

Junta-appointed UEC disbands Mro Ethnic Party

Political Gamesmanship Behind Designation of New Districts in Myanmar

Policy Affairs Steering Committee becomes decision maker in ANP

The AFP will continue along a nationalist path

Why is people’s interest in politics waning?

BUSINESS

Biz group: Arakan conflict hampers economy, development

Rice farmers in Arakan State face challenging market

Challenges of Myanmar-Bangladesh border trade

Hotels and tourism business will open in early 2020 in Manaung

Industry to manufacture finished goods from coconut starting in early 2020

Businesses slump at Maungdaw market