Propaganda in Chittagong Hill Tracts: The Other Side of the Coin

March 9, 2018

Maher Islam ‘[dropcap font=”times” fontsize=”60″]R[/dropcap]ights groups accuse Bangladesh army of covering up sex assault’, a friend of mine shared this news with me yesterday. It was published in Al Jazeera on 28 February 2018.  Referring a good number of locals, eminent personalities and government officials including members of security forces, Continue Reading

True Color of Humanity in Chittagong Hill Tracts: Face and realities

February 9, 2018

    Arpana Marma [dropcap font=”times” fontsize=”60″]P[/dropcap]eople like me who live away from the hills at present got really amazed to see compassion in many of the hill tracts in recent days. These people have extended solidarity and expressed sympathy in whatever way they could for the two sisters who are now ‘under treatment’ or Continue Reading

Land Commission Amend Act challenges govt control on CHT

January 9, 2017

Bangalees fear evacuations: Tribal men rapidly grabbing lands: Mutual understanding between Bangalees and tribes disappears Reza Mahmud : [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]C[/dropcap]hittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Amendment Act challenges the government’s control on CHT, experts said. They said the most dangerous points that the decisions of Continue Reading

CHT turns into safe haven for extortionists

January 9, 2017

Ahamed Ullah, back from Chittagong Hill Tracts: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]C[/dropcap]hittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has become a safe haven for extortionists, who are allegedly getting patronage from three regional political groups — United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS-Santu) and Jana Continue Reading

Smuggling of firearms into country rampant thru CHT

January 6, 2017

Ahamed Ullah, back from Chittagong Hill Tracts: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]M[/dropcap]any sophisticated arms are being smuggled into Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar and India through porous borders in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Sources in law enforcement agencies and many locals gave the information during this correspondent’s visit Continue Reading

CHT ultras selling arms to militants

January 6, 2017

DEEPAK ACHARJEE back from Khagrachari: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]A[/dropcap] number of sophisticated weapons, such as AK-22 automatic rifles, G-3 rifles, MK-11 rifles, AK-47, AK-56, and M-16 rifles, are entering the country from Myanmar and India, through the porous borders along the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). This was revealed by Continue Reading

Only the Army Camp : the Sanctuary for the Persecuted People in Chittagong Hill Tracts

July 21, 2016

parbattanews report: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]T[/dropcap]t is near about 05:00PM. A boat was anchored on the shore of Gaskata Sara Army camp. A Chakma teen of seventeenth years old flopped down on the mud to come out of the boat shouting “Help, Help”. Along with this girl, her mother also came out of this boat. This […]Continue Reading

Chittagong Hill Tracts a sanctuary for extortionists

July 5, 2016

People claim the districts under triple rule virtually parbattanews report: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]T[/dropcap]he Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the one-tenth territory of the country’s total area, has been turned into a sanctuary for extortionists. Like tax and levy, imposed by the constitutional government, extortion is open and Continue Reading

Misinterpretation and Misuse of International  Indigenous laws

August 8, 2015

   Mehadi Hassan palash Misinterpretation on indigenous issue always misleads the popular sentiment of the people against the original perception and accurate interpretation of what actually is. We usually, have an interpretation from United Nations.  UN and its affiliated institutions until now have given us 3 charters. These are indigenous and Tribal Populations Continue Reading