Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)

27 years of peace accord / CHT regional council fate still unresolved

The Appellate Division is yet to settle the issues because the parties concerned apparently remain apathetic about disposing of the appeals

POETRY / Valley of blood

teardrops trickling down / the valley / mingling with the static— / hollow waves of Kaptai lake

End exploitation of Indigenous communities

Govt must punish those involved in attacks, implement CHT accord

Can the interim govt make progress with the CHT Accord?

To bring resolution, the historic CHT Accord was signed in 1997 to ensure a perennial solution to the CHT crisis through peaceful and political means.

THE SHELF / 'Joli No Udim Hitte': 5 Books to read on International Indigenous People’s Day

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, observed each year on August 9, serves as an important reminder of the many injustices that take place in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh

From Bare To Bountiful

“You are being transferred to the Chittagong Hill Tracts.”

Protect the rights of ordinary Bawm people

Protect the rights of ordinary Bawm people

Rhetoric cannot hide CHT accord failures

Will the government keep its promises to the indigenous communities of the CHT this time around?

2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

An end to CHT land dispute?

The announcement by the Prime Minister that she wants to put an end to land disputes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) gives a glimmer of hope that the most sensitive component of the CHT Peace Accord may be resolved under the PM's leadership.

April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016

Pajon aroma in the hills for Biju

Turu turu tururu baji bajette Para para berebong bekkun miline Eichha biju biju biju…

March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

CHT Peace Accord

We wholeheartedly endorse the call of politicians, cultural activists, and indigenous leaders to the government to declare a definite roadmap for effective implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord.

January 3, 2016
January 3, 2016

PM for changing marginalised people’s fate

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses changing the fate of marginal people for the country’s overall socio-economic development.

August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015

Myanmar ‘rebel’ sent to jail

A suspected member of Myanmarese rebel group Arakan Army, who was detained yesterday during a combing operation in Rangamati, is sent to jail.

May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015

Don't forget the CHT

CHITTAGONG Hill Tracts (CHT) has been one of the most underdeveloped, deprived and backward areas of Bangladesh.

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