Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord

Let’s not stall the implementation of CHT Accord any longer

A clear, time-bound roadmap can address CHT accord's unfulfilled provisions.
30 July 2025

When will the revolution reach Bangladesh’s hills?

The policies in the region under the interim government have remained nearly identical to those under Sheikh Hasina.
23 January 2025

CHT regional council fate still unresolved

The Appellate Division is yet to settle the issues because the parties concerned apparently remain apathetic about disposing of the appeals
2 December 2024

Who is Kalpana Chakma?

As a “new” Bangladesh emerges, knowing who Kalpana Chakma is becomes crucial in understanding our shared history
22 September 2024

Rhetoric cannot hide CHT accord failures

Will the government keep its promises to the indigenous communities of the CHT this time around?
3 December 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.
6 May 2023

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

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated
4 January 2023

CHT Accord implementation still incomplete

How much longer must the people of CHT wait?
1 December 2022

CHT Land Commission work, and the power struggles, contradictions, and tensions around it

The state has slowly been leading to the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their land
10 August 2022

The indigenous experience is similar, be it in Bangladesh or Canada

Researching the plight of Indigenous people is a passion of mine because I am Indigenous.
15 June 2022

UPL launches Ananda Bikash Chakma’s new book, ‘Carpus Mahal Theke Shanti Chukti'

Dr Anand Bikash Chakma, Associate Professor at the department of History, Chittagong University, launched his book, Carpus Mahal Theke Shanti Chukti: Parbotto Chattogram-e Rashtrio Nitir Itihash (University Press Limited, 2021), at a virtual programme organised by UPL on September 9, 2021. 
12 September 2021

Full implementation during this govt

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord will be implemented fully during the tenure of the present government as most of the points of the accord have already been implemented, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.
21 December 2017

Bengalis in CHT will not be deprived: Gowher Rizvi

Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the prime minister, says that Bengalis living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts will not be deprived of legitimate claim on lands.
17 April 2017

CHT Peace Accord

We wholeheartedly endorse the call of politicians, cultural activists, and indigenous leaders to the government to declare a definite roadmap for effective implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord.
11 March 2016