Dhaka Alternative Archive: India’s unconventional war strategy

This force comprises the Chittagong Hill Tracts Hindu and Buddhiststribesmen (the Chakmas) and the intention is to bleed the Bengali militaryand keep the border area tense. The Chakmas used to embarrass theBangladesh government ...>more> http://dhakaalternativeaechive.blogspot.com/2009/02/indias-unconventional-war-strategy.html

Hasina for political solution

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said problems of the Chittagong HillTracts (CHT) will have to be resolved politically as these are allpolitical >more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=76547

Number of guest birds on the decline

There is no sanctuary for birds in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT),although there is a lone sanctuary for wildlife under the CHT North ForestDivision at >more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=76469

Malaria claims 92 people's lives in Bangladesh last year

65000 others last year in three districts of Bangladesh's southeasternChittagong hill tracts, local newspaper The Daily Star reported onWednesday>more> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10839877.htm

Bamboo, rats and famine: Crisis brewing

Since 2007, unusually large numbers of rats have been flooding out of theforests of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), causing major suffering andhardship >more> http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/02/16/news0544.htm

Village courts on family rows in the offing: Ashraful

Earlier, three teams led by visiting UN coordinator Ajay Chhibber,co-chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission Lord Eric Avebury, andchief of the >more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=76644&cid=3

CHT will be developed keeping culture, nature intact: Barua

Industries minister Dilip Barua has saidthe government will industrialise Chittagong Hill Tracts without affectingits rich ...>more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=76630&cid=3>

CHT accord to be implemented fully

The Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said the governmentwould take necessary measures for full implementation of the ChittagongHill Tracts >more> http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/02/17/news0583.htm>

Govt needs to tackle CHT food deficit: Commission

Bangladesh News 24 hours - Dhaka,Dhaka,BangladeshDhaka, Feb 16 (bdnews24.com) - The Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, aninternational and independent fact-finding mission, has called forgovernment >more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=76560&cid=2

Land commission to resolve CHT problems soon

The government will form a land commission to resolve land problem issuesfor all aboriginal communities in Chittagong Hill-Tract districts as theownership ...>more> http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/02/17/news0553.htm

Check graft in CHT rationing

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Commission yesterday requested the governmentto check corruption of the rationing system in CHT and provide rations tothe ...>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=76193

Govt moves to implement CHT accord fully: Dipu Moni

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni today said the present government would initiateall steps to implement the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) accord fully>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=15034

Displaced Chakma community hit by border fencing work

Aizawl, Feb 14: More than 35000 people, majority of them belonging to theChakma community are facing difficulty in the ongoing fencing along the318-km >more> http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2009-02-14/507534news.html

118 rebels flee Bangladesh camps

specially Sylhet district and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in themainly hilly region of Bangladesh bordering India's Tripura, Mizoram andMeghalaya ...>more> http://www.zeenews.com/states/2009-02-15/507718news.html

World Prout Assembly: Cultural Rights of Adivasi Peoples

World Prout Assembly: Cultural Rights of Adivasi Peoples and the ...I will refer to these peoples as Adivasi and include both the "hill"peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and the Adivasi and other so-called'tribal" peoples in other parts of the country. Yet, the more visibleaspects of mainstream' ...>more> http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/cultural_rights_1.html

Mysterious disease claims two dozen lives in Tripura

Expressing the helplessness of the situation, Uttara Chakma, a villagersaid, “We do not get any treatment or medicine from anywhere >more> http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/mysterious-disease-claims-two-dozen-lives-in-tripura_100155067.html

HNLC low on cash, says cadre

The 25-year-old woman cadre belonged to the army wing of the HNLC and hadreceived arms training in Chittagong Hill Tracts in 2003 soon after joiningthe ...>more> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090213/jsp/northeast/story_10528043.jsp

Bangladesh sends troops to destroy poppy plants

A nearly 25-year-long insurgency in the Hill Tracts ended in a 1997 peacedeal between the Bangladesh government and Shanti Bahini tribal militants>more> http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINDHA42555720090211

Chakma fencing victims not displaced: Mizoram govt

In Mizoram, over 35000 Chakma tribals are going to be displaced due to theongoing India-Bangladesh border fencing which is being constructed toprevent >more> http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15710225

Gas, Water, Electricity Crisis in Chittagong

Anyway if we try to assess reality the Hydropower generation may notimprove until there is heavy rainfall in Chittagong Hill Tracts area>more> http://energybangla.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=SomethingtoSay&article=1505

Meningitis claims 165 lives in northeast

“The three northeastern states have borders with the Chittagong HillTracts (CHT) of Bangladesh where meningococcal meningitis is spreading inan epidemic >more> http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/meningitis-claims-165-lives-in-northeast_100153396.html

Poor facilities turn away tourists from Rangamati

Rangamati A large number of tourists are ...On contact, Alok Bikash Chakma, an official of BPC told The Daily Star thatall of ...>more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=75158

Chittagong - Bangladesh | UK Asian Blog

Chittagong is one amongst the six administrative divisions that Bangladeshis divided into. It is a very clean and picturesque city, on the foothillsof the Chittagong Hill-Tracts. The River Karnafuli, flows through it andjoins the Bay >more> http://www.ukasian.co.uk/blog/?p=298

CHT councils to be reformed: minister

Bangladesh News 24 hours - Dhaka,Dhaka,Bangladesh
State minister for Chittagong Hill Tract affairs Dipankar Talukdar said the
government would recast the councils in Khagrachari, Rangamati and
Bandarban .>more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=75893&cid=2

Bangladeshi foreign minister meets with Chinese think tank delegation

DHAKA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed with visiting Chinese delegation from Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) here Sunday on boosting connectivity and economic cooperation between the two countries.

Foreign Ministry Director General for the Far East Sudipta Chakma quoted Dipu Moni as saying that China can play a greater role in improving economic ties with Bangladesh through further cooperation in power generation, relocating her sunset industries and developing infrastructure in Bangladesh including new friendship bridges.>more> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/08/content_10782979.htm

23,383 hectares land under Boro cultivation in CHT

Cultivation of boro is going on in full swing in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).

Farmers and agriculture officials in the three hill districts are working hard to bring 23,383 hectares of land under boro cultivation this season.

Farmers under the supervision of the Department of agriculture Extension (DAE) in Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban districts has already completed planting of boro seedlings on 16,405 hectares of lands. >more> http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/02/07/news0648.htm

No move yet to reopen Rangamati Textile Mill

Rangamati Textile Mill (RTM), the lone industry in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), is closed for several months, leaving hundreds of workers unemployed and causing hardship for them.

The government is being deprived of revenues to the tune of Tk 4 lakh a month while hundreds of workers are living in a pitiable state losing their jobs. They are eagerly waiting for the mill to reopen. >more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=74396