Chittagong Hill Tracts

New Year, Old Questions: What Will the State Do for the Hills?

When the cuckoo begins to call from the distant peaks of the hills, and the southern breeze carries the gentle fragrance of newly blossomed wildflowers in vibrant hues, the hills awaken in their own colors—ushering in the celebration of the eternal tradition of welcoming a new year and bidding farewell to the previous year

16 Days of Activism / Piercing the invisibility of violence against Adibashi women

Recent violence in Bangladesh highlights systemic oppression against Indigenous women.

Peace remains elusive to CHT’s Indigenous Peoples

Will this culture of impunity be continued forever in the CHT?

Foreign fighters in Myanmar: Implications for the region

In almost all conflict zones mercenaries actively aid one side or the other

Flooding in CHT / When development gives little and takes all

Sustainable development cannot be achieved by destroying life and nature.

Implementing CHT Accord: Will the government listen to the UN call?

There is no room to think that the deluge will stop if the government continues to ignore international calls for CHT Accord implementation.

2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

CHT peace accord: 25 years on, full implementation still elusive

It has been 25 years since the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord was signed, but rights activists and leaders of the party that signed it with the government say key clauses of the agreement still remain unimplemented.

Chakma resistance to British rule

The Battle of Plassey and the Battle of Boxar were the imperial wars between the East India Company and the Mughal authority, which in turn gave the Company a legal status in Bengal.

April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025

New Year, Old Questions: What Will the State Do for the Hills?

When the cuckoo begins to call from the distant peaks of the hills, and the southern breeze carries the gentle fragrance of newly blossomed wildflowers in vibrant hues, the hills awaken in their own colors—ushering in the celebration of the eternal tradition of welcoming a new year and bidding farewell to the previous year

December 2, 2024
December 2, 2024

Piercing the invisibility of violence against Adibashi women

Recent violence in Bangladesh highlights systemic oppression against Indigenous women.

October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024

Peace remains elusive to CHT’s Indigenous Peoples

Will this culture of impunity be continued forever in the CHT?

May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024

Foreign fighters in Myanmar: Implications for the region

In almost all conflict zones mercenaries actively aid one side or the other

August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023

When development gives little and takes all

Sustainable development cannot be achieved by destroying life and nature.

May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023

Implementing CHT Accord: Will the government listen to the UN call?

There is no room to think that the deluge will stop if the government continues to ignore international calls for CHT Accord implementation.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

December 2, 2022
December 2, 2022

CHT peace accord: 25 years on, full implementation still elusive

It has been 25 years since the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord was signed, but rights activists and leaders of the party that signed it with the government say key clauses of the agreement still remain unimplemented.

August 8, 2022
August 8, 2022

Chakma resistance to British rule

The Battle of Plassey and the Battle of Boxar were the imperial wars between the East India Company and the Mughal authority, which in turn gave the Company a legal status in Bengal.

April 25, 2018
April 25, 2018

Water running dry in hills

Every day, 30-year-old Ruposhi Chakma has to walk three kilometres to reach a well, to fetch water for her five-member family. In Chela Chhara village in Rangamati's Kawkhali upazila where she lives, there isn't a nearby water source anymore. An increasing