Fear reigns聽in CHT
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...
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Nahid denies claims of internet shutdown in Chittagong Hill Tracts
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...
Yahya Akhtar joins as CU VC
Professor Muhammad Yahya Akhtar, retired from the Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, joined the university as vice-chancellor on Thursday...
Govt needs to address grievances of ethnic minorities
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...
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...
BSEC appoints independent directors to DSE, CSE boards
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday appointed two independent directors to the board of Dhaka Stock Exchange, and seven independent directors to the board of Chittagong Stock Exchange...
Govt appoints VCs to six more public universities
The government on Wednesday appointed vice-chancellors to six public universities...
Welcome reforms move, but more is expected
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...
ADC Anowar Pasha appointed as administrator for CCCI
The government has appointed Muhammad Anowar Pasha, additional divisional commissioner (general) of Chattogram, as the administrator for the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
10 CCCI directors resign
Ten directors of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry have collectively resigned, intensifying the ongoing unrest within the organisation. The resignations, which occurred at midnight on Sunday, follow a series of protests and growing dissatisfaction among businessmen...
Chittagong port prohibits transactions with 9 banks
The Chittagong Port Authority has asked its branches and sub-branches to stop accepting pay orders, cheques and bank guarantees from nine troubled banks, seven of which were linked with S Alam Group...
CPA for using Pangaon ICT amid flood
The importers and exporters have been forced to slow or stop the transport of cargo containers on the Chittagong-Dhaka-Chittagong road and rail routes in the current flood situation. The country's import-export is being hampered due to the arising reasons...
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....
Independent directors of DSE, CSE resign
Six independent directors of the Dhaka Stock Exchange and all seven independent directors of the Chittagong Stock Exchange submitted their resignation letters, officials of the stock exchanges said...
Students demonstrate against removal of graffiti in Rangamati, Khagrachari
The national minority students of the Chittagong Hill Tracts on Friday held different rallies in Rangamati and Khagrachari to protest at removing of graffiti at various places...
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....
CUET VC resigns amid student protest
The vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Professor M Rafiqul Alam, resigned on Wednesday amid student protests.
New CPA chair joins office
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has appointed Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman as its new chairman and he joined office on Monday in Chattogram...
RPOWA congratulates new CPA chairman Moniruzzaman
The Retired Port Officers Welfare Association congratulated the newly appointed chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman, said a...
3 more VCs resign, 2 more principals apply for transfer
Three more vice-chancellors of Chittagong University, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology in Gazipur and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology resigned on Monday...
DMC, CMC, NSTU also ban politics
The authorities of Dhaka Medical College, Chittagong Medical College, and Noakhali Science and Technology University banned politics on their campuses through separate orders on Saturday...
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...
Ban on student politics would rob students of voices
THE move to ban student politics in two public universities appears shortsighted and worrying. The Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University have decided to ban student politics on campus. The decision came after the student protests had led to the fall of the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian...
Two public univs ban politics
Two public universities, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, banned politics on the campuses following students鈥� demand...
Bourses to operate from 10.00am to 1.50pm
Trading of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange will be conducted from 10:00am to 1:50pm from today, officials said...
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...
Ctg-Cox鈥檚 Bazar train service extended by one month
Amid the demand for regularising the special train service on the Chittagong-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route, the railways authorities on Sunday took a decision to extend the service till July 24 this year...