The CHT issue is a political and national issue. Therefore, there is no alternative to solving it through political means. After all, wasn’t one of the objectives of signing the CHT Accord in 1997 to resolve the CHT problem through political and peaceful means?
The title, Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023, distinctly reveals its character as a criminal law aimed at delineating a range of land-related offenses and prescribing corresponding penalties for such transgressions.
The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) in a statement today expressed deep concern over the ongoing lawsuits against the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900, and called for its defense
Indigenous displacement and our complicity
The Mro community held protests against the proposed hotel construction at the Kapru Bazar area in Bandarban on November 8, 2020. Photo: Collected
If you were forced out from your ancestral land today, where would you go? How long could you walk in your torn sandals? Where would you sleep as developers transformed the space shared by your siblings into a luxury suite for travellers willing to spend Tk 18,000 per night? How would you console your hungry children? What do you tell your old mother traumatised from generational conflicts?
The construction of a five star hotel and tourist spot in Bandarban by Sikder group will wipe out six villages of the Mro Indigenous community. The project will acquire about 405 hectares of land, levelling down hills, clearing forests and disrupting natural water sources.