Call to preserve cultural heritage of indigenous people

200 artistes of 12 indigenous communities from Chittagong Hill Tracts and
Cox’s Bazar including Chakma, Tripura, Khumi, Bom, Mro, Lusai, Pangkhoa
and Rakhain participated in the fair and performed their traditional >more> http://www.dhakamirror.com/?p=2371

Sexual Exploitation by Peacekeepers, Part 2

The behaviour of these armies in Manipur, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and
the Kashmir region have been brutal. Sending cold-blooded killers from
countries where the army has a reputation of conducting human rights abuses
and running >more> http://humanitarianrelief.change.org/blog/view/relief_from_relief_sexual_exploitation_by_peacekeepers_part_2

Bangladesh to implement peace deal with Buddhist tribals

The Bangladesh government plans to amend the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)Land Commission to ensure a better deal for the Buddhist tribals andimplement the peace accord signed in 1997. The government is going to fully >more> http://www.nowpublic.com/world/bangladesh-implement-peace-deal-buddhist-tribals

Quader celebrates indigenous Bangladesh

Some 12 indigenous communities from the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox's
Bazar including Chakma, Marma, Pangkhua, Bom, Murong, Rakhain participated
in the ...>more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=75148&cid=2

Bangladesh Pastors’ Wife “Raped” By Angry Muslims

The wife of a pastor in Bangladesh was recovering Thursday, January 29, after after she was reportedly gang raped by local Muslims, the latest in a series of violent incidents against the country's embattled Christian minority.

Reverend Shankar Hazra, 55, of Chaksing Baptist church in the village of Vennabari, 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Dhaka told reporters his wife Depali, 45, was raped January 6 by Muslims who also robbed their home on the church property.>more> http://www.bosnewslife.com/5485-bangladesh-pastors-wife-raped-by-angry-muslims

Govt to implement CHT accord fully

The government is going to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord which remains shelved for the last seven years during the BNP-Jamaat and caretaker rule.

The accord was signed between Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) and the government on December 2, 1997 ending two decades of bush war in the region.

The government's one of the first steps in this regard would be reforming the CHT Land Commission, said sources in the CHT affairs ministry.>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=73568

Three hill councils without woman members for 20 yrs

However, there are four female members among 22 members of Chittagong HillTracts Regional Council (CHTRC) since its beginning in 1998>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=73114

Land reform commission soon

State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Dipankar Talukdar has said the Land Commission would be reformed soon to permanently end the existing land problems in the CHT region.

"Land commission will be reformed through the ministry concerned for permanent solution of the longstanding land problems," the Minister said this during a meeting with Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty at his secretariat office on Sunday.

The State Minister further said that the incomplete works of the CHT Peace Treaty would be implemented as per the Prime Minister's instruction.

During the meeting, the Indian High Commissioner and the State Minister also discussed matters of mutual interest, said an official handout.

Source: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/01/26/news0649.htm

UPDF wins 3 UZ chairman posts in Khagrachhari

United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) has proved their popularity in Thursday's upazila election as they have won posts of upazila chairman in three out of seven upazilas in hill district Khagrachhari.

UPDF leaders Sona Ratan Chakma, Sarbottom Chakma and Remrachai Marma have been elected as chairman in Mohalchhari, Panchhari and Laxmichhari upazila getting 12100, 12337 and 6,838 votes.>more>
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=72901

CHT Land Commission to be recast

State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Dipankar Talukdar yesterday said the CHT Land Commission would be reformed soon to permanently end the land disputes in the CHT region.

“The Land Commission will be reformed through the ministry concerned for permanent solution to the longstanding land problems,” the minister said during a meeting with Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty at his secretariat office.

The state minister further said the incomplete work of the CHT Peace Treaty would be implemented as per the prime minister's instruction.

During the meeting, the Indian high commissioner and the state minister also discussed matters of mutual interest.

Source:
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=72966

Agro-based industries to be set up in CHT

The government will set up agro-based industries in the Chittagong HillTracts (CHT) region. Minister for industries Dilip Barua said this whilebriefing ...>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=72650>

Weekly news of GHRD | Human Rights Today

The PCJSS is a political party formed to represent the oppressed indigenouspeople and tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It is reported that Chakmawas brutally tortured during the police custody. Due to serious injuries,...>more> http://www.humanrightstoday.info/?p=200

Three-day ‘Bomang Raj Punha’ to begin from February 5

The traditional 'Bomang Raj Punha' celebrated by the Bomang Circle will start from February 5 in the hill town of Bandarban. Aungsoi Prue Chowdhury, 94, chief of the Bomang Circle, made the announcement at a press conference held recently at his palace in Bandarban>more>http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=72469