Sittwe: The military authority banned the public from attending the trial of Arakanese historian monk Ashion Pyinya Sara's trial that was held on Monday in the Sittwe district court, despite previously allowing the public to be present when the monk was produced before the court.
Dhaka: The issue of proposed road and rail links between Bangladesh and China via Burma was discussed by the visiting governor of Yunnan Province, Qin Guangrong, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's office in Dhaka on Sunday morning.
(An overview of Arakanese political history up to 1988)