John Tripura

In the Chittagong Hill Tracts, clashes between Bangladeshi military and Shanti Bahini continued for more than two decades.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord (CHT Accord), signed in 1997 with the promise to end armed conflict and grant a host of benefits to the indigenous Jumma people in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh, has rather increased tension in the last 20 years.