The Arakan Army allows residents of Maungdaw who fled the town due to conflict to return to their homes after securing recommendation letters provided by AA administrators.[2]
The junta passes a new cybersecurity law which criminalises unauthorised VPN usage and running of unsanctioned online gambling businesses.[3]
5 January – A new electricity distribution scheme is instituted. In Yangon, townships are divided into three groups with receiving eight hours of electricity daily through four two-hour period. In Mandalay, groups in every township receive six hours of electricity through two three-hour periods. In the rest of the country, each area receives six hours of electricity after six hours of outage.[5]
5 February – The Thai government stops the supply of electricity to several Burmese towns along the border with Thailand that are known to host scam operations.[11]
Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a Catholic priest based in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, is fatally stabbed by rebels in a church compound in Kan Gyi Taw village, in what is believed to be the first targeted killing of Catholic clergy in the Myanmar civil war (2021–present).[13][14]
March
2 March – Myanmar – A bus falls into a ravine in Shan State, killing five people and injuring 25 others.[15]
4 March – A Buddhist monk accused of collaborating with the Tatmadaw is killed along with a disciple by resistance groups at a monastery in Pekon Township, Shan State.[16]
14 March –
At least 27 people are reported to have been killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike in Let Pan Hla village in Singu Township, Mandalay Division.[17]
The World Food Programme announces food aid cuts for over 1 million people in Myanmar due to funding shortages.[18]
17 April – The junta grants amnesty to 4,900 prisoners in commemoration of Thingyan.[21]
22 April – The Tatmadaw retakes Lashio following the MNDAA's withdrawal.[22] Covert pressure from the Chinese government is believed to have influenced the group's decision to withdraw.[23]
23 April – Five people are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike near Tabayin.[24]
20 May – A military transport helicopter crashes in disputed circumstances in Kachin State.[29]
22 May – Cho Tun Aung, a retired military officer and former ambassador to Cambodia, is shot dead near his residence in Mayangon Township, Yangon. A group calling itself the Golden Valley Warriors claims responsibility.[30]
June
4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation barring Myanmar nationals from entering the United States.[31]
30 July – The junta passes a new electoral code that includes imposing the death penalty for grave violations.[41]
31 July –
The junta lifts the nationwide state of emergency that it had imposed since its 2021 coup. It also announces the dissolution of State Administration Council and the appointment of General Nyo Saw as prime minister, while junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is retained as acting president.[42]
14 August – At least 21 people are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike in Mogok.[46]
16 August – The Union Election Commission (UEC) announces designated electoral constituencies for the 2025 general election with mixed-member proportional representation system for the Amyotha Hluttaw and the State/Regions Hluttaw, and the 330-seat Pyithu Hluttaw through a first-past-the-post system.[47]
18 August – The UEC announces that the first phase of the 2025 general election will take place on 28 December.[48]
20 August – The Tatmadaw retakes the town of Demoso in Kayah State, which had been held by the KNDF since 2023.[49]
25 August – At least 12 people are killed while 20 others are injured by a Tatmadaw airstrike on the Daing Kyi quarter of Mrauk U.[50]
28 August – The junta designates the Karen National Union as a terrorist group and unlawful association.[51]
September
9 September – The UEC announces the dissolution of four political parties, including the National Democratic Force, a major political party which included breakaways from the National League for Democracy, for insufficient number of members and office branches.[52]
10 September – A court in Taunggyi issues the first conviction for violating the new electoral code and sentences a man to seven years' hard labor for undermining elections by criticizing election-related matters on Facebook.[53]
29 September – A court in China sentences 11 members of the Ming crime family to death for running various criminal activities in the Myanmar border town of Laukkai and sentences 28 others to prison sentences reaching up to life imprisonment.[55]
29 October – The TNLA signs a ceasefire agreement with the Tatmadaw following negotiations mediated by China.[60]
November
4 November – A court in China sentences seven members of the Bai crime family to death for running various criminal activities in the Myanmar border town of Laukkai and sentences 14 others to prison sentences reaching up to life imprisonment.[61]
18 November — The Tatmadaw raids the Shwe Kokko scam centre, resulting in 346 arrests.[62]
The opposition General Strike Coordination Body stages a "silent strike" by calling on citizens to stay indoors as part of efforts to boycott the 2025–26 Myanmar general election.[66]
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