The Chittagong Hill Tracts wears a festive mood today as the national minorities living in the hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban start their New Year festival which is widely coined as Baisabi.
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti on Saturday celebrated its 53rd founding anniversary renewing the call to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord as hill people鈥檚 fate remained unchanged even after signing of the accord in 1997.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Monday arrested former state minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Awami League lawmaker Dipankar Talukdar.
INDIGENOUS peoples are identified in international forums, including the United Nations, as first nations, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes. These peoples usually live in mountainous or rural areas somewhat isolated from the mainland, which reflects the distinctive characteristics of their social, cultural, and economic lifestyles. They often follow a socioeconomic...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Monday said that the government had all sympathy for the protesting national minority students but could not meet all their demands...
The number of human rights violation incidents in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃omprising Rangamati, Khagrachhari, and Bandarban districts鈥攄ropped to 200 in 2024 from 240 in the previous year, according to a report by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Friday visited arson damaged Tripura houses at Purba Betchhara Para of Sarai Union in Lama upazila of Bandarban...
An 鈥業ndigenous Food and Grain Fair鈥� is going to be held from December 20, featuring authentic food of the national minorities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the plains, in Dhaka...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has laid emphasis on the expansion of technology in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to bridge the gap in communication...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has laid emphasis on the expansion of technology in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to bridge the gap in communication.
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Tuesday addressed the newly appointed chairman and members of the Chittagong Hill Tracts District Council, emphasising the need for working for the people鈥檚 welfare...
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday at a discussion on the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to form a commission to resolve problems in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Speakers, including policymakers and government officials, on Monday emphasised the need to resolve land-related issues in the Chittagong Hill Tracts for the effective implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, signed 27 years ago.聽..
The ineffectiveness of the bodies formed under the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord has been delaying the full execution of the treaty signed about three decades ago, national minority leaders and rights activists have said.
THE Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, popularly known as the 鈥楶eace Accord,鈥� was signed on December 2, 1997, between the government and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti. It has been widely discussed locally and internationally. The accord ended the 20-year-long, violent conflict and set the stage for inclusive, peaceful, and integrated coexistence between Bengalis and indigenous...
ON DECEMBER 2, 1997, the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord marked a historic moment for Bangladesh, promising peace, development, and political autonomy to the region鈥檚 indigenous communities after decades of armed conflict. Yet, as we commemorate 27 years of this milestone, the stark reality is that the vision of the accord remains largely unfulfilled, leaving many of its promises...
The United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political organisation, on Thursday observed a dawn-to-dusk road blockade in Khagrachari district protesting against Wednesday鈥檚 killing of its three activists and demanding immediate arrest of the killers...
The local administration on Monday urged the monks to reconsider their decision of not observing Kathin Chibardan, a major Buddhist festival, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts this year.
The monks from 15 religious organisations on Sunday announced that this year they would not observe Kathin Chibardan, a major Buddhist ritual festival celebrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the present situation of insecurity in the three hill districts...
Students for Sovereignty, a student organisation of Dhaka University, on Friday protested at spreading sectarian violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
The Parbatya Charrogram Janasamhati Samiti, a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incidents of sectarian attacks in Khagrachari and Rangamati in September 18鈥�20...
Citizens including writers, artists, teachers, journalists and rights activists in separate statements on Wednesday demanded fair investigation into recent violence that took place in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Tension deepened in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with authorities failing as of Sunday to initiate a meaningful negotiation between the national minorities and Bengalis and take proper legal step to...
The second day of the 72-hour blockade is under way in Bangladesh鈥檚 two hilly districts Khagrachhari and Rangamatil of Chittagong Hill Tracts region.
Fear reigned supreme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where life came to an abrupt halt on Saturday following two previous days of sectarian violence in Khagrachhari and...
Posts, telecommunication and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam on Saturday said internet was not shut down by the government in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
THE reluctance of successive governments at fully implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord has remained a distressing issue for ethnic minorities living in the hill districts. It has been almost 27 years since the peace treaty Accord was signed. A large number of ethnic minority people once again demanded the full implementation of the accord, signed...
People from national minority groups on Wednesday in Khagrachari participated in the 鈥楳arch for Identity鈥�, demanding the full implementation of the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord and constitutional recognition of their identities...
THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus has announced the formation of six commissions, headed by eminent citizens, to effect national reforms to make people鈥檚 aspirations come true, prevent the recurrence of fascism or autocratic rule and introduce a state system based on people鈥檚 ownership, oriented towards welfare and...
AMID the flash flood and imminent landslide risk, reported incidents of rape and rape attempts are an added concern for the national minorities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A rape and two cases of rape attempts were filed in the three hill districts in August 22鈥�23. A group of Bengali men on August 22 dragged an elderly woman and her daughter out of...