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
Inside a rice mill in Sittwe
December 24, 2022
Myanmar exports rice to Bangladesh
Myanmar will start exporting 160,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh this month, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). Under the agreement...
A fence on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
December 24, 2022
Gunfire reported along Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Maungdaw residents
Heavy weapons and small arms fire were reported along the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, at...
Paddy fields in Aungtaing Village, Sittwe Township. (Photo: DMG)
December 23, 2022
Multiple crises leave Arakan State farmers struggling to repay...
Farmers suffering from the impacts of military conflict, displacement, climate change and high prices for inputs like fertiliser and fuel this year...
December 23, 2022
Junta selling food and consumer goods in Arakan State but few are buying,...
Myanmar’s military regime is selling foods and consumer goods to the public in some townships including Sittwe, Ann, Taungup and Gwa townships in...
December 22, 2022
Two men killed by wild elephant in Buthidaung Twsp
The bodies of two Muslim men who were trampled to death by a wild elephant were found near Ngakyitauk Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung...
December 22, 2022
Regime’s Arakan State government to conduct census ahead of planned 2023...
Myanmar’s military regime will conduct a population census starting January 9 of next year in townships across Arakan State in order to facilitate...
December 20, 2022
Trash clogs Minbya creek
Zaychuang Creek, near the central market in Arakan State’s Minbya Township, is getting shallow and clogged due to littering. The creek is a tributary...
Darletchaung Village-tract seen from a distance.
December 20, 2022
Ann Twsp villagers still suffering from junta restrictions
Myanmar’s military regime has not lifted its restrictions on deliveries of food, medicines and building materials to nearly 50 villages in...
December 19, 2022
Sittwe residents worried about fire risk posed by roadside petrol pumps
Local residents in Sittwe have expressed concerns about the fire risk posed by roadside petrol pumps. Roadside petrol pumps have proliferated across...
December 17, 2022
Family still unable to contact detained Taungup social activist
Family members say they have not been in contact with a social activist from Arakan State’s Taungup Township since his arrest by the military more...
December 17, 2022
Local attendance sparse at Arakan State Day celebration in Sittwe
Local people were not interested in the 48th anniversary of Arakan State Day event organised by the military regime and only civil servants under the...
Manual workers in Sittwe
December 16, 2022
Junta chief says K10 billion allotted for development of Arakan State
Myanmar’s military regime has granted K10 billion from national economic development funds for development works in Arakan State, according to a...