THE hills of south-eastern Bangladesh are famed for their breathtaking beauty. Yet beneath the lush greenery and terraced slopes lies a history steeped in marginalisation, militarisation and impunity. In late September 2025, the Chittagong Hill Tracts once again descended into turmoil, revealing the deep structural vulnerabilities that continue to define life for Indigenous...
The Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the unrest and conflict centring the allegations of rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachari hill district...
THE violence leading to deaths, injuries and destruction of houses and businesses of national minority communities in Khagrachari is a consequence of ethnically biased state policies towards the national minorities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, an issue that successive governments left unattended. On September 28, at least three Marma youths were killed and several...
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday at a discussion in Dhaka city called on the interim government to make public the list of land grabbers in the Chattogram Hill Tracts and the amounts of land grabbed...
German playwright Bertolt Brecht鈥檚 one-act play titled 鈥楽enora Carrar鈥檚 Rifle鈥� was staged in the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to pay tribute to July martyrs on Thursday...
Liverpool completed the signing of striker Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday for a reported 拢69 million ($92 million) as the Premier League champions continued their summer spending spree.
The National Citizen Party on Monday called for unity among all communities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts for the development in the three hill districts...
IN THE misty hills of Bandarban, the southern part of Chittagong Hill Tracts, an indigenous Marma family was torn apart by a war not of their making. Two brothers, raised side by side, found themselves on opposing sides of a battlefield: the elder in the military and the younger with the Shanti Bahini, fighting for the political rights of the indigenous peoples. The...
Liverpool have agreed to sign Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike in a deal worth an initial 拢69 million ($92 million), according to reports on Monday.
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said that the government wanted to establish peace in the three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to unlock the region鈥檚 immense potential for development...
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday said that the challenges over the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord would be identified and efforts will be make to resolve those through constructive discussions with all stakeholders...
Rights activists, political leaders, among others, have iterated that a strong political will is a must for the complete implementation of the CHT Treaty, full implementation of which has yet to happen, although 27 years have passed since its signing.
Hill women at Sajek in Rangamati on Monday demanded justice for Kalpana Chakma who was abducted from her home in June 1996 and has remained missing since then...
The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in a statement on Monday called on the government to end the 鈥榮ystematic persecution of Bawm community鈥�, condemning the recent death of a Bawm youth in jail custody...
The High Court on Thursday fined the owners of 54 illegal brick kilns Tk 4 lakh each for continuing operations in the Chattogram Hill Tracts in violation of Supreme Court orders...
A four-day Hill Fair and Youth Festival 2025 began on Wednesday to promote the products and culture of the national minorities residing in the Chattogram Hill Tracts region, comprising Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari, of Bangladesh.
Manchester City on Thursday announced the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush for a reported initial fee of around 拢59 million ($72.6 million).
THE number of incidents of rights violation in the three hill districts has declined, as a report that the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti published on January 1 says. The number of incidents that took place in 2024 was 200, down from 240 such incidents that took place in the year before. But, the Annual Report of 2024 on Human Rights Situation in...
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...
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...
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...
Offices of the three deputy commissioners of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban on Sunday issued directives for tourists not to travel the CHT between October 8 and October 31, considering the...
Two persons were arrested on Friday over the lynching of a national minority youth, Anik Kumar Chakma, during sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati districts under Chattogram Hill Tract region in Bangladesh on September 20.
The probe body formed by Bangladesh's interim government to investigate the recent violence in Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts of Chattgogram Hills Tracts region started its activities on Sunday.
ETHNIC conflicts have become a global problem with serious regional implications. Scholarly concern with ethnic groups and conflict has become increasingly salient since the second half of the twentieth century. An estimate shows that one-third of all countries experienced civil conflict and ethnic unrest. The term 鈥榚thnicity鈥� or 鈥榚thnic鈥� finds origin in the...
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.
