17 MArch 2010
The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) General Secretary Rabi Shankar Chakma in a statement issued today said, “A vested interest group continues to misrepresent the UPDF’s position on ‘CHT Accord’, resulting in confusions among many people.”

CHT Commission Letter to Sheikh Hasina – Download Original letter in PDF
CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS COMMISSION
Co-Chairpersons: Sultana Kamal, Lord Eric Avebury, Ida Nicolaisen
Members: Shapan Adnan, Lars-Anders Baer, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Sara
Hossain, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Lee Swepston, Robert Evans, Hideaki Uemura
22 February 2010
To
Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh
Prime Minister’s Office
Tejgaon, Dhaka
Subject: Urgent [...]

ACHE Press Release – Bangladesh burns more tribal villages 23 February 2010

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take necessary steps to cancel the planning ministry’s decision to develop tourism in hill areas without consulting the Hill District Council.
The CHTC sent a letter to the prime minister on Wednesday expressing its concern over indiscriminate tourism development plans in the CHT.

06 January 2009
The CHT Commission (“CHTC”) congratulates the Awami League-led government on completing a year in office. At our last meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 17, 2009, members of the Commission were heartened when she reasserted her personal commitment to overseeing the implementation of the CHT Accord in the span of her [...]

 
From 1:30 to 3:30 PM on Saturday 19 Dec. 2009, activists took to the streets near Yurakucho station in Tokyo to collect signatures and appeal for full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord.  More than thirty Jumma people living in Japan called for an end to human rights violations and for implementation of the [...]

 On 23 December 2009 in a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry undertook decision to promote tourism industry in CHT. The meeting was held at CHT Development Board conference in Rangamati with Committee Chairman Col (retd) Oli Ahmed in chair. The meeting was attended by members of the parliamentary standing committee, namely, [...]

New Age, 22 December 2009
A visiting Japanese parliamentarian, Naoto Sakaguchi, on Monday urged the government to declare a roadmap for implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord singed in 1997.
‘The government should also earmark funds through a block allotment to implement the treaty,’ the member of the Japanese House of Representatives told reporters after a [...]

23 Dec 2009

Jumma organizations and Human Rights organizations cordially seek endorsement from individual and organizations, for full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord. For further detail please visit ‘Gloval Voice for CHT’ website: http://www.cht-global-voices.com 

Chairman of CHT Regional Council Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Santu Larma yesterday again urged the government to activate the regional and hill district councils for development of the region.
Stressing the need for strengthening the local government institutions, including upazila and union parishads, Larma said devolution of power is a pre-condition for development of the rural [...]

02 Dec 2009
Disputes over land, the root cause of the crises in Chittagong Hill Tracts, still exist even after 12 years of signing of the CHT Peace Accord.
Indigenous and Bangalee people in Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban have had to bear the brunt of the land disputes since 1979 when the then government rehabilitated Bangalee families [...]

02 Dec 2009
Political as well as civil societies and indigenous communities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are observing the 12th anniversary of the peace accord on Wednesday, signed on the day 12 years ago.
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) took different programmes, including rallies and discussions in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari to observe the day.