Tag: CHT
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Kalpana Chakma won’t be back!
Yeh, officially, she is “missing” or gone in the wind! Sixteen years into the abduction of the Hill Women Federation’s stalwart, detectives have said, ‘sorry, we can’t find her. the allegations against Lt Ferdous and VDP Platun Commanders Nurul Huq and Saleh Ahmmad were not substantial while their names were not mentioned in the FIR,’…
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Rangamati violence planned, triggered by rumour
The September 22 violence in Rangamati town was a consequence of a trivial issue three days back — over seating arrangement on a bus between two students of two communities, settler Muslim and indigenous Buddhist. Following this, a turmoil was seen on the college campus the next day between the two community students. It might…
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Who runs the CHT land commission?
It’s really astonishing how the chairman of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission is conducting hearing of cases and expressing his frustration over the indigenous leaders not attending the meetings. Former Justice Khademul Islam, a very much disputed personality who has been accused of taking many controversial acts, Tuesday said the commission would use special…
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Expedite CHT accord execution, says UNPFII
Sat, May 28th, 2011 10:58 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has urged Bangaldesh government to declare a timeline for the execution of 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. At the end of its 10th session on Friday, the forum also asked Bangladesh to sketch modalities of implementation and…
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‘Define terms minorities, indigenous’
Published on bdnews24.com on May 27, 2011 A former advisor to the caretaker government has asked the government to clarify who are indigenous and who are not. Sultana Kamal, also a member of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, told bdnews24.com the government cannot establish something forcibly. She was responding on Friday to the comment of…
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‘Probe army’s HR violation in CHT’
Wed, May 25th, 2011 11:18 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The systematic violation of human rights by the army in the hilly areas should be investigated, an international indigenous rights activist has said. “I visited burnt down villages, including Mahalchharhi in 2003, and also other villages recently, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. These are villages…
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