caro's choice: climate rally in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, southwestern Bangladesh

Indigenous (or adivashi) communities were among people from Bangladesh’s isolated south-eastern Chittagong Hill Tract Area took part in a mass meeting to voice their concerns about climate change and the impact its having on their native forest lands.>detail> http://caroschoice.blogspot.com/2008/11/climate-rally-in-chittagong-hill-tracts.html

BANGLADESH A CHEAP MUSLIM TERRORIST NATION

Chittagong Hill tracts. Another senior leader Paresh Barua lives in Dhaka.While some Bangladeshi agencies are giving them benign patronage, Chineseintelligence agencies have been supplying them with arms, seniorintelligence officials >detail> http://indiansecurityandintelligence.blogspot.com/2008/11/bangladesh-cheap-muslim-terrorist.html

Spero News: Bangladesh faces Islamist fanatics

Bangladesh is a country associated more with floods, cyclones and poverty than terrorism or radical Islamism. Indeed, it is a country founded on secular, democratic values and widely regarded as a moderate Muslim state. In recent years, however, militant Islamism has quietly been taking ground – and Bangladesh’s survival as a progressive state is on a knife-edge. >detail> http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=16839&t=Bangladesh+faces+Islamist+fanatics

Daily Star:Rendered homeless by Kaptai Lake

“Baan” -- a play on the plight of indigenous people, who lost their homes to the Kaptai Lake -- was staged at the auditorium of Rangamati Tribal Culture Institute on November 22. >detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=64592

Aidworkers Network: Advocay on Development in CHT, Bangladesh

The Bangladesh is largely a monoculture society, with the notable exception of the minority indigenous communities living mainly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts since century and rural communities in Mymensingh, Sylhet, Tangail, Dinajpur and Rajshahi and others places. However, there, they are feels in livelihood insecurity situation >detail> http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=node/1871

Cutting Edge:Bangladesh`s Secular Democracy Struggles with Violent radical Islam

Bangladesh is a country associated more with floods, cyclones and poverty than terrorism or radical Islamism. Indeed, it is a country founded on secular, democratic values and widely regarded as a moderate Muslim state. In recent years, however, militant Islamism has quietly been taking ground – and Bangladesh’s survival as a progressive state is on a knife-edge> detail> http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=935&pageid=89&pagename=Features

bdnews24.com: Rangamati sees rise in land disputes as Kaptai waters fall

Dhaka, Nov 22 (bdnews24.com)—A tense situation prevails in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with land disputes on the rise as waters of the Kaptai Lake recede.

The emerging fertile shoals, prized for their cultivation, have sparked fierce tussles between indigenous communities and 'Bengali settlers' in the hill tracts. >detail> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=69229&cid=2

UNPO: Chittagong Hill Tracts: Direct US Funding Arrives

The first-ever US-funded bilateral environmental programme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) was rolled out on Tuesday [18 November 2008].

US ambassador James F Moriarty launched the programme styled Integrated Protected Area Co-management (IPAC) at a ceremony in the hills town.>details> http://www.unpo.org/content/view/8915/254/

Daily Star: Microcredit brings shine to women

Baby Chakma got the award for her success in livestock farming and biogas and organic-fertiliser production.Baby, who began her journey by taking Tk3,000 credit in 1997 from an NGO, Integrated Development Foundation, has now seven cows, and her monthly earning from her businesses stands at over Tk 30,000.>detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=64248

New Nation: Micro credit programme gains recognition across globe: Azizul

The award winners are Salma Akter from Pabna as "Best Innovative Micro Business of the Year", Baby Chakma of Rangamati as "Best Woman Microentrepreneur of the Year," Sabina Begum from Gazipur as 'Best Microentrepreneur of the Year' and Society for Social Service (SSS) as 'Best Microfinance Institution (MFI) of the Year'>detail> http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/11/21/news0752.htm

bdnews24.com:3 women, NGO win Citi entrepreneur prize

'Best woman micro entrepreneur' award went to Baby Chakma, from Rangamati, for dairy farming and by-products from cow dung. >detail> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=69093&cid=4

Daily Star: Justice Amirul made chairman of National HR Commission

Prof Niru told The Daily Star yesterday that they were appointed for three years and he was asked to join the office on December 1.

"The aim of the NHRC is to protect and ensure human rights of the people of the country. We will work for developing human rights situation of the country by keeping pace with the world," he said.

Prof Niru said Bangladesh is pledge-bound to protect human rights and the formation of the NHRC will help to do this.>detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=64139

New nation: BTCL to introduce wireless telephone connections

The special assistant further said that Teletalk has taken a new initiativeto improve its network coverage in the Chittagong Hill Tract areas. >detail>http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/11/20/news0677.htm

Trends: University of Kolkata

Works, Mines and Power Member of the Central Interim Government inDelhi; Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of the Lok Sabha of India; His RoyalHighness Raja Maung Shwe Prue Chowdhury, ex-King of the Bomang tribe,Chittagong Hill Tracts >detail> http://sridharanblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/university-of-calcutta.html

AAI: The Islam in the eyes of Dalai Lama

tragedy of Chakmas (Buddhists) in CHT is also on predictable lines. It will be interesting to know whether the Buddhists of Ladakh and CHT too feel Islam as a religion of compassion.>details> http://islamicmoslem.blogspot.com/2008/11/islam-in-eyes-of-dalai-lama.html

bdnews24.com: IPAC launched

The first-ever US-funded bilateral environmental programme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) was rolled out on Tuesday.

US ambassador James F Moriarty launched the programme styled Integrated Protected Area Co-management (IPAC) at a ceremony in the hills town. >details> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=68845&cid=2

Daily Star: Pollution takes serious turn at Kaptai Lake

The people in Rangamati and Kaptai may face disasters if water pollution and crisis of safe drinking water continue. It also may cause environmental disaster any time, environmentalists said. >detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=63043

Urban Health Upadate: Pollution takes seriuos turn at Kapitai lake

Pollution at Kaptai Lake is taking a serious turn due to open defecation by the slum dwellers and unabated dumping of garbage and wastes everyday, causing waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery and jaundice.> detail> http://urbanhealthupdates.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/bangladesh-pollution-takes-serious-turn-at-kaptai-lake/

Daily Star: BNP candidate crisis in CHT

BNP is facing severe leadership crisis in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as three top leaders in Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Rangamati hill districts are either in jail or inactive.> detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=62797

Troop Building up in both sides of Burma and Bangladesh

In Bangladesh side, Bangladesh rifles (BDR) troops have been put on alertat strategic points in Bandarban of Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox's Bazardistricts, according to our sources. According to inside sources, Burma hasalso > detail> http://myamarnews.blogspot.com/2008/11/troops-building-up-in-both-sides-of.html

PDN: Prix Pictet and Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prizes Announced

Prize sponsor Pictet & Cie also announced a special commission to document the Chittagong Hill Tracts Project in Bangladesh, a water aid managed project that "aims to get clean drinking water to the inhabitants of Chittagong through innovative
>detail> http://www.pdnpulse.com/2008/11/prix-pictet-and-taylor-wessing-photographic-portrait-prizes-announced.html

BIA:MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT: SERVICE DELIVERY, CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS (CHT) ..

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in the south-eastern corner with an area of one-tenth of the size Bangladesh (approx. 5,100 square miles) and with a population of about 1.5 million people, is one of the most diverse regions of the country in terms of geography, ethnicity, culture and tradition of the peoples. The region remained largely outside the mainstream of development assistance for more than 25 years due an insurgency, which ended with the signing of the CHT Peace Accord in December 1997. UNDP responded to the existing development needs in 2003 >detail> http://www.werkenbijdeoverheid.nl/vacatures/detail/management-consultant-service-delivery-chittagong-hill-tracts-cht-/index.cfm?vacature_id=31E95BD8&adm_pin=01990

Erice Avebury: To Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed

On behalf of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission we would like to expressour deep concern regarding the alleged torture of and denial of effectivemedical treatment to Mr. Ranglai Mro, an Adivasi leader, the electedChairperson of > detail> http://ericavebury.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-00880-2-8113243-to-dr.html

BDENews: Every primary school to get computer; Rasheda

Rasheda was addressing the launching ceremony of the demo version of multimedia educational software for primary level.

Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB) and Ananda Multimedia organised the event at the CHTDB auditorium> detail> http://bangladesheconomy.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/every-primary-school-to-get-computer-rasheda/

Daily Star: Khagrachhari hill district chief sent to jail

A Dhaka court sent Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) Chairman Monindra Lal Tripura to jail after he was produced before it yesterday. >detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=61472

Daily Star: Khagrachhari hill dist chief held for murder

Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) Chairman Monindra Lal Tripura was arrested yesterday in the capital's Raja Bazar in connection with the murder of former KHDC councillor Anupam Tripura. >detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=61317