Attacks on places of worship won鈥檛 be tolerated, say advisers
The team of the interim government that visited the violence-torn Khagrachari and Rangamati hill districts on Saturday warned that attacks on places of religious worship...
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Four dead, scores injured in sectarian violence in Bangladesh's hill districts
At least four ethnic minority men were killed and scores were injured as a wave of sectarian violence swept the restive hill districts of Khagrachhari and Rangamati, sending...
鈥楳arch for Identity鈥� demands full implementation of CHT accord
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...
Historic win for world鈥檚 lowest-ranked football team
San Marino, the world's worst team according to the FIFA rankings, made history on Thursday by beating Liechtenstein 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League to claim their first ever competitive win.
Justice must for victims of sexual violence in CHT
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...
Implementation of CHT accord, national minorities鈥� rights demanded
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord Implementation Movement on Saturday called on the interim government to take urgent action for full implementation of the CHT accord signed in 1997....
Govt to resolve schooling problem in CHT: adviser Supradip
Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma on Friday said that the government will mitigate the crisis of schooling in Chittagong Hill Tracts....
Appointment of Supradip Chakma as adviser opposed
A group of national minority people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts on Friday protested at the appointment of the CHT Development Board chairman Supradip Chakma as adviser to the newly formed interim government...
鈥楥onspiracy鈥� to abolish CHT regulation decried
Circle leaders of Chakma, Bomang and Mong on Tuesday led rallies protesting at what they alleged conspiracy to abolish the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation 1900 considered essential to protect customary rights of national minority communities in the region...
Inequitable access to health care in CHT a persistent concern
NEARLY three decades after the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord in 1997, the healthcare system in the region still remains underdeveloped, particularly in the remote areas. In the past few weeks, in three remote villages of Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati, people with symptoms of diarrhoea and fever have been suffering with...
Why shouldn鈥檛 CHT cry out for justice?
TODAY is the 28th anniversary of the abduction of political activist Kalpana Chakma...
Stop collective punishment of Bawms: CHT Commission
The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission on Tuesday in a statement called upon the Bangladesh security forces to cease collective punishment of Bawm civilians in the...
4 more KNF suspects sent to jail
Four more KNF suspects were sent to jail on Sunday. The police arrested them at places of Bandarban Sadar on Saturday afternoon...
One more arrested in joint drive against KNF, 54 sent to jail
A suspected source of Kuki-Chin National Front was arrested at Thanchi in Bandarban in a joint drive against the armed national minority group on Tuesday while 54 suspected KNF member and supporters, arrested earlier, were sent to jail...
