Arakan News

A local in Sarpyin told Mizzima on Monday that a loud noise was heard at about 8 p.m. (local time) on Sunday...Three were taken to hospital as they sustained severe injuries. “The noise was extremely loud, but no casualties have...

Than Shwe reportedly told his fellow generals at the meeting on Nov. 23-28 that Burma is ready for a new government in line with his vision of a �disciplined democracy,� and addressed numerous economic developments and projects for the future....

Local residents in Kyuakphyu Township of Arakan State in Western Burma have alleged that authorities have not paid compensation, despite assurances, for the 150 acres of farmland that have been seized in May. A local resident of Malakyun village in...

Bandarban, Nov 08 (bdnews24.com)�Police arrested 26 Myanmar citizens including children, on Saturday night, as they tried to enter Bangladesh illegally at Naikhangchhari in Bandarban. They were handed over to Bangladesh Rifles for deportation back to their country.

The fence they are building is designed to stop their own people from moving across the border. Inside Bangladesh, Rohingyas are being persecuted and kept in miserable holding facilities. They cannot go home, they are not officially recognised as asylum seekers and...

More than 2,000 farmer-occupants of a reservation area of a state university in a town in North Cotabato province will no longer worry of being evicted from the lands they have been tilling since 1950s. Cotabato Governor Jesus Sacdalan said...

He was born in Lwe Chaung village in Taungok Township in Arakan State. He has a BA in history and religion, an MA in Asian history and a BA in law from Rangoon University. He earned a Ph.D in Southeast...