Development Media Group

November 20, 2024
Medicine prices skyrocket in Rathedaung Twsp
November 19, 2024
Thousands of IDPs face food shortages in Thandwe
A child labourer in Arakan State is pictured in November 2024.
November 18, 2024
Child labour on the rise in Arakan State
March 28, 2023
Authorities criticised for inaction as Arakan State’s mangrove forests...
Authorities are still failing to cooperate in the conservation of mangrove forests in Arakan State, according to activists engaged in mangrove forest...
March 27, 2023
Drug-resistant TB cases persist in Arakan State
Drug-resistance tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to be a cause of concern in Arakan State as World TB Day was marked globally on March 24. Around 140...
March 27, 2023
Junta official says regime has spent 5 billion kyats on Muslim repatriation
Myanmar’s military regime has spent 5 billion kyats on efforts to repatriate Muslims from Bangladesh, according to junta media, which cited the...
March 27, 2023
Junta sentences another student activist to life imprisonment
Myanmar’s military regime has sentenced more than 30 members of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) to significant prison time,...
March 25, 2023
Thailand to invest in Maungdaw
Thailand has shown an interest in investing in rice milling and livestock farming in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, according to the junta-...
March 24, 2023
Dozens of IDP shelters in three Arakan State townships damaged by strong...
Dozens of homes in five camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships were damaged by...
March 24, 2023
Four Arakan State-based political parties register to contest junta-...
Four political parties in Arakan State have registered with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) for the regime-organised elections...
March 22, 2023
Drug abuse rising in Arakan State, residents warn
Arakan State residents have warned of an alarming rise in the availability of stimulants and other illicit narcotics despite the fact that, unlike...
March 22, 2023
Middlemen offer another path to passport in Arakan State
The going rate to apply for passports through middlemen in Arakan State stands at around 500,000 Kyats, according to passport applicants. The Sittwe...
March 21, 2023
IDP women struggle with pregnancies amid malnutrition and lack of access...
Some pregnant women in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State are reportedly having difficulties giving birth due to...
March 21, 2023
2,000 IDPs in Chin State town reportedly told to return home by end of...
About 2,000 people who were displaced by fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) and are currently sheltering in Samee town, part of Chin...
Opinion
March 21, 2023
IDP camp manager: ‘If the military guarantees there will be no more...
The Arakan Army (AA) observed an informal ceasefire with the Myanmar military in late November on humanitarian grounds. The military regime has since...