CHT Accord: 22 years of promises not kept
In the Chittagong Hill Tracts, clashes between Bangladeshi military and Shanti Bahini continued for more than two decades.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
20 years of the elusive CHT Accord
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.
1 December 2017, 18:00 PM