Indigenous people
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, 17:30 PM
‘Indigenous In the Edge’ outlines lives of 17 ethnic groups in Bangladesh
Members of each community have reviewed the information that attempts to offer insight into the histories, homes, the clans and tribes that make up each community, the food habits and religious and cultural practices, and the languages, written and oral, they employ.
9 August 2022, 14:56 PM
Indigenous women know how to nurture nature. We need to listen to them.
Indigenous women's traditional knowledge and practices can help us to survive with nature instead of abusing it. In Bangladesh, their inherent value are yet to be fully understood and duly recognised by the scientific community, development practitioners and policymakers alike.
8 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Books exploring the lives of indigenous peoples
The book is a complete treatise on the development of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
9 August 2021, 15:46 PM
3 indigenous villages face land grabbing
Cradled in the scenic hilly landscape and close to the town centre, a cluster of three indigenous villages of Bandarban sadar upazila faces grabbing by a resort owner who intends to build a five-star hotel in the area.
27 July 2019, 18:00 PM
It's far from acceptable
The overall human rights condition of the country's indigenous people remained far from acceptable in the year 2017 and little effort
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Longadu Fire: 3 months on, they're still homeless
More than three months after the burning down of indigenous people's houses in Longadu upazila of Rangamati, it now seems to be a
21 September 2017, 18:13 PM
Ensure equal rights, dignity
It was their day. They gathered, joined hands and spoke up to draw the government's attention to their demands for their rights and
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM
700 Khasi people set to lose their homesteads
Women sit in a yard trying to sort betel leaves but their heavy hearts barely allow it. The elderly who counted on predictable
6 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Protecting indigenous peoples' land rights
We fully endorse the call for implementation of the ILO convention 107 to protect land rights of the indigenous peoples of the country.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
[WATCH NOW] A short trip, lots to see: The Ethnological Museum at Chittagong
If you have always wanted to know about the unique and fascinating lifestyles of the indigenous people living in the country, a short visit to the Ethnological Museum in Chittagong could make that possible.
27 October 2015, 12:04 PM
Khagrachhari blockade observed peacefully
Indigenous people peacefully observe dawn-to-dusk road blockade in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.
16 March 2015, 06:13 AM