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Narinjara News This news service covers Bangladesh-Burma relations, the Bangladesh-Burma border, events in Arakan and occasional reports on other parts of Burma. Email delivery of the reports may be requested from narinjara@yahoo.com Websites/Multiple Documents Title:   Narinjara website Description/subject:   "Narinjara News is an e-mail news service based in Dhaka and set up by a number of Arakanese democratic activists in exile in September 2001...[It aims at] the objective projection of news from the western part of Burma, which has not been covered either by the mainstream Burmese press or the Burmese opposition media in exile..."... Place of correspondents: I. Sittwe Inside Burma; II. Maungdaw Inside Burma; III. Teknaf, Burma-Bangladesh Border; IV. Cox’s Bazaar, Border District Bangladesh... "The Narinjara News is an independent organization, not affiliated with any political party or organization. Any opinion or advice relating to our News Agency is warmly welcomed and please email to: narinjara@yahoo.com " Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Individual Documents Title:   Burma bordering Indian states face drug abuse and HIV Date of publication:   05 January 2007 Description/subject:   "Burma bordering all Northeast Indian states are running under the menace of drug abuse consequential HIV infection and AIDS. Disclosed by the Indian Health Minister of India, Anbumani Ramadoss recently, the pathetic tale describes Manipur and Nagaland are among the 'high HIV/AIDS prevalence' states, where as Arunachal Pradesh and Mizroam are termed 'vulnerable' to the threat of HIV infection and AIDS..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Muslim Community from Arakan Unhappy this Eid ul Azha Date of publication:   05 January 2007 Description/subject:   "Many Muslim families from northern Arakan State were unable to enjoy this year's Eid ul Azha festival due to the high price of sacrificial animals in Arakan, said a well-known townsperson from Maungdaw. As the animals, including bulls and cows, were priced high, many ordinary Muslim families could not celebrate the festival, having lost their opportunity to make the appropriate sacrifices..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   30 Political Prisoners Released in Independence Day Amnesty Date of publication:   04 January 2007 Description/subject:   "About 3000 prisoners were released yesterday from several jails in Burma as part of the independence day amnesty, with 30 political prisoners among them. However, there were no prominent political leaders, such as detained democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or well-known senior journalist U Win Tin, among those granted release..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Bangladesh to Set Up Petrochemical Zone near Burmese Border Date of publication:   04 January 2007 Description/subject:   "Bangladesh has plans to establish a petrochemical zone near the Bangladesh-Burma border to ensure optimum use of natural gas, said a report from authorities. "It will be set up in the border town Teknaf, which is located on the banks of the Naff River, opposite Burma's western town of Maungdaw," the report stated..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.4K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burma envoy calls on Bangladesh president Date of publication:   04 January 2007 Description/subject:   "Outgoing Ambassador of Burma to Bangladesh U Thand Myint Yesterday paid a farewell call on Bangladesh president Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at presidential House in Dhaka, said an official report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Small Explosion but No Injuries Date of publication:   04 January 2007 Description/subject:   "A small bomb exploded in a village of western Burma near the Bangladesh border but there were no injuries in the blast, according to an official report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.3K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Mro Tribal Village Forced to Relocate Date of publication:   03 January 2007 Description/subject:   "A Mro tribal village in Mrauk U Township, Arakan State, has been ordered by the army authority to relocate to a new location, as the current location is said to be within an army cantonment area, reported a villager. The village is known as Nadine, where there are over 60 households that are all Mro tribal families. The village has been at its current location since time immemorial..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.4K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Bangladeshis Among Boatmen Arrested by Nasaka Date of publication:   02 January 2007 Description/subject:   "Burma's border security force, Nasaka, transferred on Sunday to Bangladesh authorities the list of names of Bangladeshis who were recently arrested on a boat by Burmese authorities, reported a source close to Nasaka..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.3K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   India-Burma army car rally concludes Date of publication:   02 January 2007 Description/subject:   "The India-Burma army car rally culminates its journey after completing the round from New Delhi to Rangoon and again backs to Indian capital city. Inaugurated on December 5 in New Delhi, the rally crossed through various Indian states including UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Asom, Nagaland,Manipur and Burmese towns like Tamu, Kalewa, Monywa, Mandalay, Taungoo to reach Rangoon and then it returned back in the last week of December..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (15K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Ceremonies Marking Fall of Arakanese Sovereignty Held in Thailand and Bangladesh Date of publication:   01 January 2007 Description/subject:   "The 222nd anniversary of the fall of Arakan's sovereignty was marked with ceremonies yesterday in Thailand and Bangladesh, with many in the Arakanese diaspora participating. In Thailand, about 300 people, including Arakanese and Burmese ethnic nationalities attended the ceremony that was held in Mae Sod, a border town of Thailand opposite Burma's Myawaddy..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Land Survey for New Airport in Ancient City of Arakan Date of publication:   31 December 2006 Description/subject:   "A group of army engineers from Light Infantry Battalion 540 based in Mrauk U recently surveyed lands near Nankya Village for a new airport to be built in the ancient city of Arakan, reported an engineer from the Mrauk U construction department. He said the military government was likely to build a new airport in Mrauk U in the near future, and for this reason recently had the lands surveyed in Mrauk U Township. The authorities have decided to build the new airport near Nankya Villave, located between Mrauk U and the Minby motor road six miles from downtown Mrauk U..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.7K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burmese Army Robs House in Arakan Date of publication:   30 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Two soldiers from the Burmese army along with two local people robbed a house in Buthidaung Township on 22 December, taking a large amount of cash from the house, stated a police report. The incident took place in a village of Wet Makya under Thigan Guason Village Tract in Buthidaung Township, 80 miles north of the state capital Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6.5K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burmese Authorities Collect Paddy from Mills Date of publication:   30 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Burmese authorities have been extorting paddy from rice mill owners in exchange for permission to mill rice in the region, reported one rice mill owner..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6.4K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Three Bangladeshi Prisoners Die in Burma Date of publication:   29 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Three Bangladeshi prisoners recently died in a Burmese jail due to inadequate treatment for their illnesses, according to a report of Nasaka, the Burmese border security force..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6.8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   23 Bangladeshi Prisoners Returned by Burma Date of publication:   27 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Burmese authorities handed over 23 prisoners to Bangladesh authorities at yesterday's flag meeting that was held in the western Burmese border town of Maungdaw, reports a source quoting local officials..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.3K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Cattle Traders Arrested at Border Date of publication:   27 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Eight Arakanese cattle traders were arrested on Saturday at the border, as they were attempting to smuggle cattle to Bangladesh via sea, report sources at the border. The Burmese border security force, Nasaka, arrested the eight traders as they were crossing the Naff River on a cattle machine boat from Burma to Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.6K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   The Funeral of General Saw Bo Mya Date of publication:   27 December 2006 Description/subject:   "General Saw Bo Mya, who passed away on 24 December 2006, was buried yesterday at Battalion No. 202, on of the Karen Liberated Areas on the Thai-Burma border. Approximately 10,000 people, including SPDC representatives Myat Htun Oo and Min Chit Oo attended the funeral..." Author/creator:   Aung Mirm Oo Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.5K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burma Force Kills Bangladeshi Fisherman Date of publication:   23 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Burma's border security force Nasaka, shot and killed a Bangladeshi fisherman Wednesday on the Naff River, shortly after he was arrested from a fishing boat, according to a Bangladesh newspaper report. The report claimed that Nasaka troops suddenly intruded into the Bangladesh waters of the Naff River, firing several shots and arresting the victim on a fishing boat. Other fishermen who were fishing in the area managed to flee from the Nasaka force..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   New Restrictions on Ships Prompted by Fuel Crisis in Arakan Date of publication:   22 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Many government ships in several inland waterways in Arakan state have not been allowed to maintain their normal schedules due to a fuel crisis, said a well-known businessman from Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5.7K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Two Chin People Arrested for Connection to Insurgent Group Date of publication:   22 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Two Chin nationals were recently arrested by the Burmese army in Mrauk U Township, Arakan, as they were reportedly linked to Chin rebels, said a family member..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.1K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   56 Burmese Muslims Arrested on Boat Date of publication:   21 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The Burmese border security force, Nasaka, arrested 56 Burmese Muslims on a boat Wednesday evening as they were heading to Malaysia to look for work, a Nasaka source reported..." Among them, five are from Bangladesh and 51 are from Burma's Maungdaw, a western border town near Bangladesh. Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Government Buildings Likely to Move from Downtown Akyab for New Port Date of publication:   20 December 2006 Description/subject:   "There has been a rumor in the Arakan state capital of Akyab that many of the government buildings located in downtown Akyab will have to move outside of Akyab to accommodate for a new port which will be built with the help of the Indian government next month, said a prominent Arakanese businessman. He said, "There was a rumor among people that the hospital, bank and central market in Akyab will be moved to Visali ground, out of downtown Akyab.”..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   329 Muslim families flee to Bangladesh in 2006 Date of publication:   19 December 2006 Description/subject:   "329 Muslim families from north Arakan state fled to neighboring Bangladesh in 2006, marking a greater exodus than 2005, said a report from the Maungdaw immigration department..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   India to Build at an Abandoned Port in Burma Date of publication:   18 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Akyab port, which has been abandoned since Burma's independence, will be rebuilt by India in next month. India will spend $100 million to connect northeastern India with East Asia..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   17 Muslim Burmese Refugees Arrested in Bangladesh Date of publication:   16 December 2006 Description/subject:   "17 Burmese Muslim refugees, who are sheltering in Refugee camps in Bangladesh, were arrested by the Bangladeshi authority on Thursday night, said a report from the Bangladesh police department..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6.7K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Fresh Land Confiscation in Arakan Date of publication:   16 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The Burmese authority recently confiscated 5000 acres of land from several Arakanese farmers in Ponna Kyunt Township and will allocate the land to regional army battalions to implement government agricultural projects, said a farmer whose land was confiscated. He said, "It was fresh round of confiscations for our area and over 1000 acres of land were confiscated by the authority before."..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   One Customs Officer from Nasaka Detained in Rangoon Date of publication:   15 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Burmese military authorities arrested and harshly sentenced several customs officials to long prison terms recently in Rangoon. Among the convicted men is one customs official from the western border security force, Nasaka - a combined force consisting of the army, immigration, police, and customs..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.7K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   High Timber Tax Deters Home Construction Date of publication:   14 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Illegal high taxes imposed by Burmese military personnel, police, and forestry officers in Arakan State on timber and bamboo, on both wholesale producers and private re-sale buyers is have left the latter facing difficulties in building or repairing their homes. According to a resident of Ponna Kyunt, troops from Light Infantry Battalion 539, stationed at the Yoe Khaung Bridge between the villages of War Taung and Pan Bae Khaung, take 10 kyats for bamboo, 700 kyats for small-sized timber, and 150 kyats for a bunch of thatch..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.6K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Model Villagers Hungry as Rations Cut Off Date of publication:   14 December 2006 Description/subject:   "As the distribution of government rations to model villagers has been stopped, many model villagers from Rathidaung Township, 20 miles north of the Arakan State capital Akyab, have been facing hunger, according to a report of the villagers. The report said 25 families, about 82 people, from Padauk Myaing model village, located at the foot of Mayu hill 30 miles northwest of Rathidaung Town are now facing starvation..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Salt Production Declines in Arakan State Date of publication:   13 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Salt production in the coastal state of Arakan in western Burma is expected to be lower than last year due to the decline in demand for the salt in Burma's neighboring country, Bangladesh, says an Arakanese salt producer. Bangladesh domestic salt producers are using modern methods to get a greater yield, and this, combined with the Bangladesh government's ban on salt imports and higher transport costs since last year is pushing down the demand for Burmese salt in Bangladesh, reports a Bangladeshi salt trader..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Unknown Gunmen Kill Three Arakanese in Thailand Date of publication:   13 December 2006 Description/subject:   "A group of unidentified gunmen shot and killed three Arakanese people and seriously injured another woman in an orchard located outside the Thai town of Mae Sot, opposite Burma's Myawaddy, on Friday, reported an Arakanese in Mae Sot..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.1K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Bangladesh Mulls Over Backup Telecom Cable Line Via Burma Date of publication:   11 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The Bangladesh government is seriously considering the possibility of a fiber optic cable linking Cox's Bazar with Pyapon of Burma, in order to give Bangladesh access to the SEA-ME-WE-3 undersea cable as a backup to the recently commissioned SEA-ME-WE-4 cable link, reported the Bangladesh newspaper New Age..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Inadequate Medical Supplies in Arakan Spell Looming Health Crisis for Children Date of publication:   11 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The number of children who have been suffering from tropical diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and hepatitis has increased, and the limited medicinal supply has not been helping the problem, says one health worker from Akyab Hospital. Since 19 November, there have been about 300 children hospitalized in Akyab Hospital, in Arakan State, due to malaria and dengue fever, and jaundice caused by complications of malaria, reports a medical officer from the hospital..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.1K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   3000 Bags of Smuggled Fertilizer Seized Near Burma Waters Date of publication:   10 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Despite Bangladesh authorities' crack down on fertilizer smuggling to Burma, the illegal trade of fertilizers to Burma from Bangladesh is still widespread. On Friday, Bangladesh police seized a large number of fertilizers bags from a smuggler's engine boat near Burmese waters. The boat was bound for the western Burma state capital Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.1K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burma and India Sign for Offshore Gas Exploration Date of publication:   10 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The Burmese junta's oil and gas agency and an Indian resource company signed an agreement for the exploration of natural gas in the offshore plot A-7 in the seas of Arakan State in western Burma on Thursday. According to a Burmese government media report, Burmese officials, including six ministers from the junta, attended the signing ceremony. R.D. Goral, the director of Gail of India, and Min Min Aung, the president of the Singapore based Silver Wave Energy, signed the agreement with the Burmese Oil and Gas Enterprise..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.3K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   India-Myanmar car rally to enter Burma on Tuesday Date of publication:   10 December 2006 Description/subject:   Narinjara Correspondent, Guwahati, Northeast India... "The India-Myanmar army car rally, which was flagged off by Indian Defence Minister A K Antony will enter Burma through Tamu on December 12. The joint car rally, participated by the Indian and Burmese soldiers was launched on December 5 at India Gate of New Delhi. Visiting Burmese Army general Thura Shwe Mann and Indian Army chief Gen JJ Singh with other senior officials were also present at the flag-off ceremony..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Paddy Price Jumps in Western Border Area Date of publication:   09 December 2006 Description/subject:   "The paddy price in the western Burmese border area has jumped up to 280,000 kyat per 100 tinn, or 250 baskets, from a price of 200,000 kyat just one week ago, after the rice harvest season began in the area, reported a trader from Maungdaw..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Shwe Gas Movement Activists: Sales of Arms Technology to Burma by Daewoo is Threat to Regional Security Date of publication:   09 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Shwe Gas Movement activists stated in their press release on 7 December that the selling of arms and technology to Burma by South Korea's Daewoo Corporation poses a threat to regional security..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   17 Burmese Prisoners Handed Over to Burmese Authorities Date of publication:   07 December 2006 Description/subject:   "As part of a prisoner exchange, the Bangladesh authorities handed 17 Burmese prisoners over to Burmese border authorities on Monday in Teknaf Town, Bangladesh, said an official source..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8.6K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burma Hands Over Corpse of BDR to Bangladesh Date of publication:   07 December 2006 Description/subject:   "Burmese authorities handed over the dead body of a Bangladesh Rifles member who was killed by smugglers to Bangladesh authorities in the border town of Maungdaw on 5 December 2006, said an official from the Burmese border security force..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9.2K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Deserter Killed in Battle Date of publication:   07 December 2006 Description/subject:   "An army deserter was killed by the Burmese army during an armed clash between a column of soldiers and the deserter deep in the forest of the western border near Bangladesh on 21 November, 2006, said a source close to the army..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7.8K) Date of entry/update:   06 January 2007 Title:   Burmese Army Turns to Rice Growing on Land Confiscated from the People Date of publication:   09 July 2005 Description/subject:   "Burmese troops are going to grow rice by themselves on land confiscated from the people in Kyauk Taw Township. Instead of leasing out to the local farmers to cultivate rice during the monsoon season as before, the military personnel have decided to farm the land themselves. Military sources said the higher authority ordered them not to lease out the land, but to work on it by themselves..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   hrml (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladesh Security Forces Raid a Burmese Muslim Rebel Camp Date of publication:   08 July 2005 Description/subject:   "Bangladesh security forces, army and Bangladesh Rifle, raided a Burmese Muslim rebel camp stationed in Bangladesh territory near the Burmese border on 5 July, stated a border report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Five held with Burma made Yaba tablets in Bangladesh Date of publication:   08 July 2005 Description/subject:   "Bangladesh Police arrested five persons in a hotel with 800 pieces Yaba , stimulate tablets, from Burma on July 5, said a Bangladesh Newspaper..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   ?? ? via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Arakanese Political Prisoners Released Date of publication:   07 July 2005 Description/subject:   "Yesterday, 240 political prisoners were released, including some prominent leaders. Many Arakanese political prisoners were among those released from prison. These political prisoners were part of the Junta's latest round of prisoner releases..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladeshis Given Five Year Sentence in Burma Date of publication:   07 July 2005 Description/subject:   "24 Bangladeshi woodcutters were sentenced to five years each by a Burmese court for violation of immigration and forestry laws..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladesh Does Not Join Tri-National Gas Pipeline Talk in New Delhi Date of publication:   06 July 2005 Description/subject:   "The tri-nations gas pipeline conference will be held today in New Delhi, but representatives for Bangladesh will not be attending, according to a report of a Bangladeshi news agency. Bangladesh cancelled plans to send its delegation as the invitation to attend came only one day prior to the meeting..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (13K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Authority Loots Local Farms for Modern Villages Date of publication:   05 July 2005 Description/subject:   "The Burmese authority has confiscated several acres of farms from local farmers. The confiscated land will be used for new settlers in the government's 'modern villages' that are being set up in the northwestern area of Rathidaung Township, in Arakan state, reported a social worker..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Phenomenal Rice Price Rise in Western Burma Threatens Social Unrest Date of publication:   05 July 2005 Description/subject:   "The price of rice in western Burma has jumped phenomenally within the last two or three days, and community leaders worry that it could lead to social unrest in the region..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladesh Bagged 540 Million Taka from Border Tariff Last Year Date of publication:   04 July 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 4 July 2005: "The Bangladesh customs office received 540 million Taka in tariffs from the border trade post at Teknaf, on the southern Burmese border, during the 2004-2005 financial year. Abdul Gufur, the officer in charge of Teknaf Customs said, "during the last 12 months, Taka 54 corers were collected from the Teknaf Office alone for the national treasury." Teknaf is located at the heart of the border trade. However, since illegal trading is now flourishing along the border, the Customs office has not been able to collect all the available revenue..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Dhaka stays cool to India's new idea about gas pipeline Date of publication:   03 July 2005 Description/subject:   DHAKA, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- "Dhaka will not mind if New Delhi decides to exclude Bangladesh from the proposed overland gas pipeline between India and Myanmar, said a senior Bangladeshi official. The Financial Express Sunday quoted Mahmudur Rahman, adviser tothe Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as saying that Bangladesh will welcome new plan on the proposed tri-nation gas line project that might bypass Bangladesh to safeguard India's strategic interests. India, however, is yet to inform Bangladesh about its change ofmind, Rahman noted..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Xinhuanet via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (15K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Storm Kills Two Boatmen in Arakan Date of publication:   03 July 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 3 July 2005: "Two boatmen were killed in a small storm that had winds up to 45 miles per hour (60 kph) in the coastal area of Arakan on 29 June, said a report. The identities of the deceased were unknown but they were reportedly from Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   High Birth Rate among Burmese Muslim Refugees Worries Bangladeshis Date of publication:   02 July 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 2 July 2005: "The local Bangladeshi people are worried about the high birth rate among Burmese Muslim refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazaar district of southern Bangladesh. The local Bengali language newspaper, The Daily Ajker Deshbidesh, reports on 26 June that there are about 20,000 Muslim refugees living in two camps, Nayapara and Kutupalong. Within the camps, there are about 50 children born every month, about 600 a year. If births continue at this rate, the refugee population in the camps will explode into an unmanageable proportion, said the newspaper..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   20,000 People face new threat Due to Naff River Overflow Date of publication:   01 July 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 1 July 2005: "20,000 people living along the Bangladesh and Burma border have been facing a new threat following flooding along the upper reaches of the Naff River, a local newspaper has reported. Since the heavy monsoon rains started on 26 June, the river has overflowed its banks. Heavy rain has continued to fall in the border areas. Five bridges have been damaged by heavy rains in the border area of Bangladesh, and several roads and farms are now under floodwaters..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Burma close watch on alleged American naval base in Bangladesh Date of publication:   27 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 27 June 2005: "Burmese military personals in western Burma are keeping a close watch on Onn kyunt Island, Known as St. Martin’s Island, in southern Bangladesh bordering Burma. The watch resulted from a rumour spreading in the border area that an American naval base is being built at Onn Kyunt Island. The Nasaka Regional 8, the Burmese border security, based in Inn Dinn, has been gathering information on the local rumour as well as the ship movement around the Island. The Burmese authority believes that Onn Kyunt Island has been borrowed by the American and soon there will be American navy ships will be trafficking around the Island soon, said an Arakanese person closed to Nasaka..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (13K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Natural Gas found instead of water from digging a tube well in Arakan Date of publication:   25 June 2005 Description/subject:   Mrauk U, 25 June 2005: "Natural Gas came out instead of water from a tube well in Set Thar Village in Mrauk-U Township in northern part of Arakan state in western Burma. On the 17th of this month, the gas came out from the ground of the digging for water in the compound of U Aung Than Kyaw’s house, who is the president of Ya-Ra-Ka, the village level administration body of the junta, SPDC..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Over 40 Million Taka in Contraband Seized in 5 Months Date of publication:   24 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 24 June 2005: "Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) battalion number 23, stationed at Taknef border town, seized over 40 million takas worth of smuggled goods from Taknef border town alone in the first five months of fiscal year 2005, said an official from Bangladesh. The smuggled goods seized were from both Burma and Bangladesh, and were mostly; clothes, textiles, beer, cheroots, medicine, fertilizers, alcohol, phensidyl and diesel, according to BDR senior officer Abutahail Mohmad Eibarhin..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Forced Labor for Army Brick Kiln Date of publication:   23 June 2005 Description/subject:   Buthidaung, 23 June 2005: "Several villagers have been forced to work in an army brick kiln in Buthidaung Township, said a villager who fled to Bangladesh recently. Light Infantry Battalion 565, stationed at Kum Dai Village of Buthi Daung Township, 80 miles north of Arakan's state capital Akyab, has summoned the villagers from nearby villages to work at the army brick kiln. The villagers have been working since the kiln project began, which provides funding for the army..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Villagers from Government's 'Modern' Villages Suffer Famine Date of publication:   23 June 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 23 June 2005: "Several villagers from the government's modern villages in Northern Arakan state are now suffering from famine due the sky-rocketing prices of rice recently, said a village chairman from the region. The villages facing famine are; Aung Thapray, Thupan Naga, Rankha Zadi, Mun Khamong, Nanra Gai, Bandu la, Tight Chaung and other Mro and Dainet tribal villages. All villages are located in the northern part of Maungdaw, close to Bangladesh. The village headmen from several villages complained about the problem to local army officials from LIB 538, asking them to take emergency supplies to the famine victims immediately, he said. A battalion commander and local departmental officers visited the areas to look over the crisis in the last two days after they received information of the famine. But there has been no official action to help the famine victims..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Two Arakanese organizations hold rallies for Daw Suu's birthday in Dhaka Date of publication:   20 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 20 June 2005: Two Arakanese organizations, Democratic Force of Arakan (DFA) and Rakhaing Women Union (RWU), both in exiles, held rallies to commemorate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday in Dhaka yesterday. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has turned 60 years old..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   3 mango traders hospitalized in Bangladesh after gun shot by Nasaka Date of publication:   17 June 2005 Description/subject:   Taknef, 17 June 2005: "3 mango traders from Burma have been hospitalized in a town hospital in Bangladesh after Nasaka, Burma border security force, fired at them on the Naff River, said a businessman. The incident took place on 14 June while they were crossing Naff River by a small machine boat. The mango traders were bringing 1000 kg of mango to Bangladesh by the machine boat..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Amy collects toll for bank savings Date of publication:   17 June 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, 17 June 2005: "The Burmese army stationed in Arakan state is collecting tolls from local business sectors for savings in a government bank army fund, said a brick kiln owner from Kyauk Taw, situated along the upper Kaladan River. The military headquarters in Rangoon ordered the army battalions in Arakan state to save at least 10 million Burmese kyat in the army bank, U Pai Ltd, within a year. Since then several army battalions have been collecting tolls from local businesses as well as traders and travelers, to add to the savings fund..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (14K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   24 Bangladeshis arrive at Dhaka airport after 1-year jail term in Burma Date of publication:   16 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 16 June 2005: "24 Bangladeshis arrived at Dhaka airport yesterday after their one-year jail term in Burma was concluded, said a report of a local TV channel. Burmese authorities arrested them last year while they were illegally entering the territory of Burma as a transit point on their way to Malaysia..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Five Arakanese monks arrested with illegal stimulants in southern Burma Date of publication:   16 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 16 June 2005: "Five young Arakanese monks were arrested on 13 June by Burmese authorities in the border town of Kaw Thoung, opposite Ranoung of Thailand, under the Tanintheryi division. They were arrested after authorities found them in possession of a small number yama stimulant tablets, reported an Arakanese resident from Kaw Thoung..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Arrested Burmese refugee released Date of publication:   15 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 15 June 2005: "Maung Kyaw Moe, a Burmese refugee who was arrested in Bangladesh, was released yesterday after authorities found he was not guilty..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Burmese authority surveys the Hindu population in Arakan state Date of publication:   14 June 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, 14 June 2005: "Burmese authorities recently surveyed the population of Hindu people in Arakan state, but other communities were excluded from the survey, reported a Hindu community leader from Akyab. The district administrators from four districts of Arakan state conducted the survey during the past few weeks as per the Rangoon authority’s instructions..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladesh government awards stipends to 153 Arakanese students from Cox’s Bazaar Date of publication:   13 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 13 June 2005: "The Bangladesh government awarded a yearly stipend to 153 Arakanese students in Cox’s Bazaar on 9 June, according to a report of Rakhine Buddhist Welfare Association in Bangladesh (RBWA). The stipend award is part of a program of the Bangladesh government, to provide direct support to minority students in Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   UNHCR-recognized Burmese refugee arrested in Bangladesh Date of publication:   13 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 13 June 2005: "A UNHCR-recognized refugee from Burma was arrested yesterday morning by a group of Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) in Cox’s Bazaar, a district town of Bangladesh near Burma, reported the man's family. He is identified as Maung Kyaw Moe and his refugee ID card number is 01087. He has been recognized as a refugee by Dhaka UNHCR since 2001..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   27-man Burmese hockey team arrives in Dhaka for joint training Date of publication:   12 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 12 June 2005: "A 27-man Burmese hockey team arrived at Dhaka, Bangladesh Friday for joint training with Bangladesh hockey federation (BKSP), said a report. The Burmese hockey team came to Bangladesh through the border at Arakan state. The team was received by high ranking officials of Bangladesh at Taknef town, opposite Maungdaw, a Burmese town, at 10:30 on 10 June..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Newly appointed Arakan Governor tours the state Date of publication:   12 June 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 12 June 2005: "Newly appointed Arakan Governor, or 'Chairman of Arakan state Peace and Development Council', Brig-Gen Khin Maung Myint, arrived at Toung Bro, a westernmost border town of Burma close to Bangladesh, to inspect many worksites there, on 10 June, said townspeople. The tour is a part of his first official journey after he was posted as the chief of Arakan state by Rangoon authorities..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Prisoners forced to work on road construction in Arakan Date of publication:   10 June 2005 Description/subject:   Kyauk Pru, 10th June 2005: "About 300 prisoners have been forced to work by Burmese authorities on the construction of the Rangoon-Kyauk Pru road. They have been working on the road since the beginning of this summer, said a monk living in the area. The work site is located near Paday Kyung village in Kyauk Pru Township, a district of Rambree Island in Arakan state. One platoon of the Burmese army, Light Infantry Battalion 34, is strictly guarding the prisoners. The prisoners typically work at the road construction site at least 12 hours a day, in two shifts. The first work shift is from 6 am to 12 pm, the second shift is from 1 pm to 6 pm, the monk said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Villagers pay paddy to school teachers as salaries insufficient Date of publication:   09 June 2005 Description/subject:   Kyauk Pru, 9 June 2005: "Parents from Kyauk Pru Township have had to pay paddy rice as extra income to village teachers due to the insufficiency of their government salaries. If the parents do not pay any extra money, the teachers do not come to schools in time to teach the children, said a village chairman..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Khaing Moe Lun Day observed by ALP members in the jungle Date of publication:   08 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 8 June 2005: "The 28th anniversary of Khaing Moe Lun Day was observed by members of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) in a border area on 4 June 2005, said a statement released by the ALP. Several leaders and comrades from 4 Arakanese organizations participated in the ceremony. A number of delegates delivered speeches during the ceremony. Khaing Moe Lun was paid respects by attendees at the ceremony for his sacrificing throughout his life for the Arakanese people..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Arakanese worker killed by snooker owner in Malaysia Date of publication:   07 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 7 June 2005: "An Arankanese worker named Kyaw Kyaw Htun passed away in a Malaysian hospital after succumbing to injuries inflicted in a gang beating. The man was accosted by a gang of snooker casino owners on 28 May, who accused him along with 3 other Arakanese workers of stealing money from a video game casino owned by one of the gang members..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Water crisis in western border area of Burma Date of publication:   07 June 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 7 May 2005: "A number of villages in the north of Maungdaw Township have been facing a water shortage since the beginning of May, reports a villager who has been transporting water from Bangladesh to Burma via a small boat on the Naf River. "The water is not for my family, it is for the Nasaka camp which is located at Ngakhura village," he said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   4 army personnel arrested for a gang rape of teenage girl in Arakan Date of publication:   06 June 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 6 June 2005: "4 army personnel were arrested yesterday after raping a Burmese Muslim girl in Taung Bro Left village under Maung Daw Township, near the border town of Okia in Bangladesh, said a police official from Maung Daw. A powerful army team led by Colonel Win Shwe, commander of the Military Planning Bureau (3) based in Buthi Daung, arrested the men from their camp station in the same village..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Woman forced into marriage after rape Date of publication:   05 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, June 5, 2005: "An Arakanese woman was forced to marry a rapist after she was violated by him, according to a press release of Rakhaing Women Union (RWU) on 3 June 2005. The incident took place in the village of Sarbyin under Toung Gok Township, in southern Arakan state on 19 May..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   09 July 2005 Title:   Bangladesh vows to crack down on drug smuggling Date of publication:   03 June 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 3rd June 2005: "The Bangladesh government ordered the department of Narcotics Control (DNC) to take drastic action against drug smuggling and drug trafficking within the country, said a newspaper report yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   03 June 2005 Title:   NUPA split up into two groups Date of publication:   03 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 3rd June 2005: "The National United Party of Arakan, NUPA, a large coalition party in Arakan state consisting of several Arakanese revolutionary parties, has now been split up into two groups. The party was split after the third congress of NUPA which was held in the border area between Burma and Bangladesh from 26 May to 30, said a local politician..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   03 June 2005 Title:   Burmese Authority refuses to accept another 151 Burmese prisoners from Bangladesh Jail Date of publication:   02 June 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 2nd June 2005: "Burmese authorities recently refused to accept 151 Burmese prisoners from Bangladesh jails but the reason is unknown, said a report from a local Newspaper. The prisoners were gathered in Cox's Bazaar district jail by Bangladesh authorities from several jails in Bangladesh just soon after the first batch of 172 Burmese prisoners were handed over to Burma on 27 April..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Nasaka reformed along with a large number of officers for reunification Date of publication:   01 June 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, June 1: "Nasaka, or Border Security Force, in Arakan state, was reformed recently along with 60 senior officials and 1850 junior level officials in the number 9 administrative region including 25 camps in Arakan state, according to a report of Nasaka department. The reformation is intended to reunify Nasaka officials. Nasaka officials have been in disarray since the dismissal of 100 officials last year..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   A young Rakhaing woman was caught red-handed with about 5 grams of heroin Date of publication:   30 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazaar, May 30, 2005: "A young Rakhaing woman aged 22 was arrested holding 5 grams of heroin by the Narcotics Department in Cox's Bazaar, the southernmost district town of Bangladesh near the Burmese border, on 28 May, according to a local townsperson. She was caught red-handed when narcotics officers raided the woman's house during the day..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Nasaka, BDR talks for border security Date of publication:   30 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, May 30: "Two commander level officials from Nasaka, Border Security force of Burma and Bangladesh Rifle held a day long talk in a border town of Bangladesh recently, according to border sources..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Another Burmese refugee woman arrested for spying Date of publication:   29 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, May 29: "A Burmese Muslim refugee woman was arrested by Bangladesh police, suspected of having a connection with Burmese military intelligence.." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Bangladesh army begins operation on Bangladesh-Burma border Date of publication:   27 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 27: "The Bangladesh army has started a combing operation in the remote area of the hill district town of Bandaban, opposite townships in Burma’s western Arakan state since May 19, 2005, according to an official source. The operation is intended to rescue two road construction workers who have been abducted by a foreign terrorist group in Roangchchari township of Bandaban district on 1st April for ransom..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Price hike on rice after mills closed down in Arakan Date of publication:   27 May 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, May 27, 2005: "The price of rice has gone up recently in Arakan, due to the authorities placing a temporary ban on the milling of rice around Arakan state, said a farmer. The ban and price-hike has most severely affected the poorer people throughout the state, particularly day laborers and those living along the border. According to a local rice mill owner from Kyauk Taw, the local authority from the agricultural department has not allowed rice grinding by any rice mills in Arakan state since April, in order to maintain government control of rice production..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Bangladeshi Company Begins International Consortium Negotiations for a Tri-nation Gas Pipeline Date of publication:   26 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 26: "A Bangladeshi private company held a press briefing in a hotel in Dhaka on 23 May regarding their negotiations with an international consortium about a tri-nation (Burma, Bangladesh, India) gas pipeline. The press briefing was held under the Mohona Holdings Ltd, a private company of Bangladesh. There were several leaders of the company, including Dr Mizanur Rahman Shelly, in attendance at the ceremony. The company is now negotiating with potential investors from private and public sectors and financial institutes to set up an international consortium for financing the tri-nation gas pipeline. The government of Bangladesh, however, has yet to give any signal to go ahead with the project, said a report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Army officer arrested for the killing of 3 deserters Date of publication:   25 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, May 25: "An army officer was arrested in the district town of Buthidaung, 80 miles north of Arakan state capital Akyab, on 7 May 2005, for the killing of 3 deserters in a front line of the western Burma border area. Captain That Oo, from Light Infantry Battalion, LIB, 535, is now being interrogated in a military tribunal under the Sakhaka 15, a military operation planning bureau based in Buthidaung, for his involvement in this killing..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Arakanese people from border area desert their homes after prohibition of hill-side cultivation Date of publication:   24 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 24, 2005: "A number of Arakanese people have deserted their homes since Burmese authorities have banned hill-side cultivation in the northern border areas close to Bangladesh, said an Arakanese couple who have recently relocated to Bangladesh. They declined to estimate of the number of Arakanese people who have recently deserted their homes..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Bangladeshi Authorities Seized Fertilizers Worth Taka 40 Million Date of publication:   24 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 24: "Bangladeshi authorities seized fertilizers worth Taka 40 million from four smuggling boats on 17 May 2005. According to official sources, the fertilizers that would have been smuggled to Burma were seized by the Bangladeshi coast guard in a raid of four boats in the river of Meghna..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   4 Burmese Refugees Arrested for Spying Date of publication:   23 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, May 23: "Four Muslim Burmese refugees were arrested by Bangladeshi police, suspected of having a connection with Burmese military intelligence, according to a local Bengali newspaper, The Danik Cox’sbazar..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Danik" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Army Commander Detained and 20 Soldiers Dispelled After Inner Clash Date of publication:   22 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 22: "An army commander has been detained and 20 soldiers have been dispelled in a northern town of Arakan since an inner clash on 14 April 2005, said a prominent person from the town of Kyauk Taw, 50 miles north of Arakan capital, Akyab. The detained commander is major Tun Aung Zan, a commander in charge of Light Infantry battalion, LIB, 375, based in Nung Pun Hla village of Kyauktaw. The other 20 soldiers were from the same battalion. All soldiers are Arakanese nationals, he said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   A robber killed by army in northern Arakan Date of publication:   17 May 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, May 17: "One man was killed and three were arrested by the Burmese army during a robbery in northern Arakan state on 7 May, said an official source. The man was killed when a 12 member robbery gang, holding some sophisticated arms, robbed a house in Thik Tonar- Kwasoom village under Maung Daw Township. The deceased was identified as Ei Nurl, 35, from the nearby village of Owe Thain..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Educational Certificates for Buddhist Monks are for Sale in Arakan Date of publication:   16 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 16: "Educational certificates on Buddhist literature classes for monks can be bought with a substantial amount of money in Arakan State, a western province of Burma. Certificates are issued to monks who passed the exams set up by the Government Religious Affairs Department. However, these certificates can be purchased by paying money to the head of the State branch of the Department..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   183 sophisticated weapons confiscated near the Burma-Bangladeshi border during 2004 Date of publication:   12 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 12: "The Bangladesh military authority confiscated 183 sophisticated weapons and 24,144 rounds of ammunition from areas near the Burma border during last year. According to a local newspaper source on 10 May, 2005, seized weapons included automatic assault rifles such as AK-47 rifles and M-16 rifles as well as a large amount of ammunition and other explosive devices. The seizure also included some heavy weapons such as a six rocket launcher and two 60 mm mortar..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   AASYC joins hands with Bangladeshi activists against the tri-nation Gas Pipeline Project Date of publication:   11 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 11: "Members of an Arakanese student and youth organization, All Arakan Students and Youths Congress (AASYC), joined hands with Bangladeshi social activists against the tri-nation gas pipeline at a function held at Dhaka University, Bangladesh on 9 of May. The public meeting was held under the banner of ‘Preserving Natural Resources and Using them for the Native People’ organized by Student and Youth Movement Against Plundering Oil and Gas (SYMAPOG) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) at Dhaka University’s Teacher and Student Center..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Arakan Becomes the Land of Crime Due to Economic Hardship Date of publication:   10 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 10" "In Arakan State in western Burma, crimes have become endemic due to the economic hardships experienced by its people, said a retired police officer from the state capital, Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT ON DECLARATION OF SHAN STATES INDEPENDENCE Date of publication:   10 May 2005 Description/subject:   "We, the members of the Central Committee of NUPA and the senior Commanders of Arakan Army, held a meeting from 2 to 8 of May 2005 and unanimously agreed to recognize and support in principle on the declaration of Shan States independence by the Shan elders on 17 April 2005. We agreed that historically they have legitimate right to declare independence of Shan States to protect their land and their people from the danger of extinction. Why? ..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   NATIONAL UNITED PARTY OF ARAKAN via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (13K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Arakanese Democracy Activist Dies After Release From Jail Date of publication:   09 May 2005 Description/subject:   Mrauk U, May 9: "A member of Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) from Mrauk-U died of injuries sustained from torture inside the Akyab prison, according to a family member. U Khin Maung Gree was 52 at the time of death in early February this year. He was one of three members of ALD detained by the junta in 2001, charged with having communication and connection with the Arakanese armed insurgent groups. The other detainees are two lawyers from Mrauk-U: U Shwe Saw U and U Tha Tun Aye..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Opposition groups deny accusations by the junta of involvement in the Rangoon Bomb blast Date of publication:   09 May 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 9: "Ethnic insurgent groups and exiled opposition groups strongly denied any role in Saturday’s bomb blast in Rangoon via Burmese radio programs based overseas. In a junta radio announcement the junta blamed four groups for the bomb blast, accusing of them of wanting to destabilize Burma. Last Saturday, Rangoon witnessed three bomb blasts that resulted in at least 11 dead and 162 injured. KNU, KNPP, SSA (South) and NCGUB are the organizations that are being accused of involvement in the bomb blasts..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Increased Security Measures in Arakan After Rangoon’s Bomb Blast Date of publication:   08 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 8: "The military junta in Arakan, the western state of Burma, has increased security measures after a deadly bomb blast in Rangoon, the Capital of Burma. There have been three bomb blasts in the capital of Rangoon resulting in several deaths and injuries. This new situation has resulted in the increase of military presence in Akyab and major towns in Arakan..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Burma Arrests People Who Enter Illegally From Bangladesh Date of publication:   06 May 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, May 6: "The Burmese Border Security Forces (known as Nasaka) in Maung Daw Township, Burma’s western township, arrested 15 people who entered Burma illegally from neighbouring Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Curfew placed on Akyab after family murder Date of publication:   05 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 5: "A curfew has been imposed in Akyab, the capital of Arakan State in western Burma for the last two weeks. This was done in reaction to the murder of an officer and his father. They were stabbed to death by a group of people, said an Arakanese trader in Cox's Bazaar. "Anybody found on the street after 8 pm have been arrested by the army and the police are patrolling the streets in Akyab with armoured vehicles", the trader said..." Language:   Englsh Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Khin Nyunt portrait pulled down from all Buddhist sites in Arakan Date of publication:   05 May 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 5: "The ousted Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's portraits were pulled down by authorities from all the Buddhist temples and monasteries in Arakan, said a well-known Gopaka member, a pagoda trustee from Akyab. "The local authority ordered us to pull down all the portraits of the former Prime Minister, Khin Nyunt, from Lokanada Pagoda and said to replace it with the newly appointed Prime Minister Soe Win's portraits", he said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   NUPA Vice President Passes Away Date of publication:   30 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 30: "Vice President of National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and veteran politician of Arakan, Oo Ba Soe Aung, died yesterday at Cox’sbazar general hospital in Bangladesh aged 58. Doctors declared him dead at 4:15 pm after all medical treatment had been exhausted. Oo Ba Soe Aung was suffering from the symptoms of paralysis, and died as a result of his disease..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Bangladesh, Burma Exchanged 192 Prisoners Date of publication:   29 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 29: "Bangladesh and Burma exchanged 192 prisoners on 27th April after a flag meeting between Nasaka, Burma border security forces and BDR, Bangladesh Rifle in Taknef (a border town of Bangladesh), according to a report issued by border officials. Bangladeshi authorities handed over 172 Burmese prisoners to Burma Nasaka Officials while Burma authority handed over 20 Bangladeshi prisoners to Bangladeshi BDR. Among the Burmese prisoners, one child and 3 women were included in the exchange, said a Nasaka official..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   VBSW Denounces Bomb Blast of Mandalay Date of publication:   29 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 29: "A Burmese militant student group, known as the ‘Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors’ (VBSW), denounced the bomb blast of Mandalay Zaycho in its internet media release that was issued on 27 April. The bomb blast occurred on the ground floor of Zaycho, the main market in Mandalay, on 26 April, 2005, killing two people and seriously injuring at least 15 others..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Burma becomes a source of raw materials for Bangladesh Date of publication:   28 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 28: "Burma has become a source of raw materials for Bangladesh through the exportation of several kinds of raw materials to Bangladesh via both legal and illegal methods. This trade trend is a result of failing Burmese businesses in the recent years, said a top businessman from the Taknef border town in Bangladesh. Burmese businessmen have been exporting several kinds of raw materials to Bangladesh, including rice, wood, fruit, husbandry animals and their skins, fish and raw iron materials, through the Teknaf border seaport..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   The First Bangladeshi Rakhaing Modern Music Album Released in Cox’s Bazar Date of publication:   27 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 27: "The first Rakhaing modern Music album by Bangladesh-Rakhaing from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh was released on April 5th, 2005. The album was produced by the Bangladesh Rakhaing Music Production Group (BRMP Group). The album (Hnoon Khree Song: Winter that makes the snow falls) was the endeavor of the Rakhaing band “Metal Cross” under the leadership of Kyaw Nyine, who is also one of the three vocalists, Kyaw Nyine, Than Oo Kyaw and Mum Saw Mon..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   A Burmese Muslim refugee girl committed suicide in Bangladesh Date of publication:   26 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 26: "A Burmese Muslim refugee girl died on her way to Cox’s Bazar hospital on April 23. The neighbors found her after she had swallowed some poison in attempt to take her own life..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Rakhaing Womens Union extends its activities in the United States Date of publication:   25 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 25: "Rakhaing Womens Union (RWU) extended its activities in the United States by forming a USA branch, according to a RWU press statement dated 23 April 2005. The president of RWU, Saw Mra Raza Lunn, said that the American branch has been formed to unite Rakhaing women under a single banner of womanhood. The goal of this is to work hand in hand with Rakhaing men to save Rakhaing who are underdeveloped in every aspect of life..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K_) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   13 Bangladeshi hospitalized due to the torture of the Burmese Nasaka Date of publication:   24 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 24: "13 Bangladeshi woodcutters have been hospitalized in Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh due to severe injuries inflicted by Nasaka, the Burmese border security forces. On April 21st, 150 Bangladeshi woodcutters traversed the forest of Waeladaung Hill near the Burma-Bangladesh border. At the hill, 32 of these woodcutters were seized by Nasaka troops who threatened them by firing guns into the air..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 June 2005 Title:   Pirates from Burma and Thailand Loot the Marine Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Date of publication:   21 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 21: "Sea pirates from Burma and Thailand have long been engaging in the looting of marine fisheries in Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal via illegally intruding with the use of modern fishing trawlers and fishing boats. The pirates steel no less than 800 to 1000 million Taka worth of goods from marine fisheries in the Bay of Bengal each year, noted a report in The Daily Star..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Forced labor in the last ancient city of Arakan Date of publication:   14 April 2005 Description/subject:   Mrauk Oo, April 14: "Forced labor in Arakan state is now again increasing, having taken place in several areas of Arakan state, including Mrauk Oo, an ancient Arakanese city, said a well-know local person. “A few months ago there was no forced labor here, and the problem had almost disappeared in Mrauk Oo. But now the authorities are again perpetrating forced labor around the Maruk Oo town", he said. The authorities have summoned town people, through the local Rayaka village administration, to work in the hills surrounding Mrauk Oo, forcing them to clear thick clumps of bushes and cut down trees..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Former Arakan Nasaka officers receive 60 to 150 year sentences Date of publication:   13 April 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 13" "An Arakan State court in Akyab convicted and sentenced Bri-Gan Aung Ngwe, former a commander in charge of Arakan state Nasaka, to imprisonment for 67 years, on April 7, said a lawyer from a state court of Akyab..." The court also sentenced the Deputy Commander of Nasaka, Colonel Myint Oo, to 135 years imprisonment and another 3 Burmese Muslim businessmen to 49 years imprisonment. Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Arakanese new year festival is knocking at the door Date of publication:   11 April 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 11: "The Arakanese new year festival, Thun Gram, will be held on April 17th, and the entire Arakanese population of the Arakan state and Burma proper, as well as Bangladesh, are preparing to celebrate..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   One Burmese sailor has sunk to his death in Bangladesh Date of publication:   11 April 2005 Description/subject:   Taknef, April 11: "A Burmese sailor from a Burmese-owned cargo ship sunk to his death in Bangladesh on April 8th, said a local report from the border area..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Two Bangladeshi Arakanese women have been arrested for dealing in heroin Date of publication:   11 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, April 11: "Two Bangladeshi Arakanese women were arrested by police in Cox'sbazar, a southern district town of Bangladesh near Burma, for heroin-dealing. The arrest occurred on April 7th, reported a Cox'sbazar-based Bangali newspaper..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   4 Bangladeshi woodcutters have been abducted by the Burmese Army Date of publication:   08 April 2005 Description/subject:   Cox'sbazar, April 8: "4 Bangladeshi woodcutters were abducted by the Burmese Army from deep forest on the Burma-Bangladesh border on April 4th, said a local headman from the area..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Army collects tax from slash-and-burn cultivators Date of publication:   08 April 2005 Description/subject:   Platwa, April 8: "Local Burmese army personnel have ordered cultivators of slash and burn practices to pay tax at the Platwa army battalion headquarters if they want to cultivate in the surrounding hill areas, said a local tribal leader. Platwa Township lies in the southern part of Chin State, close to Arakan. It is an area of Burma containing diverse ethnic groups, including Arakanese, Chin, Khami, Mro, Mru and Lingray. Slash and burn is a traditional practice of these ethnic groups..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Arakanese Migrant Workers are facing an uncertain future after being sacked from their jobs in Thailand Date of publication:   06 April 2005 Description/subject:   BKK, April 6: "Many Arakanese Migrant workers employed by Thai fishing companies are now finding their survival under threat as they have been sacked from their jobs following the petrol crisis in Thailand. An Arakanese fisherman, employed at a company in Chumphon, said “Yes, it is true that the fishery workers are being dismissed from their jobs because many Thai fishing trawlers have been forced to stop their work at present. This is due to the increase in petrol prices which mean that they can’t afford the fuel.” The fishery companies have therefore sacked a number of fishery workers, especially those who were working on fishing trawlers as they have been hit particularly hard by the crisis in the fishery sector..." Author/creator:   Aung Kyaw Tun Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   A Burmese guerrilla group is suspected in the kidnapping of 5 Bangladeshis Date of publication:   04 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 4: A guerrilla group from Burma is suspected in the kidnapping of 5 Bangladeshis from a work site in the Bandaban district town of Bangladesh during the early hours of April 2, reported local sources. "According to an official source, up to eight criminals abducted the five at gunpoint from a labour shed in Bangchhari, 15 km from the Roangchhari Township's headquarters in Bandaban Hill district..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Rangoon proposes a committee meeting regarding tri-nation gas pipeline to be held in Dhaka on April 20-21 Date of publication:   04 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 4: "Burma has proposed that Bangladesh hold a tri-nation committee meeting concerning the Burma-Bangladesh-India gas pipeline in Dhaka on April 20-21, reported a Bangladesh news agency. The meeting is intended to lead to the signing of a deal enabling the construction of a gas pipeline that would cross from Burma's Arakan state through Bangladeshi territory to India’s west Bengal state of Calcutta..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (24K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Three Burmese nationals held in Bangladesh Date of publication:   02 April 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 2, 2005: "Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on March 28 and 29 arrested three Burmese nationals for their illegal intrusion in Bangladesh territory in Bandarban district, a hill tract district town of Bangladesh, bordering with Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Burma-Bangladesh prisoner exchange postponed Date of publication:   31 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 31: "The upcoming exchange of prisoners between the two neighboring countries of Burma and Bangladesh was postponed from 12 March to an unknown date, said a local official in Cox's Bazaar. He did not, however, want to reveal the reason behind the postponement after the two neighboring countries agreed on the 12 March exchange. According to a press release of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry before 12 March, the Burmese authority is to soon release 75 Bangladeshi prisoners from several jails in Burma..." Language:   Engllish Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Burmese Team hand over land acquisition report to Bangladesh Date of publication:   29 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 29, 2005: "Burmese task forced team handed over the report of land acquisition and final alignment design of Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road Link to Communication Minister of Bangladesh in the Communication Ministry office of Dhaka yesterday, according to a report of BD news service..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (14K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   Prisoner’s food inadequate in Burma’s jails Date of publication:   29 March 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 29: "Prisoners in the police detention center of Akyab do not receive enough food every day from the police department because of a lack of financial support by the authorities, said a former prisoner who was recently released from Akyab police detention center. As the food and water in the police detention center is inadequate, the prisoners have to get food and water from outside the jail by offering bribes to the police officers. "In the police detention center of Akyab there is not enough food and water for prisoners. Therefore we had to get food and water from outside. My family has to give 500 Burmese kyat to police officers for food and 200 kyat for a bath whenever they bring food and water for me," he explained..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   6 Burmese Muslims arrested for illegal entry into Bangladesh Date of publication:   25 March 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, March 25: "6 Burmese Muslims, known as Rohingya, were arrested by Bangladeshi police while attempting to enter Bangladesh through a border pass, said a recent police report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   23 April 2005 Title:   100,000 metric tons of fertilizer smuggled into Burma from Bangladesh this year Date of publication:   23 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 23: "100,000 metric tons of Bangladeshi made fertilizers were smuggled to Burma from Bangladesh by local smuggling syndicates within last two and half months, said a report of the Bangali newspaper, The Jugantor on 16 March. Bangladeshi farmers are now suffering from shortages of fertilizers because of the mass amounts smuggled from their country this last year..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Veteran Arakanese nationalist leader passed away Date of publication:   21 March 2005 Description/subject:   Chittagong, March 21: "A veteran Arakanese nationalist leader, a Patron of the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA), U Maung Sein Nyunt passed away at 3.30 am on 21 March at Herabang Rakhaing Village, near Chittagong in Bangladesh. U Maung Sein Nyunt was native of Rambree, Arakan state, Burma and had been active in Arakanese nationalist politics since before the Burmese independence in 1948..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Burmese refugees in Bangladesh anxious after inquiries by Bangladeshi intelligence Date of publication:   17 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 17: "Burmese refugees in Bangladesh who are recognized by the UNHCR as urban refugees are left feeling anxious after inquiries by Bangladeshi intelligence, said a Burmese refugee who is staying at Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. “In the last two days, two intelligent (sic) officers came to my house and asked us several questions but the officers did not reveal why they came to my house”, said the refugee..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Poppy cultivations destroyed in border area Date of publication:   17 March 2005 Description/subject:   Bandarban, March 17: "Bangladesh’s army has been involved in operations to destroy poppy cultivations along the Bangladesh-Burma border since 9 March, said border sources. “As far as I know, the operations are still going on and a number of poppy cultivations were destroyed by the army in recent days,” said a villager from Borow Moduck, a village nearby operation..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Chin Refugees in Bangladesh Date of publication:   14 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 14: "Over 160 Chin refugees from Western Burma currently taking shelter in Bangladesh, find many difficulties there as there are no humanitarian organizations or NGOs to protect their rights and assist in their welfare, said one refugee. “According to our current record we have collected from the villages in Bandarban District in Southern Bangladesh, there are 160 Chin people who have fled from Burma to avoid persecution and human rights violations by the military junta and there may be more Chin people in other places in Bangladesh,” said Ko Pa Khin..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Authorities census on immigration Burmese national in Bangladesh Date of publication:   11 March 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, March 11: "The Bangladeshi authority is now looking closely at the number of Burmese immigrants living in the southern districts that border Burma, said a local source. "The authorities ask us to collect the numbers of Burmese nationals who are living in our village, the list of the persons who have matrimonial ties with the locals and the period of their settlements here," said a member of the village governing body of Bwaidaw Para Village in Ramu Township, Cox’sbazar District, Bangladesh. Similarly, the local armies have already called on the head or chairman of the villages in the townships of Lama and Alae khongdong, asking for the immediate reports on any foreigners staying in the area and the lists of Burmese immigrants, detailing their matrimonial relations with the locals..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Bangladesh approves a proposal to form an inter-ministerial committee for tri-nation gas pipe line Date of publication:   10 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 10: "Bangladesh recently formed an inter-ministerial committee to finalize conditions for India on the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, which will run from Burma to India through Bangladesh. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has approved the committee will be comprised of three departmental officials from the committee from Energy Division, the Power Division, as well as the Ministry of Commerce, a repot of Energy ministry. The committee was approved by the Bangladesh PM after sending the proposal on to PM Khaleda Zia last week..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Fate of Arakanese political prisoners uncertain in Burma Date of publication:   10 March 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 10: "There were not any Arakanese politicians among the recently released prisoners by the Burma military authority, according to a politician From Akyab. There are at lease 25 Arakanese political prisoners in several jails in Burma and among them, some have been held for more than 20 years..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Authority occupies local oil fields for Chinese company Date of publication:   08 March 2005 Description/subject:   Rambree, March 8: "In Arakan State's Rambree Island, a number of families who traditionally make a living by drilling oil by hand, find there livelihood threatened as the authorities have occupied their oil fields for use by a Chinese company, said a businessman from Akyab. They face big trouble because the Burmese authorities have prohibited the local oil drillers from drilling oil from their own fields since the Chinese oil company has been allowed to explore oil in the area, said one local oil driller. Now the Chinese company is preparing to drill oil in the fields but they are not offering any compensation for the landowners, said several people from Rambree Town, situated in middle of the island..." Language:   English Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Burmese prisoners in Bangladesh soon to be sent back to Burma Date of publication:   05 March 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, March 5: "According to Cox's Bazar jail authorities, 115 Burmese prisoners in a Bangladeshi jail will be sent back to Burma on 12 March, after negotiation between two the neighboring countries. The Burmese prisoners have been gathered in the Cox's Bazar jail, a border town on the Bangladeshi side, for the last couple of months in preparation for returning them back to their homeland. There are currently about 172 Burmese prisoners in the Cox's Bazar jail, sent from several jails by the Bangladesh authority, waiting to be repatriated to Burma, however the Burmese government has agreed to accept only 115 Burmese prisoners in the first batch..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Labor camp prisoners used on shrimp farms Date of publication:   04 March 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 4: "Some Arakan State labor camp prisoners are being forced to work at a number of shrimp farms as unpaid day laborers, said one prisoner’s father, under anonymity. The labor camp in question is situated in a remote area near Sabyin Village of MyeBon Township, under Kyauk Pru District in the Arakan State of Burma. The authorities of the Akyab jail often send their prisoners to the labor camp near the end of their jail term..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 March 2005 Title:   Akyab seaport jetty still damaged after last year’s cyclone Date of publication:   03 March 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 3: "An Akyab seaport jetty, a main port jetty of Arakan State, is still in need of repair since it was damaged by last year's May 19 cyclone as the government has neglected to repair it, said a businessmen from Akyab. U Kyaw, a prominent businessman, said yesterday that there has been enough time to rebuild the jetty, since the incident took place 10 months ago, but so far the government does not have any plan to rebuild it..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   04 March 2005 Title:   Chittagong arms cache shipped from Hong Kong via Singapore Date of publication:   03 March 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 3: According to a recent report of Jane's Intelligence Review (JIR), a leading world magazine, an arms cache seized last year in Chittagong seaport was shipped from Hong Kong, where more weapons were added to the collection , then shipped on to Singapore before being brought to Bangladesh. The JIR report said the shipment involved two key insurgent groups from northeast India; the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the Isak Muivah Faction..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   04 March 2005 Title:   Arakan group's posters speak out against the SPDC Date of publication:   01 March 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 1: "A group of Arakanese patriots spoke out against the Burmese military junta by posting anti-government posters on a street wall, the night of 17 Feb, said one shop owner from the Akyab central market. The posters demanded that the invading Burmese forces leave Arakan State, that they stop the National Convention, and that they cease the foreign sales of Arakan gas..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   04 March 2005 Title:   27 Muslims arrested with human trafficking gang in Akyab Date of publication:   28 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, Feb 28: "27 Muslims were arrested by Akyab police, along with a trafficking gang, while they were preparing to depart to Malaysia by motor boat, said a police report. The incident took place in the middle of the night, on 24 February, when police arrested them in the Than Ban Chaung Creek, near the Akyab main post office..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   04 March 2005 Title:   ALD protests Burma’s Foreign Minister visit to Dhaka Date of publication:   26 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 26: "At least 5 people from the Arakan League for Democracy-Exile (ALD) held a demonstration against Burma’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win’s visit to Bangladesh in front of the Bangladesh high court, close to Bangladesh foreign ministry office, on 24 Feb. The demonstrators held signboards and banners denouncing Nyan Win’s trip to Bangladesh and their displeasure in Burma’s upcoming national convention..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   Burma-Bangladesh agreements on business sectors are still far from being realized Date of publication:   26 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Feb 26: "Burma’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win is the first diplomat to visit Bangladesh since the ousting of former Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt, who is now under house arrest. Nyan Win began a three day official visit to Bangladesh yesterday, accompanied by a number of Burma’s military officials, including the Political Department and Assistant Director of the Southwest Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burma, said a Bangladesh official report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   Purchasing Rice by Credit for Army Ration Date of publication:   19 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 22: "The Chairman of Ponna Kyunt Township Administration, Wai Myo Khaing ordered owners of rice mills and well known rice traders from Ponna Kyunt, a town 16 miles north of Akyab, to buy rice from farmers using a credit system, said one rice mill owner. The rice purchases in Ponna Kyunt are for army rations and total 60,000 Tinn (150,000 baskets), the target amount of Ponna Kyunt Townshipthat will be bought in this paddy season. The authority is buying the rice from the farmers with credit instead of paying for it up front..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   Burma FM to visit Bangladesh on 24 February Date of publication:   17 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Feb 17: "Burma Military Government Foreign Minister (FM) Nyan Win will come to Dhaka on 24 February, said a report. During his days in Bangladesh he is giving final endorsement to the project of the proposed road line between Rangoon and Dhaka..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   5 businessmen released on bail following joint arrest with Nasaka official Date of publication:   16 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 16: "5 businessmen were released on bail after they had been arrested with a Nasaka commander last month. "Yes, they are now free, but they are on bail," said a relative of one of the men. He didn't, however, divulge the amount of the bail. The businessmen were released from the Akyab Jail on 12 February..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   Burma’s military government preparing to drill in Arakan’s offshore Block-A Date of publication:   16 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 16: "The drilling of gas is expected to begin in the very near future, said a hotel owner. Two choppers and one small aircraft from a drilling company have recently been seen flying in the area of Akyab, the capital of Arakan State. According to sources, one driller ship is now anchored in the sea near Farongar Island, 30 miles southwest of Akyab, where there is a Block-A gas field..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2005 Title:   300 prisoners dispatched to Mawlamyine Date of publication:   15 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 15: "200 prisoners from the Akyab prison were sent to Mawlamyine, a capital of Mon State, by Burma’s authority on 30 January, according to a relative of a prisoner..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   15 February 2005 Title:   ALD-exile holds a press conference in Dhaka Date of publication:   13 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 13: "In a press conference at the Dhaka press club yesterday, the Vice president of the Arakan League for Democracy-Exile (ALD) urged the people of Burma to join together in the opposition of the SPDC sponsored National Convention (NC), which will resume on 17 February. U San Hla Pru, Vice president of the ALD, said a new constitution drawn by the military government would not develop any political affairs of Burma’s future. He said that people need to understand why the SPDC is holding the National Convention without any political parties and leaders, and that people should together react against such a sham of a convention..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   15 February 2005 Title:   CRPP General Secretary threatened by SPDC authorities Date of publication:   11 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 11: "U Aye Tha Aung, General Secretary of Committee for Representatives of People Parliament, or CRPP, was recently threatened by members of Burma’s military government, said a leader of ALD, who lives in Rangoon..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   SPDC picked USDA members represent Arakan State at National Convention Date of publication:   11 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 11: "Arakan State will be represented by a total of 34 Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) members at the upcoming February 17 SPDC sponsored National Convention. Each of the 17 townships in Arakan State will send two USDA members to the convention as representatives of the Arakanese people, said an anonymous prominent political leader..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Bangladeshi deep seaport will increase trade with Asian neighbours Date of publication:   10 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 10: "Bangladesh is currently preparing to build a new deep seaport very close to Burma, on an island in Cox's Bazar District. The aim of the project is to create a link between Bangladesh and landlocked areas of China, India and Burma, said a report of the Shipping Ministry of Bangladesh on 9 Feb..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   India names pipeline meeting representatives Date of publication:   10 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 10: "India has nominated four officials to represent the country in the upcoming 'Technical Committee' meeting of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline project, to be held in Burma's capital city of Rangoon. The meeting is to be attended by representatives of India, Bangladesh and Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Friendship Road construction starts in March Date of publication:   09 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 9: "The construction of a ‘Friendship Road’ between Burma and Bangladesh will start next month, said a report of the Communication Ministry of Bangladesh. The road will directly connect Rangoon and Dhaka, and will be built through Arakan State. According to the report, the road will be 130 kilometers and be built from Ramu, in the Cox'sbazar district of Bangladesh, to Kyauk Taw in Burma’s Arakan State..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Nasaka retains control of border after reshuffle Date of publication:   08 February 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, February 8: "Nasaka, or the Border Security Force of Burma, is reactive on the Burma-Bangladesh border after a major reshuffle, said local residents. "The Nasaka force now has a normal position in the Maung Daw area after the recent reformation," said U Maung Hla, a trader in Maung Daw..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   List of tsunami victims released in Arakan Date of publication:   07 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 7: "The names of those killed in Arakan State in the recent tsunami disaster has been thusfar withheld from distribution by the SPDC..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   2 constables critically wounded after clash with army Date of publication:   06 February 2005 Description/subject:   Gwa, February 6: "Two private police were critically wounded after a clash with army personnel, in Gwa Township, in southern Arakan State, said a police source. The victims were identified as Constable San Aye and Ko Ko Aung, both of which are now in a local hospital. A group of army personnel attacked a police compound with sticks and stones in Gwa on the night of January 30th..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Bangladeshi man arrested with two empty boats in Burmese water Date of publication:   06 February 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, February 6: "A Bangladeshi man was arrested in Burmese waters, along with two empty boats, by Burmese authorities, near the village of Kyauk Pandu, in Maungdaw Township, on 26 January, said a local police report. The man was arrested with boats named Hangsa, while a group of Nasaka force, led by Myint Thein, the head of the Indam Outpost, was patrolling the area’s Burmese waters..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   70 people gunned down by Burmese Navy Date of publication:   04 February 2005 Description/subject:   Taknef, February 4: "At least 70 people were reportedly gunned down in Burmas waters by the Burmese Navy on January 22nd, while they were attempting to enter into Bangladesh, from Burma, across the Naff River, by boats containing smuggled rice. The incident took place near the village of Kyauk Pandu, which is located on the eastern bank of the Naff River, in Maung Daw Township, opposite Taknef, Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Burma authorities propose meeting on tri-nation gas pipeline Date of publication:   03 February 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 3: "The Burmese authorities sent a proposal to both India and Bangladesh, to hold the first meeting of the working committee of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, in Rangoon on Feb 14, said an official report of the Bangladeshi Energy Ministry. If Bangladesh and India agree to Burma's proposal, the meeting will be held in Rangoon..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   Reinforcement forces sent from Arakan to Karen State Date of publication:   02 February 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, February 2: "Burmese Military authorities recently sent 2 reinforcement army battalions from Arakan State to Karen State, said a report. Around 100 soldiers, including the battalion commander from Light Infantry Battalion 233 Base in Buthi Daung, 80 miles north of the Arakan State's capital Akyab, left for Akyab on January 26 by the vessel Danyawadi(2). The troops will travel to Burma proper from Akyab, across the Arakan Roma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   54 Burmese Muslims arrested while illegally entering Bangladesh Date of publication:   01 February 2005 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, January 1: "54 Burmese Muslims were arrested by the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) in a border town of Bangladesh on Tuesday, said a report in Cox's Bazaar Base’s Bangle newspaper, The Daily Ajker Desh Bidesh, on 28 January. According to local sources, BDR arrested the 54 while they were trying to cross a border pass near the Marit Tha BDR outpost, under the Okia Township of the Cox's Bazaar District, to enter Bangladesh. The group came from Arakan State, Burma but their names and addresses were not disclosed in the paper..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   14 February 2005 Title:   2000 bags of urea seized by Bangladeshi navy Date of publication:   27 January 2005 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, January 27: "On January 20, the Bangladeshi navy ship, SR Amin, seized 2000 bags of urea fertilizer worth about 3 million Taka (45 million Burmese Kyat) from a smuggling boat near Burma’s water, said an official report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Riots spread near Kyauk Pru; Army besieges 3 Buddhist Monasteries in Arakan Date of publication:   27 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 27: "Religious rioting is now spreading a town near Kyauk Pru and 3 monasteries have been besieged by army personnel, said a Buddhist monk. "The monks are not allowed to offer food from outside by authority and army has now besieged 3 monasteries in Kyauk Pru", said U Shet Kinda from a monastery of Akyah via a telephone interview..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Burma's Western Command under high alert Date of publication:   26 January 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, January 26: "All army battalions under Western Command, including border outposts, are now in ready position after the army authority ordered them under high alert, said a report from Akyab. "Yes, the Burmese army is in a high alert position and I didn't see any army personnel yesterday visiting outside with any civilians", said a local resident who is lives near Light Infantry Battalion 233, in Buthidaung. The reason for the Burmese army's high alert status is currently unknown..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   India-Bangladesh talks on gas pipeline unlikely during SAARC Summit Date of publication:   26 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 26: "The issue surrounding the tri-partisan gas pipeline project is not on the agenda of a talk involving Indian and Bangladeshi Prime Ministers during the upcoming SAARC summit. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, a summit including the region's leaders, will be held in Dhaka on February 6-7..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Army sergeant arrested for attempted rape Date of publication:   25 January 2005 Description/subject:   Buthidaung, January 25: "A new arrival army sergeant from Burma proper was arrested for attempting a rape a captain's wife in Buthidaung, 80 miles north of the Arakan capital of Akyab, according to army sources. The sergeant was identified as Aung Myo Oo from the newly formed organization of Burma's Military Government Army Security..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Religious riot in Arakan State Date of publication:   25 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 25: "A religious riot broke out in a town of Arakan on January 20, leaving at least 3 people dead, said the All Arakan Students and Youths Congress (AASYC). The three found dead were all Muslims, one of which was a Muslim religious teacher. The riot broke out near Naga Pariyeti Sathin Thik, a Buddhist monastery of the district town of Kyauk Pru, located in central Arakan State. According to another source, the riot started after a young Muslim sweeper from a local mosque insulted several Buddhist monks near the monastery..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   WFP's food aid looted by robbers in Arakan Date of publication:   25 January 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, January 25: "On January 19 the World Food Program, WFP, was robbed of a large amount of food aid in Maung Daw Township, a western Arakan border town, according to police sources. The goods were looted from a boat in the middle of the night while in route to Krean Chaung village from Maung Daw. The boat was loaded with 1000 sacks of rice and 149 sacks of peas that were intended for extremely poor people, under a rehabilitation program..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   SPDC authority purchases paddy from Arakanese peasants Date of publication:   20 January 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, January 20: "The local SPDC authority has been buying paddy from Arakanese farmers since the beginning of this month, said a local report. According to a local farmer, the government has been purchasing Pawsan Mwe, a high quality brand of paddy, to be used for army rations. The authority pays 12,5000 kyat for 100 tins (equivalent to 3000 kilograms), a price that is a little higher than the recent market price..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Arakanese community sends appeal for detainees' release Date of publication:   19 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 19: "Appeals written by the Diasporas Arakanese Community for the detainees held by India’s government, on India’s Andaman Island, has been sent to several government heads as well as the international community in hopes of helping to avoid a handover of the Arakanese detainees to Burma’s military government. The detainees in question are likely to be freed from jail this month but India’s government may hand them over to the SPDC, Burma’s ruling military junta..." For this reason the Diasporas Arakanese Community is anxious for their fate, as they predict that they may face the death sentence in Burma. Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Myanmar's cows used for Eid-Ul-Azha festival Date of publication:   19 January 2005 Description/subject:   Taknef, January 19: "Cows from Burma are brisk in Bangladeshi markets, as the Muslim festival of Eid-Ul-Azha nears, said a border report. The total demand of cows for this year's festival is high, and a large number of cows form Burma are still coming to Bangladeshi local markets..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Arakan gas campaigners hold press conference in Dhaka Date of publication:   14 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 14: "A group of Arakanese gas campaigners held a joint press conference, titled “To Resist Plundering of Oil-Gas,” with Bangladeshi student’s leaders of the Student-Youth Movement to Resist Plundering of Oil-Gas and local social activists in Dhaka on January 13th. The conference began around 3 PM yesterday in a press club of Dhaka with 50 participants including journalist, reporters, and radio producers in attendance..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Head of Nasaka department indicted by local authority Date of publication:   13 January 2005 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, January 13: "The head of the Nasaka force in Arakan state, Let -Col Aung Nwge, is currently facing a lawsuit prosecuted by the local SPDC authorities for his involvement in a murder case. “The police department of Maungdaw received an order from high ranking officials of Western Command to collect evidence to prosecute him” said a teacher close to a Maungdaw police officer..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Rice Production Decline in Arakan Date of publication:   13 January 2005 Description/subject:   Akyab, January 13: "In the western Burmese state of Arakan, rice production has declined in comparison to last year. A farmer from Ingra Chaing Kyan from Puak Taw Township said during his visit to Bangladesh, “Rice is not very good in our region. In fact it is in the whole of Arakan. The main cause is the decline of the rice price last year and we are unable to buy enough fertilizer.” Insufficient fertiliser has therefore led to a poor rice crop throughout Arakan..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   4 ferrymen arrested in Maungdaw Date of publication:   11 January 2005 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, January 11: "Four ferrymen were arrested by town authorities when it was discovered that 7 Arakanese people were sent back to Bangladesh on their boats. The arrestees are identified as Than Maung Chay, Nyi Pu, U Sein Mg and Bo Thein Tan, all are from the Aung Bala quarter of Maungdaw..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Another Huge cache of arms recovered from Burma-Bangladesh border Date of publication:   10 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 10: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) recovered a number of sophisticated arms and ammunitions from the Burma-Bangladesh border on January 6, according to a local news agency. Among the confiscated weapons were 11 AK-47 rifles, 53 magazines, and 1506 bullets, all of which were discovered in an old insurgent camp..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   Quake jolts Bangladesh again Date of publication:   08 January 2005 Description/subject:   A moderate earthquake jolted Chittagong, a main port city, and its adjoining areas yesterday morning, an official said. The tremor, measuring 5.13 on the Richter scale, hit at 9:45 am and lasted for 36 seconds. The epicenter was 349-km from the city. Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 January 2005 Title:   Bangladesh's government decides on gas pipeline Date of publication:   07 January 2005 Description/subject:   January 7, 2005: "Bangladesh's Minister for Energy and Minerals, AKM Mosharrof Hossain, will attend an international gas pipeline conference in Rangoon, Burma. Mr Hossain's duty will be to decide on whether a gas pipeline will be built through Bangladesh. The conference will run from the 12th to the 13th of January 2005. According to a report, the meeting will be attended by the Indian Petroleum Minister, Burmese officials and Mr Hossain after Bangladesh accepted a formal invitation from Burma's military government..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   Western Command tenders 12 shrimp farms to local businessmen Date of publication:   04 January 2005 Description/subject:   4th January 2005: "On the 30th of December the military's western command tendered 12 shrimp farms for the 2005 fiscial year to local businessmen in Maungdaw, Arakan. A tender ceremony was held in the headquarters of Nasaka under the supervision of the Deputy Commander of Western Command base in Ann Town in central Arakan state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   Arakan National Council holds ceremony commemorating the fall of Arakan Date of publication:   02 January 2005 Description/subject:   Dhaka: January 2: "The 220th Anniversary of the fall of Arakan was commemorated by the Arakan National Council (ANC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 31st of December. Eighty, exiled Arakanese from Bangladesh attended the ceremony. Theses attendees included monks, students and youths, representatives of women and labour organisations..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   THE STATEMENT ON 220TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF ARAKAN KINGDOM Date of publication:   31 December 2004 Description/subject:   Date: 31st December 2004: "Today, 31st December 2004, is one of the unforgettable historic days in Arakan History. On that day we, Rakhaing Nation lost our national sovereignty and independence. Ancient Rakhaing Kingdom, internationally called Arakan, was founded by King Marayu of First Dinyawadi in 3325 BC. Thereafter Rakhaing Kingdom had firmly existed as an Independent Nation. Throughout its existence over 5000 years Arakan was a prosperous nation in South and Southeast Asia. This highly civilized rich nation in the Bay of Bengal was annexed by the Burmese invaders on 31 December 1784 AD..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   ARAKAN NATIONAL COUNCIL Bangladesh Branch via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (19K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   36 people dead in Burma by tidal waves: Military Junta Date of publication:   29 December 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Dec 29: "The Burmese military junta confessed in a government newspaper report that there were 36 people dead in Burma after massive tidal waves, caused by a severe intensity earthquake in the Andaman Sea, hit the coast..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   Tsunami kills 6 in Arakan Date of publication:   28 December 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Dec 28: "6 Arakanese people were killed in Akyab, the capital of Arakan state, by the tsunami that drove through the Andaman Sea on Sunday. The bodies were found yesterday, on the seashore..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2005 Title:   Diplomatic Envoy Visits Northern Arakan Date of publication:   23 December 2004 Description/subject:   Maung daw 23: "A diplomatic envoy led by the Indonesian Ambassador to Burma visited the Northern Arakan town of Maungdaw on December 10, said an NGO report. The envoy team, also comprised of 11 other delegates from various embassies in Rangoon, went to repatriation camps and rehabilitation centers for refugees under the Maungdaw Township..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Nasaka headquarters raided by Army personnel in Arakan Date of publication:   23 December 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, Dec23: "The border security force of the Nasaka headquarters, located in the west border town Maungdaw, was raided by a column of the Burmese army and a number of Nasaka officers were arrested on December 21, said a witness living near the headquarters. The raid was led by two commanders from Buthidaung Station, including over 100 soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion No. 345, and was acting under the Military Planning Bureau No. 15's order..." Language:   Englishj Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Arakanese dies while fleeing from Malaysian Police Date of publication:   21 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 21: "An Arakanese working in Malaysia without a valid working permit had a fatal car accident while fleeing from the Malaysian police last week..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   SPDC Culture Minister's visit to ancient pagodas of Arakan leaves local astrologers worried Date of publication:   21 December 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Dec 21: "Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, the Culture Minister of the military government recently made an astonishing visit to Arakan State, where he inspected a number of renovated ancient pagodas built by Arakanese kings in several of Arakan's past dynasties. It was a rare occurance for a Burmese minister to visit so many sites of the Arakanese ancient pagodas. "The recent visit of the Culture Minister was really astonishing for the Arakan people because he went to a number of ancient pagodas. Previously, no Burmese ministers have ever been there," said a local monk..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Ban on swidden agriculture threatening Arakanese livelihoods Date of publication:   20 December 2004 Description/subject:   Lamar, Dec 20: "The Burmese military junta has placed a ban on swidden agricultural practices in the northern districts of Arakan state, Maung Daw and Buthedaung, according to a tribal leader. Most Arakanese people in northern Arakan traditionally rely on swidden or slash-and-burn cultivation for their livelihoods, and they are worried about food and product shortages resulting from the ban. Before the ban, the junta tried to “educate” the people about mountain terrain cultivation..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Bangladesh’s Finance Minister's tour in India finished with a signal of gas pipeline Date of publication:   16 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 16: "Even though Bangladesh’s Finance Minister, M Saifur Rahman, did not discuss the issue of the transnational gas pipeline connecting Burma, India, and Bangladesh during his meeting with the premier of India, he discussed the issue with some ministers of India, according to local sources. But he did not say whether the discussion of gas pipeline issue is progressive or not. He returned to Dhaka last week after completing his five-day visit to India. During his trip, he met a number of Indian ministers..." Author/creator:   Nyo Tun Kyaw Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   36 Burmese insurgents detained at Port Blair face the danger of being deported to Burma Date of publication:   15 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 15: "36 Burmese nationals who have been under detention for more than six years without any sentences face the grim danger of being deported to Burma. A detainee says, “The police has taken our names and address in Burma. We had given these details before, and it is a bit strange collecting such information again. Usually, such information is collected before deportation to Burma, we are very concerned about this.”..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   ALD demands a genuine statehood for Arakan State Date of publication:   15 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka: December 15: "The Arakan League for Democracy (in Exile) today issued a statement for Arakan State Day..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Border landmines have far reaching effects Date of publication:   14 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 14: "The demarcation of border areas, under the joint-border forces of Burma and Bangladesh, have been suspended since 1998, due to the presence of landmines in those areas. The absence of joint-border forces of the two countries has increased the occurrences of cross border arms smuggling, drug and human trafficking, and cross border robberies, said a report in a weekend journal of Bangladesh. The demarcation of the border area under the joint forces of the two countries began in 1984, but ended after only 14 years..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Increasing exhortation by the authority in Arakan State Date of publication:   13 December 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Dec 13: "After the purge of General Khin Nyunt, the SPDC Prime Minister Soe Win, SPDC Secretary (1) Thein Sein, and Lieutenant General Shwe Mann promised that the junta’s first priority is to get rid of corruption and abusive use of power by military personnel. Contrary to the promise, there have been an increase in incidents of exhortation by the local authority and military personnel of the public through out Arakan State. Checkpoints formerly controlled by the Military Intelligence are now guarded by military personnel and police, and they are not just asking for money from the smugglers, but also from the ordinary people..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Cash confiscated from the father-in-law of purged Nasaka official Date of publication:   10 December 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, December 10: "The local military authority confiscated money and gold from the father-in-law of Sargent Aung Zaya, who was in charge of the Nasaka, or the Burmese Border Security, check-point 3 at Maung Daw township, Arakan state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Bangladesh Army seize arms at Burmese Border Date of publication:   08 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, December 8: "The Bangladesh Army and local security forces last week seized another several hauls of illegal arms in the regions bordering Burma during a joint operation, said an official report. Another stash of arms consisting of 8 AK-47s, 8 SMGs, and 4000 rounds of bullets were discovered from two camps, which were about seven kilometres away from the border..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   27 December 2004 Title:   Bangladesh funds Arakanese monument renovations Date of publication:   07 December 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, December 7: "The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khalida Zia visited the Arakanese villages (known as Awakyan region) under the Kawakatta Township of Pauktawa Khali district, on the 2nd of December. During her visit she promised 10 million Taka to renovate the Buddhist temples and monasteries in the region..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Senior General Than Shwe and a large entourage visited Arakan State Date of publication:   05 December 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Dec 5: "Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Senior General Than Shwe, made a trip to Arakan state along with a large number of his cabinet members on November 29th after the sacking of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, said a report. This time his trip was very different from previous visits to Arakan State because he was followed by a large entourage, including secretary Lt-Gen Thein Sein, SPDC members Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myin Oo, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, over twenty Ministers, and two commanders-in-chief of the Navy and Air Force..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Fake and Expired pharmaceuticals being imported from Bangladesh Date of publication:   01 December 2004 Description/subject:   Taknef, December 1: "Bangladesh is exporting fake and expired pharmaceuticals into Burma at a reduced price, according to border sources. Through the long border between Burma and Bangladesh and via the seas, the local drug industry is cashing in on the drug shortages in Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   6 people, including 5 Italians, died when their boat sank in Arakan State Date of publication:   30 November 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, November 30: "6 people, including 5 Italians,died when their boat sank in Arakan State in western Burma, on Sunday, according to an Akyab resident..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Business premises built for the workers’ welfare demolished in Akyab Date of publication:   30 November 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Nov 30: "Business premises that were built for the welfares of the employees of the government are now being demolished by the local authority who claims that these premises are violating government policy guidelines. These premises were already rented out to private businesses at a high price..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Arakan’s Border Security Chief accused of being involved in heroin traffic Date of publication:   25 November 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, Nov 25: "The Acting Chief of the Burmese Border Security forces, or Nasaka, from Maung Daw has been charged with involvement in heroin traffic on November 13, said a police officer but he denied to disclose his name. Lieutenant Colonel Myint Oo was detained at the base of the Light Infantry Division (233) at Buthi Daung Township, and the Chief of Arakan Police Nyo Win is heading the investigation on the Lt. Col’s involvement..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Bangladeshi security Forces seize another weapons cache Date of publication:   25 November 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Nov 25: "Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) yesterday seized another huge arms cache from a bordering hill district of Bandaban , a day after the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the same district, said an official report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   A forced-laboured woman narrowly escaped the rape from a soldier, the brother hacked the soldier Date of publication:   24 November 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Nov 24: "A woman who is working at the forced labour camp in Kyauk Phyu Township narrowly escaped rape from a SPDC soldier. The brother of the woman attacked the soldier with a machete and the soldier badly wounded in both arms according to a statement of Arakan League for Democracy (Bangladesh Branch) dated November 16..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2004 Title:   Four bodies of Rohingyas recovered from Kutupalong camp Date of publication:   20 November 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar 20: "A day after Thursday’s violent clash, a joint force of BDR (Bangladesh Riffle), police and ansars recovered four bodies of Rohingyas and arrested 12 more people from Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya Thana on Friday, according to the several local news papers..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   21 November 2004 Title:   Muslim Rohingyas, police clash in Ukhiya wounded over 100 Date of publication:   19 November 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar 19: "Over a hundred of Rohingya refugees and law-enforcers were injured in a violent clash at Kutupalong Muslim Rohingya camp in Ukhiya Thana southern district of Cox’sbazar in yesterday, said local sources. Sources said the trouble explode at about the 9.30am when police and ansars(village security) went to the camp to rescues a police officer, detained by some Muslim Rohingyas during his visit to the camp earlier in the morning..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   21 November 2004 Title:   Three-nation parleys on gas project in January Date of publication:   18 November 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka 18 November: "The minister of Energy of Bangladesh, India, and Burma will meet in Yangoon, the capital of Burma, in January next year to finalise the three-nation gas pipeline project. According to The Independent News..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Independent News" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   21 November 2004 Title:   India Supreme Court notice to CBI on Burmese detainees of Operation Leech Date of publication:   17 November 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, November 17: "The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and authorities in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on a petition seeking release of 36 Burmese "freedom fighters" arrested six years ago by the Indian Army during "Operation Leech" according to an India local news agency, Press Trust of India, on 16 November..." Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   21 November 2004 Title:   Police Officials Substitute for Intelligence Post Date of publication:   16 November 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, Nov 16: "According to official sources, on November 5, three police officers were substituted in the intelligence position near the border areas of Maungdaw township, a Burmese town on the western border with Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   21 November 2004 Title:   Committees are formed to investigate the Military Intelligence Date of publication:   15 November 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Nov 15: "Officials from the Western Command of the Burmese military Junta are organising themselves into ad hoc committees to detain the Military Intelligence and to confiscate the MI’s business interests and economic ventures. These committees were formed in Pon Nar Gyaun and its surrounding townships.The Western Command covers the Arakan State..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2004 Title:   A millionaire Nasaka officer arrested in Arakan State Date of publication:   12 November 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, Nov 12: "A millionaire Nasaka officer on November 6 was arrested in Maung Daw, a northern Burma-Bangledeshi border town. Aung Zaya, a sergeant, was arrested by military personnel in the (3) Mile gate Nasaka check-point of Maung Daw, where he worked as a monitor and was in-charge. According to a police officer, the authorities seized 30 million Kyat and 47 gold bars from him and his interrogation continues..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2004 Title:   2 Burmese Muslims arrested for arms smuggling Date of publication:   10 November 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, Nov 10: "Two Burmese Muslim hailed from northern Arakan, Burma and 2 women were arrested by Bangladesh police on November 7 when they were trading ammunitions of sophisticated AK 47 rifles at a hotel of Cox’sbazar, said a local official in a statement. Acting on a tip-off, the Bangladesh police raid the hotel and arrested Burmese nationals Siddique Ahmed, his son Yunus and two women..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2004 Title:   Nine Arakanese monks arrested for agitating the Municipal authority Date of publication:   10 November 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, November 10: "Nine Arakanese monks from Akyab, capital of the Arakan state have been detained by the local authority. They are in the danger being imprisoned for many years..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2004 Title:   Arakan League for Democracy, Bangladesh Branch reorganised Date of publication:   07 November 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, November 7: "The Bangladesh branch of Arakan League for Democracy (In Exile) is being re-organised according to the ALD’s statement issued on the November 6. This reorganisation of the Bangladesh Branch occurred on November third and fourth, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The statement said this reorganisation is to make the Bangladesh Branch to be a more solid and united party unit and to be able to implement the party policies more effectively..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2004 Title:   Refugee camps threaten picturesque Cox’sbazar as repatriation process stalled Date of publication:   25 October 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 25 October: "At least two-and a half lakh Burmese Muslim refugees are now living in Bangladesh, namely in Cox’sbazar, Banderband and Chittagong. Among them, some 19,000 refugees have been waiting to return to their home in Burma for the last three months. Sources said that the reasons for the suspension of the process for repatriation of the refugees for the last three months have thus far been unexplained..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   125 HIV infections this year: the highest record in Arakan 125 HIV infections this year: the highest record in Arakan Sittwe, October 21: A record number of a 125 HIV infections were recorded in Arakan, in the year 2003-4, according to a health r Date of publication:   21 October 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, October 21: "A record number of a 125 HIV infections were recorded in Arakan, in the year 2003-4, according to a health report. However, the number is expected to be much higher, as the recorded infections only come from people who attend the Akyab hospital for a blood test or blood donation. In Arakan state, the number of HIV infections has been rising every year. However, the Health Ministry of Burma has not been able to provide any measures of prevention or any materials, claiming they do not have any funding in the state coffer..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   Pirates act as lifesavers for fortunate Burmese Date of publication:   09 October 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, October 9: "The pirates active on the Bay of Bengal threw 11 onboard Burmese into the sea of Bangladesh’s water territory, providing them with only big bamboo rods as lifesavers after taking away their boat loaded with ox and teak wood on October 4, said a victim of the incident...Fortunately, after spending the night clutching the bamboo rods, the men were saved when they were spotted by a local fishing boat from Cox’s Bazar Town, situated on the Bay of Bengal, that was on it’s way home..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   Burma secure fourth and go back home Date of publication:   08 October 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, October 8: "Burma lost their last match to Oman by 3-1 competing yesterday at the Bangladesh Krira Shikha Protishthan (BKSP) ground at 9am and secured fourth position in 5 nations U-21 Challenge Cup invitational hockey tournament..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   U-21 Challenge Cup Hockey Final Today -- Oman defeats Burma in Hockey Date of publication:   07 October 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, October 7: "Burma lost to Oman with one goal to nil in a hockey game at the under-twenty-one five nation hockey tournament. Burma will have to compete again with Oman for the third position..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   8 Burmese cheated by a local then arrested Date of publication:   06 October 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar October 6, 2004: "8 Burmese Muslims working illegally in a southern district of Bangladesh were caught and handed over to the police on September 27 when they were falsely identified as robbers by the local villagers, according to regional sources. The Burmese detainees, which were illegal immigrants to Bangladesh, were working together with a local man named Habibullah in Khutakhali Village in the Cox’s Bazar District where they earned 4000/-Taka altogether from their hard job. The local cheated them out of their earnings and ran away to his village Gazaria, which is in the same district..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   Trade gap between Bangladesh, Myanmar widens Date of publication:   05 October 2004 Description/subject:   October 5, 2004: "The trade gap between Bangladesh and Myanmar has widened drastically since the 1997-98 fiscal year. Previously, the export volume of Bangladesh to Myanmar was higher than that of the import. However since the 1997-98 fiscal year, Bangladesh has imported more goods from Myanmar than it has sent exports to that country..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   04 November 2004 Title:   Killing of police officer heightens tensions in northern Maung Daw Date of publication:   24 September 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, September 24: "Tensions between the locals and the authority are running high in the northern part of Maung Daw Township, in the northern part of Arakan, after the murder of a police officer, said a teacher from Maungdaw. On the 2nd of September, a group of local Muslim villagers from the Thakan Nya village attacked a police office, Sub- inspector Ran Aung and Private Hla Myo. The two are from the Myawadee Post in the Region of Nasaka the border security of Maung Daw Township..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   26 September 2004 Title:   A Bangladeshi newspaper blames the Burmese Junta for construction delays Date of publication:   22 September 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, September 22: "There is still no sign of a transnational highway between Burma and Bangladesh, despite the fact that construction should have started over a year ago. A Cox’s Bazar, Bengali newspaper, the Daily Saikat recently blamed the Burmese junta for the delay. Burma and Bangladesh agreed to start building the 133 kilometre-long highway between Ramu in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh to Bolly Zee in Burma. The construction period was supposed to start in 2003 and finish by 2008-9. However, there has not been any preparation form the Burmese government authority and hence the construction has not started..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 September 2004 Title:   Akyab’s troubled jetty giving trouble to the public Date of publication:   21 September 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, September 21: "The Arakan State’s capital, Akyab, saw its principal jetty destroyed by a storm four months ago. So far the Burmese authority has done nothing to rebuild it. Consequently the Arakanese public is now facing severe inflation on imported goods due to a lack of docking facilities, which are costing importers both time and money..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   23 September 2004 Title:   DPA abducts two Bangladeshi men Date of publication:   19 September 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, September 19: "Cadres of Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA) allegedly abducted two Bangladeshi people in a village of Chittagong hill tract in Bangladesh on September 18, according to the Daily Star's report yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   23 September 2004 Title:   Rakhaing girl killed after rape Date of publication:   18 September 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, Sept 18: "A Rakhaing girl was killed by miscreants after raping her in a village of Bangladesh on September 14. Her old mother was also killed by miscreants, said a report. Police and local sources said the miscreants entered the house in the area near Nayapara Rohingya Refugee camp and started raping her, Pru Pru chay (23)..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   23 September 2004 Title:   Arakanese farmers face troubles as paddy prices fall Date of publication:   17 September 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, Sep 17: "Arakanese farmers have been struggling for survival as paddy prices have recently fallen in Arakan State. The price of 100 tinn, (250 baskets), of high quality paddy has fallen to 45,000 kyat from a recent price of 80,000 kyat and another lower quality paddy has fallen from 50,000 to 20,000 kyat. It is first time the paddy price has fallen in Arakan State since the Burmese military seized control in 1988, said a trader from Maung daw..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   23 September 2004 Title:   Burmese prisoners in Bangladesh refuse repatriation Date of publication:   12 September 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Sep 12: "About 70 Burmese prisoners in the Bandaban District jail, a border town near Kyauk Taw Township in Western Burma, have been on a hunger strike since September 4, as they do not want to return to Burma under a Bangladeshi repatriation program. The hunger strike broke out when the Bangladesh authority collected a list of prisoners who will be sent back to Burma under a repatriation agreement between Burma and Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   20 September 2004 Title:   Myanmar rebel leader surrenders Date of publication:   30 August 2004 Description/subject:   Narinjara, August 30, 2004: "Leader of the Democratic Party of Arakan, a rebel organization of Myanmar, Ba Ong Moung and his family surrendered on Saturday to the security forces in Tarachha in Roangchhari Upazila, Bandarban district..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 August 2004 Title:   Burmese Junta shelters North East Indian rebels Date of publication:   20 August 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, August 20: "Rebels of North East India are allowed free access within the region of Maung-daw Township, in western Burma, despite the Burmese Military Junta's repeated assurance to the New Delhi government, of the non-existence of these Indian insurgents within the Burma territory, according to local sources..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   20 August 2004 Title:   9 Arakanese arrested by MI for complaining to Prime Minister Khin Nyunt Date of publication:   09 August 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, August 9: "9 Arakanese people were arrested by Burma Military Intelligence in Pauk Taw Township for sending a letter to PM Khin Nyunt expressing their dissatisfaction over the delivery of storm aid to victims. According to our correspondent, some of those arrested were U Aung Thaung, former chairman of Sai Tauk village under the Pauk Taw Township, U Mae Aung, retired primary headmaster from Pauk Taw town, and U Maung Tun Tha, a trader from Pauk Taw. The remaining arrestees are from Sai Tauk and Kyuat Suu village of Pauk Taw Township..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Arakanese exiles hold demonstration in Dhaka Date of publication:   09 August 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, August 9: "At least 80 exiles from Arakan State held a demonstration in front of the Bangladesh high court premise, in Dhaka, yesterday in honor of the 16th anniversary day of 8-8-88. The 3 Arakanese organizations that participated in the demonstration included the Working Committee for Demonstration Restoration in Burma (WCDRB), Arakan League for Democracy (Exile) and the All Arakan Students and Youth Congress (AASYC)..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Statement on the 16th anniversary of 8-8-88, Democracy Revolution Date of publication:   08 August 2004 Description/subject:   [by the] Working Committee for Democracy Restoration In Burma (WCDRB)... "Today is the sacred and historic day of the 16th anniversary of 8-8-88, on which thousands of people, of many races, gave their blood and lives bravely fighting for the democracy of Burma.." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Local’s farms handed over to army families Date of publication:   06 August 2004 Description/subject:   Ponna Gyunt, August 6 : "Farms recently confiscated by the army, from local farmers in Ponna Gyunt Township, under the Akyab District, have been allocated to army member’s families, said an Arakanese monk, who wishes to remain anonymous. The families of men serving in the Light Infantry Battalion 555 Base in Ponna Gyunt and the Light Infantry Battalion 374 Base in Pan Pe Chaung, of Kyauk Taw Township, were each given 3 acres of the stolen land by the local army officials..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Security tightened in Arakan as 8-8-88 anniversary nears Date of publication:   06 August 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, August 6: "Military Western Command Authority has issued a directive to local administration, to increase security in their respective town areas with the anniversary of 8-8-88 approaching. The directive was sent to the Burma Border Security Force (Nasaka), Military Operation Planning Unite (Sabaka), Regional Military Supervision Headquarters (Dhasaka) as well as local police forces, and state and township level administration. The directive was issued by the Military Western Command at end of July..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   UNHCR field officer complains to Nasaka for child labor use Date of publication:   05 August 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, August 5: "A UNHCR field officer has complained to the Nasaka Border Force Acting Commander, Myint Oo, for the wide use of child labor in Maungdaw Township, a town in Northern Arakan State. The complaint reportedly came out in a meeting between Nasaka officials and a UNHCR field officer in the UNHCR field meeting room of Maungdaw, on 22 July..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Death rate in Akyab rising Date of publication:   04 August 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab. August 4: "The number of people dying in Akyab is increasing everyday, as many people cannot afford the expenses of treatment at the Akyab Central Government Hospital. Previously, the average rate of death, in Akyab, was only one a day, but it has recently increased to over 4 a day, said a local social worker. He added that many people are not willing to utilize the services of the local hospital because they are unable to afford the high prices of treatment there..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Bangladesh and Burma agree to step up patrol Date of publication:   03 August 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, August 3: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Burma border security force (Nasaka) have reached a consensus on strengthening patrol and checking cross-border criminal activities including thefts and robberies. The agreement was reached at a sector commander-level flag meeting of the two border security forces in the Maung Daw, Burma, on 29 July, reports BSS..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Portraits of Arakanese leaders pulled from museum Date of publication:   03 August 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, August 3: "The Burmese SPDC Military authority recently removed all portraits of prominent historic Arakanese leaders from The Arakanese Cultural Museum of Akyab. According to our correspondent’s report, the 13 portraits removed were of the following Arakanese leaders; U Ottama, Dr Shwe Zan Aung, U Panya Thiha, U Sinda, Barrister-at-law U Tha Zan Hla, U San Shwe Bu, Bogri Kra Hla Aung, U U Tha Tun,Bon Pauk Tha Kyaw, ICS U Kyaw Min, U San Tha Aung, U Ban San and Sarama Daw Ma Mra Sein..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   12 August 2004 Title:   Bangladesh finalizes revised proposal for gas pipeline Date of publication:   02 August 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, August 2: "Bangladesh has finalised a revised proposal on the Trans-Burma -Tripura-Bangladesh gas pipeline for approval by it's Prime Minister, official sources said. According to a report of yesterday’s financial Express, the Ministry of Power Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh revised proposal was prepared following fresh offer by the Mohana Holdings Ltd. to install the pipeline under an international consortium after an earlier offer forwarded to the Prime Minister Khaleda Zia failed to get approval. The summary of the new offer prepared by the ministry will be submitted to its Prime Minister shortly..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Dhaka, Beijing agree on road link via Burma Date of publication:   01 August 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, August 1: "Bangladesh and China have agreed to open a road link between the two countries through Burma to ease transportation of goods for further expanding bilateral trade, according to a local news agency’s UNB. The road link will connect Bangladesh with China’s southwestern Yunnan province which is closest in proximity between the two countries. The decisions were made at meetings between a visiting high-powered delegation from China and Bangladeshi officials here yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Japan Envoy Visits Northern Arakan Date of publication:   31 July 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, July 31: "A Japanese envoy visited Northern Arakan from the 23rd to the 27th of July, according to our correspondent. The envoy led by Masache O’ Jawa, Business attachée of the Japanese Embassy in Rangoon, also included Taka Hiro Susu Ki, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s regional representative to Burma as well as Choche Yo Ho Rekie, a chief engineer of JICA office in Cambodia. The purpose of the foreign envoy's visit to Maung Daw was to inspect a damaged road that was constructed by the British government during the Second World War. The Japanese government may assist in the rebuilding of the road in the near future..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Arakan State NLD general secretary passes away Date of publication:   29 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 29: "Arakan State NLD general secretary, U Tha Kyaw, died in a clinic in Rangoon on 25 July. He had previously been moved, for better treatment, from his residence of Akyab to the Shwe Gondin specialist clinic in Rangoon, however his health quickly deteriorated there..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Fake Beverage Products From Army Compound in Akyab Date of publication:   27 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 27: "Imitation alcohol and fruit juice products are being produced on the Light Infantry Battalion No 20 Headquarters Compound, which is based in Akyab. In the past, the fake alcohol and fruit juice were made in Sanpra Wra Quarter’s factory in Akyab, but the operation was moved to the army compound last year after it was raided by the Akyab police. Akyab police had arrested U Win Nyunt, a local businessman, at that time, but he was later released after the payment of a small bribe. It is thought that the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA) Arakan State General Secretary is directly involved in the production..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Bikkhu U Uttama Memorial Park in Danger of Destruction Date of publication:   26 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 26: "Although Biukkhu U Uttama was the first person who torched the light of Burma freedom, his statue in Akyab now lives in dark because no light is allowed at his statue at night, a teacher from Akyab (Sittwe) said. The authorities have not only banned the lights at the U Uttama statue, but are also constructing number of buildings in U Uttama Memorial Park, endangering the existence of the park..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Bangladesh-Burma Joint Commission meets tomorrow Date of publication:   25 July 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, July 25: "Bangladesh Commerce minister Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury leaves here for Rangoon today to attend a meeting of the Bangladesh -Burma Joint Commission there on July26, according to today The Independent. A six-member delegation will accompany the Minister. The delegation includes Bangladesh ambassador to Burma ABM Rahim, president of Bangladesh-Burma Joint Business Council Rashed Maksud Khan and its Vice President Syed Mahmudul Haq. The one-day meeting will review Dhaka-Rangoon trade relations and seek to find ways and means to further enhance bilateral trade..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Independent" (Dhaka) via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Government’s Tax on Motorbikes in Arakan Skyrocketing This Year Date of publication:   23 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 23: "Taxes on motorbikes, imposed by The Burma Military authority, are skyrocketing this year. “The tax on motorbikes is so high this year that people can not afford to pay the government” said a motorbike owner. He added that the new tax has frightened many motorbike owners in Arakan since the tax is equivalent to 10 per cent of the purchasing price..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   A woman may get a 3 years imprisonment for the construction of a house on her own land Date of publication:   22 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 22: "A woman, Ma Tha Nu from Akyab city, has been facing a lawsuit in district court, for constructing a house on her own land, said a lawyer from Akyab. Ma the Nu was detained by police in February of this year, on Lieutenant Cornel Maung Oo’s order, as she was building a one story building on her land. Lieutenant Cornel Maung Oo is a chairman of Arakan State who has not allowed the construction of any building on the said plot..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Confiscation of farms by army continues Date of publication:   21 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 21: "People’s land beside the Akyab- Rangoon motor road continues to be confiscated by the Burmese army for army-owned teak plantations, reports our correspondent. A villager from Yota yoke village said, “ About 50 yards of land were confiscated on the Kyuk Taw- Ponna Guan roadside which is located on the Akyab-Rangoon road, but people could not get any compensation from the army.” Most confiscated lands are paddy farms but there are also many fruit gardens belonging to Arakanese people who earn their living from the gardens. At present the army is demolishing all trees and houses by bulldozer on the confiscated lands. The plantation of teak will start within this rainy season, said a farmer..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   List of landmine deaths on Bangladesh-Burma border Date of publication:   20 July 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, July 20: "A Bangladesh local authority has been collecting the names of people killed by landmines that had been planted by the Burmese army, said a report of the daily Saiket, a Cox’sbazar district base newspaper, on July 17. The number of deaths from landmines in the Bangladesh territory increases, day by day, which has necessitated the collecting of names for this list. According to present record, 16 people have been killed by landmines on the Bangladesh side so far. The paper also mentioned those victims’ names, ages and address..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   The 10th Annual Rakhaing Thingyan in New York City Date of publication:   20 July 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, July 20: "This is the 10th year the local New York City Rakhaing group has setup and operated the Thingyan in New York City, New York, USA..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   For Laying Memorial wreath for 19 July without independent monument Date of publication:   19 July 2004 Description/subject:   Pauk Taw, July 19: "Today is the 57th anniversary of a martyr’s day to commemorate General Aung san and other national leaders who fell on 19th of July 1947. However, there is not an independent monument for laying a memorial wreath by town people of Pauk Taw Township. The Burma Intelligence Unite, under the MI-10, confiscated the ground of the Independence Monument and sold it to local businessmen for construction of stores and shops..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   SPDC aid does not reach cyclone victims Date of publication:   18 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 18: "It has been learnt that foreign aid donated to SPDC military government was unable to reach cyclone victims in many places of Arakan state. According to a reporter who recently visited the cyclone-hit area, an SPDC government agency have granted 20 000 Kyat to 373 families for the people who were killed in cyclone in Chittra, Tharatony, Kyay-toh village under Kam-htouk-gri village tract of Maebon Township. Same source said that a relief camp has been opened at Kathougri village and is being operated by infantry division 373 stationed at Ann Township. The cyclone victims under Kyauk Pru and Man Aung Township received only about 6 kg of rice and one pack of iodized salt each. But the people effected by other natural disasters like stroms of Krakrikuam, WagouKri, Pram tha shong, Kyokmoukri, Thushay, Paithee village did not receive any assistant, said the sources..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   18 Burmese citizens rescued from traffickers Date of publication:   09 July 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, July 9: "Bangladesh police yesterday rescued 18 Burmese citizens including nine children from human traffickers in a residential hotel of Dhaka, according to a local news agency. Police also arrested three alleged human traffickers who brought the Burmese citizens to Dhaka for trafficking them out to Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passport..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Rohingya issue: Sad plight of the impoverished people Date of publication:   09 July 2004 Description/subject:   Editorial, “The Independent” from Bangladesh. 9 July 2004. "The unexpected influx of about a quarter million Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar’s Arakan region in the early 1990s posed overwhelming problems for Bangladesh. The government had very little resources and expertise to play host to such a huge number of impoverished farm people terroristed by Myanmar’s dreaded security forces...Speaking at seminar in Dhaka on Tuesday, the law minister Barrister Moudus Ahmad said in handling the refugee issue Bangladesh had to abide by the internationals laws and conventions and all repatriation had to be voluntary. All but 20,000 refugees had already been repatriated under the supervision of the UNHCR..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Independent" (Dhaka) via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   The only Internet Café too expensive for ordinary Akyabians Date of publication:   08 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 8: "Although Burmese Military Junta claims to put a great endeavor to make Burma into a modern advance nation; many ordinary people do not have a proper Internet access. In Arakan State, there has been only one Internet Café, only in Akyab, the capital of the state. This is the first and the only Internet Café, and it is called Informatics’ Center. It is a subscriber of Pagan Cyber Café. Pagan-net controls the flow of emails and hence freedom of information and privacy are extremely limited. Informatics’ Center charges 1,500 kyats an hour, which is the equivalent of the half of the monthly minimum wage..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Only one oxygen cylinder for Akyab hospital Date of publication:   07 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 7: "According to our correspondent, there is only one oxygen-giving device in Akyab general hospital in Arakan State. The hospital is the biggest hospital in Arakan State with 300 beds, but it has only one oxygen-giving device until now. According to relatives a female patient from Sabrain Village of Pauk Taw Township died in the hospital recently due to the disconnecting of the oxygen device which was attached to her breathing system, because doctors had taken away the device for another patient..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Burmese Nasaka Forces Create Border Tension for Unknown Reasons Date of publication:   06 July 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, July 6: "The Nasaka (Burma border security force) created border tension recently, but the reason is unknown, said our reporter from the border area. Nasaka forced entered Bangladeshi water on 4 July and abducted three Bangladeshi nationals. Nasaka also seized their boat from the Naaf River in Teknaf Township, in the Cox’s Bazaar district..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Forced Labour in Arakan Capital Increases Agony Date of publication:   06 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 6: "The existence of forced labour in Akyab, the capital city of Arakan, has been reported by city residents over the telephone. According to our informants, every Saturday, the people of Akyab have to work to clean the streets and drainage from every house. In default, people are fined kyat 500 per house. Most of the city’s dwellers have to work unwillingly for fear of the fine..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   An Arakanese Youth Political Activist Arrives in Bangladesh Date of publication:   03 July 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, July 3: "Last week an Arakanese youth pro-democracy political activists of Burma fled Bangladesh to avoid persecution by the Burmese military government. He had been under close watch by military intelligence since his assignment to work on Aung San Suu Kyi’s security team during her last year visit to Arakan State. Besides, he participated in a reception program leading his party members from Akyab with the people of Ponna Kyuan, a township 20 miles away from Akyab, our source said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Western English Film Prohibited in Akyab Date of publication:   01 July 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, July 1: "Local government authorities of Akyab have forbidden the showing of western films in video show houses in Akyab, said our reporter. Arakan is the poorest state of Burma; as such, families of Arakan state cannot buy television sets for their own homes. Thus, they go to video show houses whenever they want to see new films..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   SPDC Changes Enemies in Military Training Lectures Date of publication:   30 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 30: "The Burmese military authority has changed the aim of their “fighting and organising” military training courses from one of slandering Aung San Suu Kyi and other National League for Democracy leaders to one of attacking America and Western influence. The purpose of the training is to defend Burma against an American invasion and to cultivate an anti-American spirit in its officials, according to a local who is linked to the military personnel in the Arakanese capital of Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Tuition Increases Lead to Decreased Enrollment in Arakan Date of publication:   29 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 29: "Enrollment rates in different schools declined sharply in Arakan state this year due to increased educational expenses, reported our correspondent. Under the present education system, admission fees for junior high school students are kyat 7000, primary school fees are kyat 4000, and transfer admission fees are kyat 10,000. Still, these fees do not include the cost of books and other materials, said the source..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Gamblers Bet Kyat 20 Million a Day on Euro Soccer Date of publication:   25 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 25: "People have been staking about kyat 20 million per day on Euro Championship Football 2004 in Akyab, the state capital of Arakan, said a master on Euro Football 2004. An eyewitness said that, in Akyab, there are two main gambling houses on Euro Football 2004, where people can bet from kyat 5,000 to as much as they like..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Akyab police without salary for one year Date of publication:   24 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 24: "For more than one year, Akyab police have not been receiving their salary, according to a policeman of the Mro-Ma police station. One policeman said the authorities are unable to pay police salaries because the money was already spent on entertainment for high-ranking central officials on their visit to Arakan state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Burmese nationals in Bangladesh launch procession on 59th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi Date of publication:   20 June 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, June 20: "Over 60 exiled Arakanese Refugees from Burma in Bangladesh lunched a procession In Dhaka and held rally in front of Dhaka Press Club yesterday demanding immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi on her 59th birthday, reported our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Forgotten Burmese Refugees in Dhaka Date of publication:   20 June 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, June 20: "Even though Burmese Refugees in Thailand are mow resettling in other countries such as the United States of America, 100 Arakanese refugees from Buma living in Dhaka are faced with a grim future since the UNHCR cut their monthly financial assistance. “Monthly assistances for my wife and daughter are cut from this month on. How can we survive? But I can understand why the UNHCR cut the monthly grant,” said a Burmese refugee. Burmese refugees would no longer get the monthly assistance, but they will be able to get a financial grant for project to make a livelihood. The amount of the grant depends upon the proposed project, but the largest has been 35,000 taka (US$ 600). However, normally a grant is around 15,000 taka..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Drug stores increased in Bangladesh border area Date of publication:   15 June 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, June 15: "The number of drug stores with links to illegal border trade is increasing day by day in the Bangladesh border area, reports our correspondent. Local business people are opening more and more drug store because they earn huge amount of profit by smuggling out medicines to Burma, it says..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Houses built for 130 newly arriving settler families Date of publication:   15 June 2004 Description/subject:   Maung-daw, June 15: "The Na-Sa-Ka border security force of Burma has since May 29th taken initiatives to build houses for 130 new settler families who are arriving soon from central Burma to the Maung-daw Township area, reports our correspondent. The houses are being built near Aung Mingla village under the stern directives of the Na-Sa-Ka acting commander, Lieutenant Colonel Myint Oo. Around 250 villagers living near the construction site have been used as forced labourers. Most of them are farmers. Nearby villagers said that the labourers are told they must postpone their own agricultural business to work without any payment in house construction for the settlers. Under the construction scheme, these labourers will be building houses, a monastery, a school, a dispensary, and a meditation centre, along with digging several ponds and wells..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   A Burmese minor girl student in Bangladesh jail without trial Date of publication:   14 June 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, June 14: "A minor Arakanese girl student continues to be held in a Bangladeshi jail without being produced before the court. The girl, about 12 years old, was arrested along with three other Burmese citizens, according to our reporter. The girl, known as Loon Thon Ma (12), was arrested along with three other relatives while coming from Burma to Bangladesh. According to a relative, the four were visiting their relatives at Cox’sbazar during school holidays during the Sangran water festival..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Donations arriving for cyclone victims in Arakan Date of publication:   12 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 12: "The Chinese Red Cross Society (CRCS) donated US dollar 20,000 in cash for the victims of the cyclone in Arakan state two weeks ago, reported The New Light of Myanmar on 9 June. The cash donation was delivered to Dr Tun Sein, Acting President of the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) by Mr Yu Boren, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Burma. The cyclone hit the Arakan coast on 19 May and left over 300 people dead and more than 20,000 people homeless, as the government disclosed ten days after the incident..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Private orchards make way for the government’s teak plantations Date of publication:   11 June 2004 Description/subject:   Ponna Kyun, June 11: "Privately owned orchards in Ponna Kyun, in the State of Arakan are being destroyed to make way for the state owned teak plantations, according to our correspondent. These plantations are part of the junta’s drive to swell the military junta’s coffer. The orchards covered more than (1000) acres; most of them were mango plantations..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Eight Officials fired by military junta without a solid ground Date of publication:   10 June 2004 Description/subject:   Maung-daw, June 10: "Recently officials of Ton-pro-way, a newly established township of Arakan state, were sacked by the SPDC military government, reports our correspondent from the Bangladesh-Burma border area. The newly built Ton-pro-way Township is 50 kilometers to the north of Maung-daw, where the Bangladesh-Burma Friendship Bridge is currently under construction..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Na Sa Ka Announces 5 Year Jail Terms for Illegal Expat Workers Date of publication:   09 June 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, June 9: "Burmese authorities have announced that people returning to their native lands after working in foreign countries will receive at least 5 years in jail, reports our correspondent from the border area. Though officially not available, the news of this announcement is common over the Bangladesh-Burma border area, it was learnt. Due to this news, many Burmese Muslims of Bu-thee-daung and Maung-daw who returned from Middle Eastern Countries dare not enter Burma. They have become stranded in Bangladesh and are spending their days in great worry..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Exiled Democratic Forces of Burma in Bangladesh Meet to Enhance Democracy Movement Date of publication:   07 June 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, June 7: "Arakanese democracy activists exiled in Bangladesh held a meeting to enhance their movement. The meeting was held at Lama Township of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from 2nd-3rd June. At least 40 Arakanese democracy activists attended the meeting. The exiles formed a group called the “Working Committee for Democracy Restoration in Burma” (WCDRB), which aims at working with other activists now exiled in many other foreign countries..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Dhaka sets terms for Myanmar-Bangladesh-India gas pipeline project Date of publication:   06 June 2004 Description/subject:   “The Independent”, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday 06 June 2004 / Issue: 2053 - "The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources proposes to revive the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India gas pipeline project. Sources said the proposed pipeline will enter the Bangladesh border through Brahmanbaria from the Indian territory of Tripura and will cross into West Bengal through Rajshahi border..." Author/creator:   Shahnaj Begum & UNB Language:   English Source/publisher:   UNB via “The Independent”, Dhaka via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (13K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   So-called Custom Gates mushrooming across Arakan Date of publication:   04 June 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, June 4: "Arakan is experiencing a boom in the numbers of illegal tollgates run by the local authorities. These gates are run by police, armed forces, immigration officers, and Na Sa Kha (Border Security). However, all of these gates are under the management of Township Peace and Development Council, the local level junta..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Death toll rises to 78 in Arakan due to cyclone Date of publication:   28 May 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, May 28: "Death toll rose up to 78 due to cyclone of 19th May that hit Myebon Township of Arakan state, reports our correspondent. Yesterday dead bodies of two women were recovered from the sea. The local people are still searching for other dead bodies, says the source..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   UN Provides Aid to Cyclone Victims in Burma Date of publication:   28 May 2004 Description/subject:   VOA News... 28 May 2004, 18:48 UTC "United Nations relief agencies in Burma are providing aid to victims of a cyclone that killed at least 140 people last week. The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says the May 19 storm was the worst in more than 30 years. It devastated towns in the western state of Rakhine on the Bay of Bengal..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   VOA via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Bangladeshi salt production deprived by black market Date of publication:   27 May 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 27: "Bangladeshi salt production has declined because of the importation of cheaper salt from Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Junta forces the responsibility of street drainage on citizens Date of publication:   26 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 26: "Akyab residents have been ordered to build the drainage for the portion of street in front of their house. Those who are not able to build one has been threatened to move house. The District authority told the residents that, “If you can’t do it, you will have to leave your home for the rich Muslims who will build the drainage.” Such talk incites the communal feelings of the Buddhist Arakanese families, said a resident of the Shwe Bya Quarter..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   For reason unknown 30 Arakanese detained in Kawthaung Date of publication:   25 May 2004 Description/subject:   Kawthaung, May 25: "The reason of arrest of about 30 Arakanese in Kawthaung, most southern Burmese town bordering Thailand, is still unknown, an Arakanese from Ranoung said over the phone yesterday. The arrest has been started in the town since last week and the town authorities are still searching for Arakanese living there in order to arrest. Most arrested are ordinary fishermen and they have been working there for several years..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   Bangladeshi vessel sinks at Burma Coast Date of publication:   24 May 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 24: "A Bangladeshi vessel capsized at Burma costal near the Andaman Island hit by cyclonic storm at Friday night. According to the financial express, the vessel was carrying more than 8 thousands tons of sugar worth $ 4.5 million (Taka 260 million) from Thailand..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   01 August 2004 Title:   BDR arrests two Burmese nationals with arms Date of publication:   22 May 2004 Description/subject:   Bandarban, May 22: "Bangladesh Defense Rifles (BDR) arrested two Burmese nationals with arms on 17th May from the Bangladeshi border area reports “The Daily Ittefaq” yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   “The Daily Ittefaq” via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   22 May 2004 Title:   Two New Year celebrations in one Year Date of publication:   21 May 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, May 21: "The Military Junta staged the second Arakanese Thygran Festival (New Year) in Maung Daw, from 13th to the 17th of May. The New Year celebration was already finished on the 17th of April, it started from the 13th. Having a second celebration is against the Arakanese tradition. The locals of Maung Daw were surprised to see the water festival again, which is part of the New Year celebration, just a month after the real event..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   The city walls of ancient Arakanese City: Dainyawaddy unearthed Date of publication:   20 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 20: "A SPDC sponsored archeological dig unearthed both outer and inner walls of the Dainya Waddy city in Arakan state, in west Burma. The remains of Dainya Wadday lay 300 yards south of Mahamuni Buddhist Temple in Kyawk Taw Township..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   Yesterday’s cyclone damaged Akyab city immensely Date of publication:   20 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 20: "The cyclone that hit Akyab yesterday damaged huge of the city, says our correspondent. Contacted over telephone by Narinjara News Agency a local resident said, “The cyclone sank ships, launches, many motor boats and sinking foreign-ships could not be ruled out.”..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   Bangladesh eager to extend the MoU with Burma Date of publication:   19 May 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 19: "Since the Memorandum of Understanding between Burma and Bangladesh has expired on March 18th, Account Trade and Joint Commission between the two countries have not been able to form, business sources said. According to the MoU, the Account Trade consists of 24 commodities from Burma and 44 from Bangladesh. The financial transactions are to be carried out by the Burmese Investment and Commercial Bank and Sonali Bank from Bangladesh. Despite the expiry of the four-year period, the provisions of the MoU have not been implemented yet. Hence, Bangladeshi business has urged their government to reassess the Account Trade between the two countries.,," Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   ANC strongly protests against National Convention Date of publication:   17 May 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, May 17: "Arakan National Council (ANC) in a statement expressed their opinion about the SPDC National Convention that is going to be held today (May 17) as will not bring any benefit to the people of Burma. In the statement issued by ANC on 15th May said, by this convention the military junta is only trying to stay longer in power and lengthen its rule..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   Residents forcibly shifted to new plots undergoing inhumane suffering Date of publication:   17 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 17: "The people about 20,000 who were forcibly shifted in late1990 by SPDC Burma military government to new plots outside Akyab, the capital of Arkan, in the name of reconstruction and modernization of the city, now are undergoing untold inhumane suffering living without supply of electricity and water, learnt from a resident living there..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8k) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   Residents forcibly shifted to new plots undergoing inhumane suffering Date of publication:   17 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 17: "The people about 20,000 who were forcibly shifted in late1990 by SPDC Burma military government to new plots outside Akyab, the capital of Arkan, in the name of reconstruction and modernization of the city, now are undergoing untold inhumane suffering living without supply of electricity and water, learnt from a resident living there..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   21 May 2004 Title:   University student condemns the SPDC’s education system Date of publication:   05 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 5: "The ruling State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC) international claim that it is focussing on the educational development of students living in the border areas is a lie, said a newly exiled Arakanese student in Bangladesh. He fled to Bangladesh after he graduated from Akyab University in Physics. The SPDC’s procedures are badly organised, said the student, Saw Bhone Tun..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Pesticides for prawns: Arakanese invention leading to extinction of shell animals Date of publication:   04 May 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, May 4: "Arakanese people throughout the state are “stealing” fish by using pesticide, since it is not possible to catch the fish legally from the rivers and lakes, according to our correspondent. The use of pesticide is threatening the existence of crustaceans, such as prawn and crab. Though pesticides are not killing the large fish species, young and small fish species are suffering, and the shell animals are affected the worst..." Language:   Engllish Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   A young teacher died at Nasaka interrogation camp. Security on high alert Date of publication:   02 May 2004 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, May 2: "A young religious Muslim teacher was died in interrogation camp after he was arrested by Nasaka, Burma Border Security Force at Maung Daw in Arakan state. Now security is put to high alert in the area as a precaution measure against unsatisfied sentiment in Muslim community therein, as observed by the authority, reports our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 May 2004 Title:   Long-term jail sentenced to 11 NLD members by Burma military government Date of publication:   29 April 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 29: "Recently Burma’s military government has sentenced long-term jail to 11 members of National League for Democracy. In a report issued by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP) dated 28th April 2004, said 11 members of NLD have been sentenced to such long term jail on 9th April by a special tribunal set up inside the Aofoe prison under Mandalay division..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   AAPPB via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Will 15 Burmese citizens go back to homeland after 4 years imprisonment? Date of publication:   28 April 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, April 28:15 "Burmese citizens have been suffering from in decision whether they should go back to homeland or take shelter in Bangladesh after completion of 4 years jail sentenced by a Bangladesh court on 22th April 2004 for smuggling rice to Bangladesh from Burma. As they have been arrested on 10th November 2001 from Bangladesh water territory, their 4 years imprisonment term would be ended soon..." Author/creator:   San Shwe Aung, Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Jelly Fish Season Makes a Promising Start on the Arakan Coast Date of publication:   27 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 27: "The Jelly Fish has just started in the Arakan state, and business has kick started with great momentum. The industry is expecting to reverse the effects of last year’s poor yield..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Arakanese Orchids on the verge of extinction Date of publication:   26 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 26: "Orchids in the wilderness of Arakan, a western state in Burma are threatened with extinction due to their high demand from exporters to China. One viz of orchid costs 8,000 kyats in Akyab, and a ton would attract US $ 4000 dollar in China-Burma border..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   “SPDC government provides assistance for development of Arakan state” says Prime Minister Khin Nyunt Date of publication:   23 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 23: "Prime Minister of SPDC Government in his organizing tour to Arakan state on 10th April said that his government had been providing huge assistance for the development of Arakan state. Prime Minister Khin Nyunt was making this comment all through his tour to Maung Daw, Kyauk Taw and Paletwa Township. This Arakan State tour was arranged soon after returning from visiting to Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   People Farm, the Army Funds Date of publication:   15 April 2004 Description/subject:   Minbra, April 15: "The local Army authority has confiscated the public pasture of Htane Pin Village tract , Minbra, Arakan, and making money by rehiring it back to the local people. 50 acres of a plot of land was confiscated by the Min Bya Military Intelligence (10) and Sin Gri Bran based Light Infantry Division (LIB 380)..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Auctioning means more pain for the Arakanese People Date of publication:   14 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 14: "The military junta in Arakan is auctioning permits to operate markets, ports, bus stations and even to sell alcohol. The price of all the permits has been rising and the public is facing economic hardship. These permits do not have any guidelines in acquiring fees from the ventures, the permit winners are charging as much as they like..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   The SPDC sidelined Arakanese Political Parties from National Convention Date of publication:   13 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 13: "The SPDC has not invited Arakanese Political parties to attend the National Convention to be held on the 17th of May 2004. The SPDC has invited the National League For Democracy and some other ethnic nationality parties, but none of the Arakanese Political Parties were invited..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Firearms Possibly Smuggled through Akyab, Arakan State Date of publication:   11 April 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 11: "A haul amount of firearms that were seized in Chittagong, Bangladesh on April 2nd could have come via Akyab, Arakan State in Burma, through the sea smuggling route. This is how the Bangladesh intelligence organization believes how the latest haul of a large quantity of arms came into Bangladesh, according to The Daily Star (08-04-04)..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Daewoo begins gas exploitation from Arakan in July Date of publication:   09 April 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, April 25: "Daewoo International Trading Company will drill Arakan gas field A-1 block in July, announced the company on April 20..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Prime Minister of Burma’s fruitful visit to Bangladesh started yesterday Date of publication:   05 April 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, April 5: "Prime Minister of Burma General Khin Nyunt arrived Dhaka at 11:30 a.m. yesterday for his three days official visit to Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Two Burmese nationals sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Bangladesh Date of publication:   05 April 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sBazar, April 5: "District judge court of Cox’sbazar sentenced 25 years imprisonment to two Burmese nationals last week. The two sentenced are Moe Gro,45 and San Hla Aung,36. They are members of Arankan Army, the armed wing of National United Party of Arakan (NUPA), fighting for freedom of Arakan..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 May 2004 Title:   Bangladesh-Burma Highway Joint Construction Date of publication:   30 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 30: "The cost to construct the highway between Ukhia in Bangladesh and Moungdaw in Burma is valued at4000 million Taka is only being started now. According to the Bangle newspaper Prothom Alo on 4 March, When the highway construction is completed, it will not only connect the highway that is linking Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Maungdaw in Burma but also become one of the most important infrastructural links between the two countries. This road will also help improve international tourism..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   30 March 2004 Title:   Akyab- Myuk Oo steamer's passengers in trouble Date of publication:   29 March 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab(Sittwe), March 29: "One of the line steamers operating between Akyab and Mrauk Oo's passengers have to pay extra money because the steamer gives preference to police, which leaves little space for an everyday citizen..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   29 March 2004 Title:   Border talks between Burma and Bangladesh begins today Date of publication:   29 March 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, March 29: "A four-day deputy-director general level border conference between Burma and Bangladesh begins today in Cox’s Bazar, the bordering town of Bangladesh with Burma, according to official sources..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   29 March 2004 Title:   Two neighboring countries argue on 13 loggers abduction Date of publication:   28 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 28: "Argument between Burma and Bangladesh on abduction of 13 Bangladeshi loggers by Nasaka, just before a week Prime Minister of Burma Khin Nyunt’s visit to Bangladesh. Nasaka, the Border Security Force of Burma abducted 13 loggers from Bandarban a bordering district of Bangladesh with Burma on 25 March..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   29 March 2004 Title:   Ancient Artefacts of Arakan Handover Date of publication:   25 March 2004 Description/subject:   Akyab, March 25: "An Arakanese monk donated invaluable 5 ancient coins of Pyu age to National museum of Burma through the SPDC’s minister. This donation ceremony was held at Padawmoh monastery of Pridawtha quarter in Akyab (Sittwe), provincial city of Arakan state, on 19th March..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Burma PM due on 4th April in Dhaka Date of publication:   25 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 25: "Burma Prime Minister Khin Nyunt arrives in Dhaka on April 4 on a three-days official visit to Bangladesh aimed at improving ties with the two countries, foreign office sources said yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Two Burmese nationals held in Bangladesh Date of publication:   25 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 26: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday arrested two Burmese nationals from Baulibazar of Thanchi Township, opposite of Kyuk Taw Township of Burma , according to yesterday’s The Daily Star. On receiving information that a gang of criminals equipped with heavy firearms entered Sualock area crossing the Shangu River, the BDR cordoned off the area Tuesday night..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   29 March 2004 Title:   Illegal money deposited by SPDC’s military personnel in Arakan with U-Pai Bank Limited Date of publication:   24 March 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, March 24: "Military personnel which were posted in Arakan State of Burma have made lots of money from Arakanese people in various illegal ways, such as bribes, tolls and subscriptions. This money have been deposited in U-Pai Bank Limited. U-Pai Bank Ltd has been established by the SPDC military government specifically to run the banking affairs of the military people..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Arakanese Farmers Forced to Sell Rice to the Burmese Army Date of publication:   23 March 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, March 23: "The troops under the Western Command of the Burmese Army have been buying rice from the Arakanese local farmers since February the 16th. Though some farmers received money in return, in some areas there have been cases of farmers being robbed of rice by the army..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Bangladesh Police seize contraceptive pills and injections worth TK half million while smuggling out to Burma. Date of publication:   20 March 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, March 20: "Bangladesh police has seized birth control pills and injections of value more than taka 6 lacks. The contraceptive materials were carried by a bus bound to Burma border from Cox’sbazar for smuggled out , it was learned..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Bangladesh Security Force seizes fertilizer being smuggled to Burma Date of publication:   15 March 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, March 15: "Bangladesh Bangladesh Defense Rifle( BDR) intercepted a boat carrying 5,000 bags of fertilizer that were being smuggling into Burma on the 21st of February..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Extension of account trade deal with Burma sought Date of publication:   15 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka March 15: "An inter-ministerial meeting of Bangladesh here on March 13 decided to seek cabinet approval to extend Bangladesh-Burma agreement on account trade by one year, according to yesterday’s The Daily Star..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Four Refugee Women Raped Date of publication:   13 March 2004 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar March 14: "Four refugee women from the temporary Teknaf Rohingya Muslim Refugee Camp were raped on the 24th of February according to the Cox’s Bazar daily The Daily Bakhail..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Daily Bakhail" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   25 March 2004 Title:   Lower Rent in Rangoon Due to Weakened Economy Date of publication:   13 March 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, March 13: "Due to a worsening economy, the rental prices for apartments in Rangoon is sinking really low, according to a business magazine. The average monthly rental price has been lessened about 10,000 kyats. Second floor apartments which used to be 45,000 kyats, are now 35,000 kyats, third floor apartments fell from 40,000 kyats to 30,000 kyats, forth floor apartments are down form 38,000 kyats to 28,000 kyats..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6k) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Monastery is Destroyed, and Villagers are Fined Date of publication:   12 March 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, March 12: "The Monastery of Kan Pyan Rawr Haung, in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, has been destroyed in accordance with the order of General Maung Oo, the President of the Arakan State Peace and Development Council, the State Level Junta, according to our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Burma will Accept its Citizens Jailed in Bangladesh Date of publication:   11 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 11: "The Burmese Ambassador to Bangladesh promised that Burma will accept those Burmese citizens from Bangladesh’s jails. He made that promise to the local Buddhist people and the regional authority as part of a speech at a Buddhist celebration in the tribal town Bandarban of Chittagong Hill Tracks of Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Burma keen to set up language school in Bangladesh Date of publication:   10 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 10: "The ambassador of Burma to Bangladesh U Thane Myint called on Bangladesh Home Minister Altaf Hossian Chowdhury at his office of Dhaka yesterday. Strengthening of existing ties between the two countries through further development of the trade and commerce and exchange of political, cultural, economic and educational delegation was emphasized during the meeting held in a very friendly and cordial atmosphere, a Home Ministry press release said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Grewal made a million kyats through "great betrayal" Date of publication:   10 March 2004 Description/subject:   "Colonel Biswajit Singh Grewal of Indian military intelligence has received one million kyats from the Burmese military junta for pulling off "Operation Leech", during which six NUPA leaders were shot dead in cold blood by Indian troops after they were invited to come to the Andamans..." Author/creator:   "Arakan Friend" Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (10K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   The Big-Shot Contractor destroyed the salt industry in Arakan Date of publication:   09 March 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, March 9: "Since the local authority made a tender for the contract of the rights to produce salt in Maung Daw township, the local salt farmers are in danger of losing their livelihoods..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   The Burmese Military Intelligence extorts money from the fish boats for NGOs Date of publication:   08 March 2004 Description/subject:   Thandwe, March 8: T"he Thandwe based Military Intelligence (MI) Division (10) is demanding funds from the dry-fish transport boats belonging to Non-Governmental Organizations, which are all founded and organized with the blessing of the Junta. For the funds of the Myanmar Mother and Child Welfare Association, Myanmar Woman Affairs federation and, Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), the MI agents are asking for "donations" of 5,000 kyat for a small boat and 10,000 kyat for a larger boat..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Burmese Agricultural Fertilizer needs met with smuggling from Bangladesh Date of publication:   07 March 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, March 7: "Since the Burmese governments production of agricultural fertilizers has not been able to cover the domestic demand, the sea-smuggling trade of fertilizer from Bangladesh is thriving. Fertilizer is reported to be the most profitable item, fetching about two hundred percent profit..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   13 March 2004 Title:   Burmese prisoners completing jail term in Bangladesh to be deported Date of publication:   26 February 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Feb 26: "289 releases prisoner (RPs) of Burma origin have been languishing in Cox’sBazar district jail for a long time though their conviction periods have been over six to seven years ago, according to local sources. In Bangladesh, there are 730 foreign prisoners, some of whom have already completed their conviction period about 10 years ago..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   26 February 2004 Title:   A huge arms and ammunition seized from Burma-Bangladesh border Date of publication:   24 February 2004 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, Feb 24: "After two men from Arakan Army were arrested by Bangladesh Army last week, the Bangladesh security forces recovered a huge arms and ammunitions from Burma- Bangladesh border..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (2K) Date of entry/update:   24 February 2004 Title:   UNHCR seeks local integration of 20,000 Rohingya refugees Date of publication:   24 February 2004 Description/subject:   "The [Bangladesh] government is processing a proposal by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking local integration of about 20,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for more than a decade..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (4K) Date of entry/update:   24 February 2004 Title:   In Combined Operation Burmese Muslims arrested Date of publication:   19 February 2004 Description/subject:   Cox's Bazar, 19 Feb: "In a Police and BDR combined operation two Burmese Muslims were held from who are illegally staying in a local hotel at Cox's Bazar, Southeast bordering district of Bangladesh with Burma, reports a local newspaper on 9th February..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   19 February 2004 Title:   Bangladesh- Myanmar friendship road project Joint survey soon Date of publication:   16 February 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 16 Feb: "An 18-member expert team will visit Myanmar soon to join the Myanmars team to conduct a joint survey on implementation of Bangladesh Myanmar friendship road construction project, according to BSS, the local news agency of Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   BSS via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   19 February 2004 Title:   Ban On Private Timber Mills By MI At Sandoway Date of publication:   10 February 2004 Description/subject:   Sandoway, February 10: "Recently, military intelligence (MI) personnel cancelled the permits of 20 timber mills at Sandoway, in Arakan province. The mills were under private ownership and their operations were ceased, reports our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   10 February 2004 Title:   Delhi Studying gas import from Burma and Thailand Date of publication:   09 February 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Feb 9: "India is exploring the possibility of importing natural gas from Burma and Thailand either through an overland or undersea pipeline. According to The Daily Star on 7th Feb, India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Exploration Corporation has been asked to conduct a feasibility study of importing the gas it has struck in an offshore block in Burma in collaboration with a consortium, which includes South Koreas Daeoo firm..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 February 2004 Title:   Price Hike Enhances Hungry Prisoners Suffering Date of publication:   09 February 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, Feb 9: "Prisoners and detainees are suffering due to insufficient food supplied by jail authorities due to a price spiral that has drastically reduced the purchasing power the jail's food supplier,a source from the police commented..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 February 2004 Title:   Western Military Command Continuing Grabbing Private Owned Land Date of publication:   06 February 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, February 6: "Western Military Command is confiscating land owned by general people and turned them into military property..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   06 February 2004 Title:   Joint survey on Burma-Bangladesh friendship road soon Date of publication:   05 February 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, February 5: "Experts from Burma and Bangladesh will conduct a joint survey between February 15 and 20 on construction of Bangladesh-Myanmar Friendship Road, according to BSS, the local news agency of Bangladesh. The Communication Minister Nazmul Huda said yesterday that the process to constitute Bangladesh survey team within February 15 has been taken on an urgent basis. Additional Chief Engineer of Roads and Highways Division Abed Uddin Ahmed would head the Bangladesh team..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 February 2004 Title:   13 wardens convicted for 20 years deported from Sittwe Jail Date of publication:   04 February 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, February 4: "13 jail wardens, sentenced to 20 years imprisonments for alleged conspiratorial activities against the state have been transferred to different jails in different parts of Burma from Sittwe jail. One of these jails includes Inn Sein Central jail in Rangoon. These events have unfolded during the end of December 2003..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   06 February 2004 Title:   SPDC using cultural troupes for propaganda, defaming democratic forces Date of publication:   11 January 2004 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, January 11: "In the wake of immense national and international criticism for scuttling the democratic aspirations of the people, the Public Relation Department of the Defence Ministry of the Burmese military government is now using cultural troupes for propaganda and defaming democratic forces..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   11 January 2004 Title:   Burma Stops the Export of Basic Commodities Date of publication:   10 January 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, January 10: "The Burmese military authority of Arakan state has banned the export of basic commodities to its neighbour, Bangladesh, as of January the 5th. The banned commodities are rice, cooking oil, salt, chilli, onion, garlic, and items that are used to produce cooking oil such as peanut and sesame seed..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2004 Title:   Prices Rise in Arakan as the Salary of Government Servants Increase Date of publication:   09 January 2004 Description/subject:   Sittwe, January 9: "The prices of basic commodities have sky rocketed after the Burmese government increased the salary of Government Servants..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   10 January 2004 Title:   A Battalion Commander Forced To Resign Date of publication:   08 January 2004 Description/subject:   Buthe Daung, January 8: "Lieutenant Colonel Win Myint of Buthe Daung Military region of Arakan State resigned from his military service, as he was unable to carry out duties assigned to him, in the last week of December 2003, reports our correspondent. The reason behind his resignation was that he could not fulfil his quota in recruiting at least two new soldiers a month..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   08 January 2004 Title:   Burmese prawn may harm Bangladesh’s prawn export Date of publication:   05 January 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 5: "Burmese prawn importing into Bangladesh may harm the Bangladesh’s prawn export industry, according to the Bangladesh’s largest Bengali newspaper, Daily Jugantor..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   " Daily Jugantor" via .Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   05 January 2004 Title:   EPB to hold three single country fairs in Rangoon, Sydney, Toronto Date of publication:   04 January 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 04: "Encouraged by last year’s single country fairs organised in two countries, the government is going to hold three similar fairs in three continents in the next four months, according to today’s The Daily Star. The fairs aimed at expending markets for Bangladeshi products will be arranged in Rangoon, Sydney and Toronto, sources in the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   04 January 2004 Title:   Bangladesh Army seized deadly Weapons Near Bangladesh-Burma border Date of publication:   02 January 2004 Description/subject:   Dhaka, January 2: "Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) in an operation seized a haul of deadly weapons from Bangladesh- Burma border, according to today’s The Daily Star..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   02 January 2004 Title:   The Burmese Navy arrests 8 Bangladeshi citizens Date of publication:   02 January 2004 Description/subject:   Teknaf, January 2: "One of the Burmese Navy ships patrolling in the Bay of Bengal caught 8 Bangladeshi fishermen while they were catching fish in its water..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (11K) Date of entry/update:   02 January 2004 Title:   Maung Daw Authorities detain 3 Muslim youths Date of publication:   31 December 2003 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, Dec 31: "3 Muslim youths were arrested by Maung Daw township authorities of Arakan on 27th December, reports our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   01 January 2004 Title:   WFP has to buy rice for single mums from the outside market Date of publication:   30 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 30: "World Food Program (WFP) has been distributing free rice to single mothers and female students in Maung Daw Township. However, WFP would have to buy rice on market price in the 2003-2004 financial year since the military junta has not give the permit to buy from its stock, according to our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   30 December 2003 Title:   Burma’s new envoy presents credentials to President Date of publication:   29 December 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 29: "U Thane Myint newly appointed envoy of Burma to Bangladesh presented his credentials to Bangladesh president Iajuddin Ahmad in a befitting manner, yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   02 January 2004 Title:   Danyawady Calender been censored Date of publication:   29 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 29: "Danyawady Calender has been censored and hence it will not be able to use the same title that has been used for so many years..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   02 January 2004 Title:   Forced Labour Continues in Arakan Date of publication:   28 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 28: "Despite the junta claims that there is no forced labour in Burma, there have been incidents of forced labour continue to happened in Ann Township, Arakan state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   28 December 2003 Title:   Bangladesh Cabinet approves MOU on agricultural with Burma Date of publication:   24 December 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, December 24: "Bangladesh cabinet in its regular weekly meeting chaired by Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia approved a proposal to sign a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on agriculture between Bangladesh and Burma, reports a national daily of Bangladesh on 23rd December..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   25 December 2003 Title:   49 Rakhaing Nationals captured from Thai water - Malaysia is their destination Date of publication:   23 December 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, Dec 23: "Thailand authority captured 49 Rakhaing nationals from its territorial water from a motorboat found floating on the way to Malaysia from Arakan of Burma, airs RFA this morning session..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   RFA via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   23 December 2003 Title:   Robber kills one MI man while crossing Naf with smuggling goods Date of publication:   23 December 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, Dec 23: "One Military Intelligence (MI) informer of Maung Daw, Arakan, was killed by dacoits in the Naf river when he was dispatching two country boats load of smuggling goods from Burma to Bangladesh, reports our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   23 December 2003 Title:   Burma-Bangladesh Director-General level meeting start today in Rangoon Date of publication:   21 December 2003 Description/subject:   Rangoon, Dec 21: "The Director-General of Immigration Department of Burma and the chief of Bangladesh Border Rifle (BDR) meet today in Rangoon to settle problems of arms and drug smuggling and frequent insecure incident faced by Bangladesh fishermen, reports our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   21 December 2003 Title:   Delay of newspapers in Sittwe Date of publication:   19 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 19: "The government controlled presses in Sittwe are unable to publish the Burmese newspapers on time. Hence, the city newspaper readers have to get the papers from Rangoon. “The local press offices in Sittwe cannot publish the papers on time. Local prints come out later than those come from Rangoon. Sittwe residents can read the local print two days late, and the readers are getting very impatient. Now, we are reading the papers send from Rangoon” said a newspaper distributor from Maw Lake Quarter..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   19 December 2003 Title:   Border trade revenue more than expectation Date of publication:   18 December 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, December 18: "In border trade between Burma and Bangladesh, Banglageshi custom earns Taka (TK) 45 million equivalent to US $ 777470 within 5 months from July to November, this year, which crossed the expected revenue-earning target, a Bangladesh popular daily “ The Ittefaq” reports on 15th December..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   18 December 2003 Title:   Flag meeting held at Cox’s Bazar: Infiltration is main issue Date of publication:   18 December 2003 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, December 18: "A flag meeting at regional commander level between Burma and Bangladesh was held at BDR guesthouse, at Cox’s Bazar, most southeast district of Bangladesh, nearest to Burma border, on 8th December, our correspondent reports..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   18 December 2003 Title:   No More Free Rice Trading in Arakan, says the SPDC Date of publication:   17 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 17: "From the middle of November, rice trading in Arakan State cannot be done freely anymore. As par the order of the President of Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC), the village head-men stopped the rice trading between villages and towns, and warned that breaches of the order will be severely punished..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   17 December 2003 Title:   Army demolishes village for making recreation park Date of publication:   16 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 16: "Army has demolished 100 houses from Kya Mothouk village nearby the headquarter of the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 20, Sittwe Township, on 29 November to construct Nadarwan Garden Park for the recreation of the soldiers, said a headman from the village..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   16 December 2003 Title:   Force labour for construction Ngapali Sea beach tourism complex Date of publication:   16 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sandoway, Dec 16: "Large number of valuable timber trees were being felled for the construction of tourism complex, in Ngapali sea beach of Sandoway in Arakan state, by the military headquarters of western command of Burma and locals were being used as unpaid forced labour, a report said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   16 December 2003 Title:   High Security Alert in towns of Northern Arakan Date of publication:   15 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe Dec 15: "In the northern towns of the Arakan State, namely Sittwe (Akyab), Buthe Daung, Rathe Daung, Maung Daw, the local authority has increased the security arrangements due to the fear of communal violence between Arakanese Buddhists and Muslim communities..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   16 December 2003 Title:   US Embassy officials visit Arakan Date of publication:   15 December 2003 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, December 15: "Three high ranking officials of the US Embassy in Rangoon paid a three day visit to Maung Daw Township which is bordering with Bangladesh and located in the western most part of Arakan state..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   16 December 2003 Title:   Military Junta western commend collects taxes from black trading vessels Date of publication:   02 December 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, December 2: "It was reported that the Western command H Q. charged tax on all illegal trading boats coming from Bangladesh and boats from Burma going to Bangladesh with contraband goods..." It was reported the Western command organized a toll collection office in Golden Mungan river port, which is about 10 miles to the north of Sittwe. All the boat trading contraband goods between Burma and Bangladesh are taxed from this office. Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   06 December 2003 Title:   68 Days Abducted Burmese Citizens Rescued By Bangladesh Police Date of publication:   25 November 2003 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, November 25: "Cox’s Bazar police rescued a Burmese citizen abducted by Bangladesh miscreants after 68 days of abduction..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   16 December 2003 Title:   No Forced Labour, Please: The Burmese Border Authority Request the Local Authorities Date of publication:   25 November 2003 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, November 25: "Since there have been reports of forced labour in Maung Daw and Bu Thee Daung Townships by the local authorities, the Burmese Border Authority Nasaka located in Kyi Gan Byan, Maung Daw issued a request to the local authorities of Nasaka to stop the use of forced labour on 14 November, a town police official told our correspondent..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   29 November 2003 Title:   Arakan Prawn Industry Suffering Date of publication:   18 November 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, November 18: "Due to the decline of export demand, the prawn industry in the Arakan state has suffered this year, according to our correspondent inside Arakan. The demand has dropped since America imposed trade sanctions on Burma. Malaysia and Singapore used to import a large proportion of the prawns from Burma, but there is no demand from them this year..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   29 November 2003 Title:   Communal violence stopped by community Date of publication:   14 November 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe , November 14: "A brawl between an Arakanese student and a Muslim student was about to erupt into communal violence, but the community leaders managed to resolve the situation, according to our correspondent from Sittwe..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2003 Title:   No Cane for the Sugar Mill Date of publication:   13 November 2003 Description/subject:   Kyauk Taw, November 13: "The only sugar mill in Arakan State, the state-owned Kyauk Taw Sugar Mill will not produce any sugar due to the lack of sugar cane, according to an official from the sugar mill. Since the local cane growers did not provide sugar cane to the factory, the mill will be closed for this year and during last year the mill run only for seven days. Since the government started paying a price for sugar below its market value, the cane growers turned to rice; hence there is no cane supply for the mill..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2003 Title:   Arakan rice trade restricted by the military junta Date of publication:   12 November 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, November 12: "The local authority of the Arakan state asked the rice traders to make a contribution to the Arakan State Peace and Development Council and for the Border Security Forces Nasaka. A rice trader from Sittwe said a rice bag (50 kg) incurs 200 kyats for the fund of Arakan SPDC and 300 kyats at the Nasaka checkpoint No 25 on the Rangoon- Sittwe ( Akyab) highway..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2003 Title:   Bangladesh Ministers visited Burmese ships Date of publication:   12 November 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, November 12: "Two ministers of the Bangladesh government, accompanied by local officials, visited the Burmese cargo ships, docked at the Teknaf Port, which were unloading fish exported from Burma to Bangladesh, according to local reporter from border area..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   17 November 2003 Title:   Money for civilian military training disappears, local Date of publication:   07 November 2003 Description/subject:   Akyab, November 7: "In Paw Taw Township, Arakan, money collected from the citizens for the civilian military training has been misused by the local Village Peace and Development Council, (the village level ruling junta), according to an anonymous local teacher..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   07 November 2003 Title:   Two Deserters Arrested in Arakan State Date of publication:   07 November 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, November 7: "Two deserters of the Burmese army were arrested recently by the border security force (Nasaka) in Maung Daw, bordering Bangladesh, according to a police official of Kamaung Site Police Outpost under Maund Daw..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   07 November 2003 Title:   Two arrested for smuggling arms from Burma into Bangladesh Date of publication:   16 October 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, October 16: "Two arms smugglers confessed to the Bangladesh police about smuggling firearms from Burma into Bangladesh, a Bangladesh newspaper reported yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   18 October 2003 Title:   Rangoon Seminar on Rice Sector Policy: How will this be implemented? Date of publication:   06 October 2003 Description/subject:   Rangoon, 6 Oct - "The 'Seminar on the Rice Sector Policy: Neighbouring Countries Experiences' was jointly organized by the Burmese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization at a hotel in Rangoon on 3 October, according to the daily Myanmar Alin. In the seminar Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin said the government put into motion a new rice policy to boost the yield and trading of rice. He also stressed that it is important to learn the rice sector policies and experiences of neighbouring countries..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Myanmar Alin via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   18 October 2003 Title:   RICE FOR FAMINE-HIT WESTERN BURMA Date of publication:   06 October 2003 Description/subject:   Ann, 6 October: "To meet the urgent demand of rice in western Burma, thousands of bags of rice are being transported from Burma proper everyday. The price of a bag of rice recorded sharp increase from kyat 7,000 to 14,500 in a month - a most unlikely thing to happen in a Burmese provincial state that produces surplus rice every year..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   18 October 2003 Title:   Bangladesh Police arrest seven Burmese Businessmen on charges of involvement in terrorism Date of publication:   05 October 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, 5 October: "Many traders in Bangladesh expressed their concern that the arrest of seven businessmen by Bangladesh police on charges of 'suspicious involvement in terrorism' on Friday may bring negative impact on the Burma - Bangladesh border trade..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (12K) Date of entry/update:   18 October 2003 Title:   Burmese Foreign Minister meets his counterpart from Bangladesh Date of publication:   03 October 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 3 October: "The Burmese foreign minister met his counterpart from Bangladesh Tuesday at the United Nations. The UNB reported that the two discussed matters of bilateral relations including cooperation in the communications infrastructure..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   Rice Purchase Teams formed despite hunger in western Burma Date of publication:   03 October 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 3 October: "Despite the Burmese junta’s declaration of a new rice purchase policy last April for liberalisation of rice trade, steps have been taken across Rakhine State in western Burma. Local township and village level junta officials across the state have been forming a five-member rice purchase committee in each of the village tracts of the provincial state. The rice growers have been directed to sell rice only to the five-member committees besides the transportation of rice from one village to another has also been prohibited. A rice farmer at Ponnagyun Township said, “If the junta wants to privatise the sale of rice, why have its officials been directed to form these rice purchase groups? And why, after all, the junta have barred us from selling rice in the open market?”..." Author/creator:   Tun Naing Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   SANCTIONS HIT HARD SHRIMP EXPORT IN BURMA Date of publication:   03 October 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 3 October: "The markets of western Burma have for some time been flooded with shrimps and lobsters as the foreign buyers avoid buying them after the US imposed sanctions on Burma. In Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Burma, while the price of rice the staple food of the people has doubled in last month alone, the price of a kilo of shrimp has gone down to a record low to one-fifth of the regular price, selling at about two thousand kyats, according to an official in the fisheries department..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (9K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   Seven Bangladeshis nabbed in Burma while trying to cross into Thailand Date of publication:   02 October 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 2 October: "Seven Bangladeshis were arrested at Myawaddy on the Thai Burma border while they were trying to cross the border illegally to Mae Sot on Thailand side last week..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   World Food Programme Teams in Western Burma to see the scarcity of rice Date of publication:   02 October 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 2 October: "The World Food Programme has begun distributing rice among the widows and schoolgirls of Maungdaw Township beginning the second week of September..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   Dhaka committed to return of Burmese refugees Date of publication:   01 October 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 1 October: "Minister for Disaster Management and Relief of Bangladesh, Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, on Monday reiterated his country’s commitment to repatriate the Burmese refugees. The minister urged the international community for a final settlement of the refugee crisis. He stressed that the repatriated refugees needed “putting into place effective sustainable programme,” for reintegration once they are in Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   Indiscriminate export of rice causes hunger in western Burma Date of publication:   01 October 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 1 October 2003: "The scarcity of rice has forced the officials to sell rice at a subsidized price in western Burma. To ease a famine-like condition in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in western Burma, the Burmese junta officials have been forced to sell rice at a subsidized price. “We get half a kilo of low-grade rice for each member of the family a day at a rate of kyat 150 a kilo, while the price in the market for the same is kyat 300,” said a nurse from Sittwe on phone..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   19 October 2003 Title:   Burmese military delegation visit a hilly town in Bangladesh Date of publication:   24 September 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 24th September 03: "The visiting Burmese military delegation on Sunday visited a hilly district town in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. The twelve-member high-level military team led by Lieutenant General Aung Htwe, commander of the Burmese defence ministry, called at a Buddhist monastery in Rangamati Town in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, about three hundred kilometres southeast of Dhaka. The team met the abbot of the monastery, popularly known as Bana Bhante (the forest monk) who is well known for his rigorous meditation and respected by a huge number of followers. Later they had a boat ride in the Kaptai Lake built by erecting a hydro-electrical power station by damming the River Karnafuli..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   Clash with police leave several Burmese Muslim refugees hurt Date of publication:   23 September 2003 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazaar, 23 Sep. 03: "At least fifty Burmese Muslim refugees were injured in a clash with police on Sunday in a refugee camp in southeastern part of Bangladesh. According to UNHCR-run Burmese refugee camp officials at Kutupalong under Cox’s Bazaar district, close to the western Burmese border, the clash followed the arrest of two Rohingya camp-dwellers Azim Ullah and Jasim Uddin. The police arrested the two on allegations of being involved in criminal activities.The refugees tried to snatch away the arrested when they got locked into an hour-long clash with the police and paramilitary troops..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   National Council of the Union of Burma on its 11th founding anniversary Date of publication:   23 September 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 23rd September 03: "The top anti-junta coalition of Burma in a statement expressed their renewed pledge to lead the struggle for establishing a democratic federal union. In a statement dated 22nd September, marking its 11th founding anniversary, the National Council of the Union of Burma vowed to join hands with anti-military forces at home and abroad till a democratic federal union is realized in Burma..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   Floating Rohingyas of Teknaf Date of publication:   16 September 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, 16th September 03: "Seven hundred and fifty families of floating Rohingyas from Burma have been living in abject poverty and deplorable conditions in the neighbourhood of Teknaf Kindergarten School, causing deterioration of the law and order situation of this small border town in the southeastern tip of Bangladesh, situated just across the river Naaf from Maungdaw in western Burma. The rise in prostitution in the town has increasingly been blamed upon the Rohingyas who have been living in the area for some time. The local people have raised high concern about the spread of the deadly AIDS through unchecked prostitution among some of the Rohingyas who live unaccounted and uncared for. The situation was created when the Thana Nirbahi Officer (township administrative official) ordered all of the floating Rohingya population in the vicinity out of the rented houses in Teknaf Municipality. Since then about 750 Rohingya families have been living in temporary shacks constructed in front of the Teknaf Upazila administration office building..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   A taskforce to stop smuggling in the unguarded seas Date of publication:   15 September 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, 15th September 03: "The smuggling in of fish, spices, textile goods and drugs worth millions of taka from Burma has raised high concern in Bangladesh. The rampant smuggling prevalent in the open unguarded waters of the Bay of Bengal has challenged the border trade between the two neighbours. The realization of revenue has also come down in the last year. In these circumstances the concerned officials have appealed to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the formation of a high-powered taskforce comprised of police, customs and coastguard..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   Extortion for Myanmar Veteran Organization Date of publication:   14 September 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 14th Sep 03: "Members of the Township Veteran Organization have forcefully been collecting money from local villagers of Maungdaw Township for the Central Veteran organization fund, a headman from Maungdaw Township said. The money collection drive began Saturday last and each of the family has been forced to pay kyat 700 to the combined collection team led by U Soe Lwin and U Than Myint from Township Veterans’ Organization..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   28 September 2003 Title:   A New Decree From the Chief of Arakan Date of publication:   10 September 2003 Description/subject:   Akyab, 10th September 03: "A new decree has been issued by the Chief of Arakan, the chairman of the Arakan State Peace and Development Council, and this decree is creating hardship for the town people in Akyab ( Sittwe), the capital of Arakan state, according to our correspondent from Akyab..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   11 September 2003 Title:   End of military rule in Burma? Date of publication:   10 September 2003 Description/subject:   "It is good news indeed that Burma is marching towards democracy, a long demand of its people of that country. We were surprised to read the news that the new Burma Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt has offered a roadmap to democracy and we hope that it finally works to end 40 years of military rule..." Author/creator:   Sajiad Ahmed Rumy Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   11 September 2003 Title:   Arakan State Peace and Development Council Chairman in deep trouble after demolition of a mosque in Arakan Date of publication:   09 September 2003 Description/subject:   Akyab, 9th September 03: "Arakan State Peace and Development Council Chairman, Major General Maung Oo is in deep trouble right now, after ordering the demolition of a mosque in Akyab (Sittwe), the capital of Arakan state, according to a reliable source..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   ‘100 killed in attack on Aung San Suu Kyi convey’ Date of publication:   07 September 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 7th September 03: "Up to 100 people were killed and an unknown number of women raped in the area of northern Burma where pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s convey was attacked on May 30, Radio Free Asia said Friday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   RFA via AFP via "The Independent" via Narinjara news Format/size:   html (6k) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Bangladesh-Burma border trade resumes today Date of publication:   07 September 2003 Description/subject:   Cox’sbazar, 7th September 03: "Bangladesh-Burma border trade through Teknaf, southern part of Bangladesh, resumes today after six days as the deadlock ended yesterday following a fruitful negotiation between the parties concerned at a joint meeting at Cox’s bazaar, according to our correspondent quoted a local prominent businessman..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Why is Dollar increasingly smuggled into Burma? Date of publication:   05 September 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, 5 September 03: "The smuggling of dollar has gone up since the imposition of US sanctions on Burma, according to sources in the Burma Bangladesh border..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Two Muslim minor children held at Ann Pass in Burma Date of publication:   04 September 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 4rd September 03: "Two minor Muslim children were held by Nasaka security forces at the Ann Pass on the Rangoon Sittwe highway on 14th August, sources in the locality said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Forced collection of money for conducting civil defence training in Chin State Date of publication:   03 September 2003 Description/subject:   Kyauktaw, 3rd September 03: "The ruling State Peace and Development Council junta officials have been engaged in forcefully collecting money and rice for conducting civil defence training from across Paletwa Township in Chin State the western part of Burma, sources in the town said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Saiyadul Amin - is he Burmese or Bangladeshi? Date of publication:   03 September 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 3rd September 2003: "The repatriation of Saiyadul Amin, a Muslim young man, has stirred up controversies between the officials of the two neighbouring countries of Burma and Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Buddhist rites to prevent foreign invasion! Date of publication:   02 September 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 2nd September 03: "Burma’s ruling junta, State Peace and Development Council, began to conduct a Buddhist religious ceremony at the border town of Maungdaw on the Naaf River in the western part of the country on 27th August 03..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Two Burmese language Rangoon newspapers to be published from Sittwe Date of publication:   02 September 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 2nd September 03: "The opening ceremony of a sub-printing house that will print Rangoon-based Myanma Alin and Kyemon dailies was held in Sittway (Akyab), Rakhine State, on 26 August morning, aimed at stepping up the junta’s information campaign, a source in the administration said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Bangladesh Burma border trade on strike Date of publication:   01 September 2003 Description/subject:   Teknaf, 1st September 03: "The importers, Clearing and Forwarding agents, and the Transport Owners and Workers Federation involved in the border trade with Burma have jointly gone into strike..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Karen National Union denounces self-appointed Burmese premiere’s statement Date of publication:   01 September 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 1nd September 03: "In a statement released on September 1, the Karen National Union (KNU) denounced the newly self-appointed Burmese premiere’s ‘roadmap’ based on the State Peace and Development Council junta’s presently stalled “National Convention”..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Burmese Opposition denounce junta’s proposed roadmap Date of publication:   31 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 31st Aug 03: "Burma’s opposition political groups including the National Council of the Union of Burma have condemned the recently proposed seven-step roadmap by the ruling junta prime minister General Khin Nyunt by bypassing the results of the 1990 general elections..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   The Bangladesh army seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Arakanese Forces Date of publication:   30 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 30th August 03: "The Bangladesh Army seized a large amount of arms and ammunition from Arakanese forces..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   7 Rohingya robbers held in Bangladesh Date of publication:   29 August 2003 Description/subject:   Chittagong, 29th August 03: "Police arrested seven Rohingya robbers from remote Saypara village under Alikadam Township of Bandarban district on Wednesday night, according to today the daily star..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Daily Star" via Narinjara news Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Bangladesh PM greets Burma counterpart Date of publication:   28 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 28th August 03: "Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has felicitated her Burma counterpart on his assumption to the office of the prime minister of the Union of Myanmar, report UNB..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   UNB via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (2K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Rice for workers lost in a truck accident Date of publication:   22 August 2003 Description/subject:   Maung Daw, 22th August 03: "A truck from the World Food Program (WFP) rolled over in Maung Daw Township, on July 31st..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara news Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   10 September 2003 Title:   Burmese Junta officials operate smuggling gangs Date of publication:   16 August 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 16th August 03: "Officials of the ruling Burmese SPDC junta have been involved in active operation of gangs of smugglers along the Naaf River that serves as the common border between Burma and Bangladesh..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   22 August 2003 Title:   Extortion from car owners as Burmese junta fail to repair roads Date of publication:   14 August 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 14th August 03: "The roads in Sittwe, the capital of the western Burmese state of Rakhine, have become unfit for use by motor vehicles as the heavy monsoons have washed them away, damaging very badly. The Sittwe Municipality finding no source of revenue from which to maintain the roads in the town appealed to the Western Commander. The western commander finding no other way issued an order to conduct the maintenance of the roads through a self-help basis, said an owner of the Sittwe Rangoon bus service..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   22 August 2003 Title:   Tremor sinks a Chinese vessel off Arakan Coast Date of publication:   14 August 2003 Description/subject:   Chittagong, 14th August 03: "A Chinese cargo vessel sank in the Andaman seas off the western Burmese coast of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in the early morning hours of Tuesday when the sea became rough due to a tremor. Twenty-eight of the sailors were rescued by the Bangladesh Navy in the Bay of Bengal and brought to Chittagong port yesterday..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   22 August 2003 Title:   August Rice Killing Day observed Date of publication:   13 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 13th August 03: "Reports have been received about the observation of the 13th August Rice Killing Day across Rakhine State, in the western part of Burma. Rakhine people from all walks of life commemorated the day with heavy hearts in remembrance of hundreds of people killed this day in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, 36 years ago..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   22 August 2003 Title:   Burmese Timber and Bangladeshi Fertilizer Date of publication:   13 August 2003 Description/subject:   Cox’s Bazar, 13th August 03: "On Saturday last a cargo boat carrying smuggled Burmese timber capsized off the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. About ten crewmembers of the boat have been missing since then..." Author/creator:   Staff Reporter Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   Six including two Burmese nationals held with heroin in southeastern Bangladesh Date of publication:   13 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 13th August 03: "Six drug traffickers including two Burmese nationals with one kilogram of heroin were arrested last week in the southeastern district of Bandarban in Bangladesh close to Burmese border, according to a BSS report..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   BSS via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   Demonstration on the anniversary of the 8th August in Dhaka Date of publication:   08 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 8th August 03: "A group of Rakhine students and youths from Burma has staged demonstrations in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, this morning on the 15th anniversary of the 8th August Democracy Uprising of Burma..." Author/creator:   Aung Than Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   Opposition voice on the 15th Anniversary of the Burmese Democracy Uprising Date of publication:   08 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 8th August 03: "A number of Burmese democratic opposition groups have expressed their views on the 15th anniversary of the Burmese Democracy Uprising. On the eighth August 1988 people across Burma spontaneously took to the streets demanding the end to the military dictatorship and establishment of democracy..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   Fishery industry being harassed Date of publication:   07 August 2003 Description/subject:   Akyab, 7 August 2003: "The Riparian fishery industry of Kaladan River, Arakan - a western state of Burma - has to pay ransom to a collaborator of the Burmese military intelligence. High Gar Ree Kyaw Win attained a monopoly over the Jelly-Fish industry for the 2002-2003 season, by bribing fishermen with forty million Kyats ($ 40,000). However, after a poor fishing season the industry made a loss..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   KNLA on SPDC allegations for bomb blasts Date of publication:   07 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 7th August 03: "In a statement datelined 6th August 03 the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has refuted the State Peace and Development Council junta (SPDC) of Burma’s claims that the KNLA is to blame for the bomb blasts on 26th July in a press conference, on 15th May in Phyu Town cinema hall (movie theatre) and two time bombs blast in Taungoo on 27th July..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   13 August 2003 Title:   India North eastern state plans to deport Burmese settlers Date of publication:   06 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 6th August 2003: "India’s northeastern state of Mizoram said it was launching a drive to detect and deport thousands of illegal refugees from Burma in response to pressure from local residents, according to today the daily star quoting to AFP..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   AFP via "The Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Black pepper cultivation Date of publication:   04 August 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 4st August 03: "The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) junta of Burma has taken up a long-term extensive black pepper cultivation plan in the western Burmese state of Rakhine. Under the plan the junta has confiscated villagers’ land near the more than sixty battalion headquarters stationed across the state. Sources in the administration said that at Buthidaung Township, close to the Bangladesh-Burma border in the northern part of Rakhine State, the junta has confiscated hundreds of acres of villagers’ land for the cultivation of black pepper..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Dhaka sends 44-product list to Rangoon Date of publication:   01 August 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 1st August 03: "Dhaka has sent a list of 44 products to Rangoon to start account trade and is awaiting a response, according to today the daily star..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   "The Daily Star" via Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Banks in distress Date of publication:   31 July 2003 Description/subject:   Maungdaw, 31st July 03: "A number of private commercial banks in western Burma have been facing closure due to drastic reduction in transactions since the bank crisis began in mid-February this year. Sources in a private bank in Maungdaw, a township on the Naaf River across the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf said that their bank is facing closure and inability to pay the employees as people have lost faith in bank transactions. “The private banks are now sitting idle, sometimes even without one transaction in an entire day,” an official in a private bank said..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Luring villagers into Burmese Army Date of publication:   31 July 2003 Description/subject:   Buthidaung, 31st July 03: "Three young villagers in western Burma have been enticed into joining the military services, according to a relative of the recruits. The three teenagers are illiterate and of minor age, the relative added. The man also said that the Burmese Army has for some time been paying money as enticement for attracting more recruits..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Burma to hold the Fourth World Buddhist Summit Date of publication:   30 July 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 30th July 03: "The fourth World Buddhist Summit will be held in Burma in December 2004, said a prominent Buddhist monk close with one of the abbots attending the eighth Sangha Mahanayaka Council held in Kaba-aye in Rangoon on 5th July 03..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Women Empowerment Training for Burmese refugee women in Bangladesh Date of publication:   30 July 2003 Description/subject:   Dhaka, 30th July 03: "The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma based in Thailand conducted a five day long women empowerment training among the female Burmese refugees in Bangladesh that ended yesterday. According to the trainer the sessions included classes on leadership, women empowerment, organizational activities, and women’s rights. Twenty women from four political organizations Arakan Women’s Welfare Association, Arakan League for Democracy, Rakhine Organization in Exile, and Arakan Labour Association (Exile) attended the training..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (5K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Millionaire Military Intelligence agent arrested Date of publication:   29 July 2003 Description/subject:   Kyauktaw, 29th July 03: "A Burmese Military Intelligence officer in western Burma has been arrested on corruption charges in the first week of July, sources in the police department said. The officer-in-charge of Kyauktaw Township Burmese Military Intelligence, Battalion 10, Sergeant Myo Khin was arrested for ‘possessing unexplainable quantity of properties’ including one thousand acres of agricultural land, twelve cars and buses, and forced money-lending to farmers in the area, estimated value kyat fifteen million..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (6K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   New Artillery Installation to guard Rakhine Gas Fields Date of publication:   29 July 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 29th July 03: "The Burma Army has begun construction of artillery base on an island close to Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, in western Burma. The base is being installed at the southern tip of West Farunga Island, about fifty kilometres south to Sittwe. Sources in the administration preferring to be anonymous said that the artillery base is aimed at safeguarding the construction of facilities in an offshore gas field, from which the gas would ultimately be piped to neighbouring countries..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Row between Lieutenant General Maung Aye’s niece and Military Intelligence lands onion merchants in trouble in western Burma Date of publication:   28 July 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 28th July 03: "Twenty-nine onion traders who were bringing bags of onion from Rangoon to Sittwe, the capital of the western state of Rakhine, on the Kyaw Yadana and Shweli motor vessels were arrested on the 4th of this month as a result of altercation between the military intelligence Battaliion No. 10 and the owner of the vessels, Ms Ma Swe, niece of Burmese Junta’s No. 2, Lieutenant General Maung Aye. .." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (8K) Date of entry/update:   06 August 2003 Title:   Burmese Junta Move Prisoners from East to West Date of publication:   27 July 2003 Description/subject:   Buthidaung, 27th July 03: "Eight prisoners allegedly from Mungywa, under Sagaing Division, northern part of Burma Proper were moved to Buthidaung prison, in the western Burma bordering with Bangladesh. According to an eyewitness the eight Burmese prisoners were taken to Buthidaung aboard the Dahanyawaddy 3, a passenger vessel owned by the Inland Water Transport Corporation on 21st July. The prisoners were escorted by twelve police forces led by Win Maung, the Township Police officer of Sittwe, the capital of the western Burmese Rakhine State..." Language:   English Source/publisher:   Narinjara News Format/size:   html (7K) Date of entry/update:   28 July 2003 Title:   Burmese Junta’s development: sans electricity! Date of publication:   24 July 2003 Description/subject:   Sittwe, 24th July 03: "The Burmese State Peace and Development Council junta has recently formed an Electricity Committee in Sittwe, the capital of the western Burmese Rakhine State. Headed by General Maung Oo, the western commander, and consisting of the Sittwe District Peace and Development Council chairman and other township officials, the committee has been entrusted with the responsibility of what it said as ‘lightening up the township.’..." Language:   English Source/publisher: