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041221 7 more govt depts to be handed over to CHT dist councils (Daily Star)

041217 JS team starts CHT visit today (Daily Star)

041203 Seven years of CHT accord (Daily Star)

041202 Agitation in the hills for execution of CHT accord today (Daily Star)

041202 Another arms haul in Naikkhongchhari (Daily Star)

041125 Editorial -Arms haul in deep forest (Daily Star)

041125 Another arms cache seized in Bandarban (Daily Star)

041124 Huge arms cache seized from deep CHT forest (Daily Star)

041111 Shantu Larma warns of taking up arms again (Daily Star)

041019 Cop withdrawal from CHT starts today (Daily Star)

041015 Govt to downsize CHT police- 800 cops to be redeployed in crime pockets across country (Daily Star)

040928 Dhaka wants Delhi to hand over offenders wanted by police, courts (BangladeshWeb.com)

040927 Horror in Kawkhali hills- Singya Chakma recounts days in captivity (Daily Star)

040920 Evicted 300 indigenous people toil at shelter- Fearful still of anti-peace accord gunrunners' attack (Daily Star)

040920 $5.5m UNDP project for economic development of CHT (Financial Express)

040918 Alleged Raid by UPDF Men- 300 indigenous people flee home in Rangamati (Daily Star)

040913 Rights of indigenous people- It's time we recognised their role in society (Daily Star)

040830 Malaria claims 519 in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

040827 The JSS claimed: Anupam died from excessive torture in
the military camp.(Prothom Alo)

040814 CHT turns volatile yet again - Six killed, 13 abducted in ten days (Bangladesh-web.com)

040810 Indigenous people rally for rights (Daily Star)

040810 CHT law and order slide concerns politicos (Daily Star)

040809 Indigenous Peoples Day- Ethnic minorities: A strength in diversity (Daily Star)

040809 BDR refutes BSF claim of insurgent camps (Daily Star)

040808 Repression on indigenous people continues: Shantu (Daily Star)

040808 Khagrachhari, :Army, police foil United People's Democratic Front (UPDF)
blockade (bangladesh-web.com)

040805 GENOCIDAL CRIMES IN CHT: ActionAlert calling for International Attention to the CHT Issue (Peace Campaign Group) WARNING: graphic/shocking photos included.

040804 Couple chopped to death in CHT, child critically injured (New Age Bangladesh)

040803 20 hurt in Rangamati clash (Daily Star)

040731 Cancel Madhupur Eco-Park Project, withdraw false cases
Indigenous People Forum urges govt (Daily Star)

040727 Indigenous peoples' leaders of different countries appleal to the Prime Minister for implementation of the CHT Peace Accord (Prothom Alo)

040727 Killing and religious persecution by the Bangladesh army (PCJSS)

040724 'Indigenous people still facing persecutions' (Daily Star)

040719 Britain ready to invest for development projects in Chittagong Hill
Tracts (The Bangladesh Journal)

040718 Move to make CHT Regional Council effective (Ittefaq)

040713 Karnaphuli dam under threat from downpour, water onrush (Daily Star)

040716 LetterTo Bangladesh Government, Chittagong Hill TractsHuman Rights Violations (Amnesty International)

040618 Indigenous people in CHT face worst water crisis (Daily Star)

040617 Road blockade in Rangamati on Sunday (New Age Bangladesh)

040617 Land alienated, hill people are marginalized (Asia News)

040610 Jumma, Indigenous people of Chittagong, Bangladesh fears renewed Army attacks (News From Bangladesh)

040610 Tk12 cr Norwegian aid for education of indigenous children (Daily Star)

040607 Two Organizations have call for Strike in CHT on Wednesday (Prothom Alo)

040602 Heated debate in JS panel meeting over direct election to CHT Regional
Council (The Independent)

040525 UPDF worker shot dead in Khagrachhari (The Independent)

040522 The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous People:
Establishment of Human Right of the Indigenous People is possible through the path of Self-determination. (Prothom Alo)

040511 Govt bars Shantu Larma from leaving for UN conference in USA (Daily Star)

040511 Some donors may quit if security doesn't improve (Daily Star)

040510 6 PCJSS men abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

040510 The donors wanted to know- Why Mr. Larma has not been allowed to go to USA? (Prothom Alo)

040509 Fifty hurt as rivals clash in Bandarban (Daily Star)

040508 Government did not allow Mr. Santu Larma to go to USA (Prothom Alo)

040508 PCJSS enforces hartal in CHT today (Daily Star)

040507 CHT becoming hotbed of tension- PCJSS-UPDP busy abducting each other's men for tolls (Bangladesh Observer)

040505 One last plea from Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh (Telegraph)

040503 3 PCJSS men abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

040430 May 8 Hartal in CHT- Hills people, settlers set for a face-off (Daily Star)

040425 Arunachal union calls poll boycott(in protest of Chakmas from CHT being granted voting rights) (Telegraph)

040418 Regional council to oversee CHT uplift efforts (Daily Star)

040411 Arms Haul- US sent those for Indian rebels at CHT camps, claims Ctg mayor (Daily Star)

040410 Attack on Jumma people by Bengali settlers in Baghaichari (PCJSS)

040408 CHT refugees demand double ration (Daily Star)

040407 Ethnic conflicts lead CHT to impoverishment- Speakers tell seminar (Daily Star)

040406 Biggest ever arms haul in Ctg- Role of OC of Karnaphuli police station
dubious (Bangladesh Observer)

040406 Underground cracks detected at Kaptai hydroelectric dam (News From Bangladesh)

040405 India rebel link in Bangla haul (The Telegraph)

040331 Scarcity of food hits fire victims at Bandarban (Daily Star)

040331 Dhaka to work with Delhi soon on Ulfa issue (Daily Star)

040330 Dhaka unlikely to join Asian Highway network (The News Today)

040323 'Anti-constitution' aspects of CHT peace deal needs review MK Anwar tells JS (Daily Star)

040322 European Diplomats to visit Chittagong Hill Tracts -to see first hand
the ongoing humanitarian relief effort in Mahalchari (News From Bangladesh)

040312 India to help tackle anti-Bangladesh insurgents (News From Bangadesh)

040311 Dhaka declines Delhi's plan for jt swoop on extremists (Daily Star)

040308 2 PCJSS activists killed, 8 abducted (Daily Star)

040302 UPDF, PCJSS trade fire over supremacy (Daily Star)

040301 Underworld's main role in clandestine arms trade - US experts to visit CHT today for on the spot study(Bangladesh Observer)

040229 Chaos grips CHT as govt wavers in peace deal (Daily Star)

040225 Editorial: Attack on Dr Kamal Hossain- We condemn it (Daily Star)

040224 Attack on Dr Kamal's motorcade in Ctg - Pro-govt settler group blamed for the raid (Daily Star)

040224 PCJSS enforces hartal today in Rangamati (Daily Star)

040216 Road blockade program of the Bengalis: Demanding equal rights in the three hill districts of CHT. (Prothom Alo)

040215 UNDP, PCJSS agree on development works-Programme in CHT to start soon (Daily Star)

040214 PCJSS-UPDF rivalry - 6 killed, 20 abducted in CHT in 40 days (Daily Star)

040212 Foreigners' security beefed up in Rangamati (Daily Star)

040211 7 UPDF men abducted from wedding party (Daily Star)

040211 4 Points demands for implementation of the Peace Accord:
A mass gathering at Rangamati (Prothom Alo)

040210 Last day of CHT road blockade ends peacefully (Daily Star)

040208 Tourism dwindles in CHT for law and order slide (Daily Star)

040207 48-hour road blockade in CHT begins tomorrow (Daily Star)

040205 Bandarban resort hotelier kidnapped for Tk 2cr (Daily Star)

040130 Mr. Larma at Advisory Meeting related to Indigenous People (Bhorer Khagoj)

040130 Big arms recovery in CHT forests (Daily Star)

040129 Hasina opposes Hasina! [on Modhupur Ecopark issue] (The New Age)

040127 Modhupur eco-park- Shantu vows to stop it, Shajahan to pursue (Daily Star)

040127 UPDF men block Rangamati roads (Daily Star)

040126 Santu Larma at Madupur: 250,000 adibasis are in
solidarity against the Eco-park project at Madupur (Prothom Alo)

040125 News Headline: Bengali Student Union called for a strike in Rangamati on 28th January, 2004 (Bhorer Khagoj)

040125 Arunachal bandh threat over refugee controversy (Telegraph)

040123 Election Commission throws Chakma spanner (The Pioneer, on Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh)

040122 CHT taskforce meets after 4 years, winds up without success (Daily Star)

040121 Road blockade in CHT ends (Daily Star)

040120 Clashes mark first day of CHT road blockade (Daily Star)

040118 PCJSS starts 48-hr road blockade in CHT tomorrow (Daily Star)

040117 UPDF activists beat PCP worker in JN Hall (Bangladesh Observer)

040109 Fear stalks Garos in forest homes (Daily Star)

040109 10 abducted in Rangamati- PCJSS blamed, kidnapped hills student found dead (Daily Star)

040109 UNDP envoy optimistic about ending CHT impasse (Daily Star)

040107 PCJSS begins 120-hr road blockade Jan 19 (Daily Star)

040106 Garos issue ultimatum to cancel Modhupur eco-park scheme (Daily Star)

040106 CHT braces for more volatility (Daily Star)

040105 Black flags fly amid outrage in Modhupur (Daily Star)

040105 Editorial: UNDP's review team for CHT- Development work must resume early (Daily Star)

040104 Govt denies arrest of Indian militants in Dhaka (The Independent)

040103 Crackdown on terrorists in border dists (The Independent)

040103 Bangla on rebel flushout drive (THe Telegraph)

040101 6 abducted persons freed in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

031228 PCG demands dissolution of CHT regional council (The Independent)

031225 3 bodies to be given to CHT council - Bid to meet more of peace deal (Daily Star)

031225 UPDF cadres abduct 5 tribals in Khagrachhari (The Independent)

031224 Mass abduction in Khagrachhari-PCJSS armed cadres blamed (The Independent)

031223 Larma alleges oppression on minorities (The Independent)

031224 20 abducted in Khagrachhari- PCJSS men blamed (The Daily Star)

031214 PCJSS leader shot dead (Daily Star)

031211 JS body for lease of land, refugees’ repatriation in CHT (The Independent)

031211 Tk 3.20 cr Danish grant for water, sanitation in CHT (The Independent)

031210 Editorial: CHT peace- Stakeholders must work together (Daily Star)

031209 Stray violence marks JSS hartal in CHT- Boy injured in shootout (The Independent)

031209 Hartal in CHT ends quietly (The Daily Star)

031208 Shantu seeks US support for peace accord implementation (Daily Star)

031208 CHT braces for hartal amidst resistance from ruling alliance (The Daily Star)

031207 Another ethnic youth killed ahead of PCJSS hartal in CHT (Daily Star)

031207 Tense situation prevails in CHT-UPDF enforces road blockade programme (Independent)

031205 PCJSS leader shot dead, gunfight in Mohalchhari (Daily Star)

031206 Revenge killing in Khagrachhari - JSS leader gunned down (The Independent)

031205 Denmark government will provide Taka 27 lakhs in rehabilitation (of the victim families of Mahalchari incident) (Bhorer Khagoj)

031205 Larma challenged on demands for CHT peace (Daily Star)

031205 CHT tense as JSS, UPDF cross swords (The Independent)

031205 Editorial: CHT crisis (The Independent)

031205 Letters to Editor- Tension across the CHT (Daily Star)

031203 Unrest in CHT deepens (The Independent)

031203 UPDF leader killed in Dighinala gunfight (The Independent)

031203 Larma’s ultimatum for army pullout (The Independent)

031203 CHT at standstill as violence marks accord anniversary (Daily Star)

031203 Shantu asks govt to withdraw troops, cancel army drive (Daily Star)

031202 Hopes of peace fading from minds of CHT people: Larma (Bangladesh Observer)

031202 Shantu warns a volatile CHT- Non-implementation of pact (Daily Star)

031202 PCJSS siege today for CHT accord execution (Daily Star)

031202 Larma announces action programme (The Independent)

031201 Alliance, PCJSS men at odds over hartal, road blockade on sixth anniversary of peace deal (Independent)

031129 Works on uplift projects in CHT going on in full swing (The Independent)

031127 Tiger Force militants held (Telegraph)

031125 Huge arms haul in CHT (Daily Star)

031125 Army seizes huge firearms from CHT jungle (Bangladesh Observer)

031124 Indian minister blames Assam trouble on Bangladesh (Daily Star)

031123 Editorial - Trouble in Hill Tracts again (Daily Star)

031122 Call for mass movement by JSS: Mixed reaction in CHT (Prothom Alo)

031122 Editorial: The situation of the CHT (Bhorer Khagoj)

031122 Taskforce for CHT internal refugees in limbo over chairman's status (Daily Star)

031121 CHT women leaders protest atrocities (The Independent)

031121 Ration supply for the Returnee Jumma Refugees from India has been reduced to half: Fresh call for movement. (Prothom Alo)

031114 UNDP to provide Tk 30 lakh for Mahalchhari victims (Daily Star)

031114 UNDP to launch humanitarian operation at Mohalchhari (Independent)

031113 Indigenous refugees get ration after 4 months (Daily Star)

031111 Armed Clash between two groups in Rangamati, 3 kidnapped. (Bhorer Khagoj)

031111 3 abducted in Rangamati (The Independent)

031111 Tribute to Manabendra Larma (The Independent)

031110 JSS programme to observe Larma’s death anniversary (The Independent)

031105 Peace in CHT a far cry (Daily Star)

031101 50,000 Rohingyas poised to cross into Bangladesh (Daily Star)

031027 Editorial - CHT affairs, A call for coordination (Daily Star)

031026 JS body on CHT to seek PM help; Serious lack of coordination in admin observed (Daily Star)

031024 BSF hands over list of 78 'militant camps' to BDR (Daily Star)

031023 Thousands in CHT living sans rations despite PM's order (Daily Star)

031022 Two abducted tribal contractors released (Independent)

031019 Dinajpur ethnic people doubly denied (Daily Star)

031019 5 contractors kidnapped, 3 released (Independent)

031015 Kanakchanpa Chakma awarded in Tashkent Biennial (Daily Star)

031015 Exchange of fire between the army and terrorist: arms and
ammunition recovered (Bhorer Khagoj)

031014 Road Blockade in Khagrachari town called off (Prothom Alo)

031014 Ration for tribal refugees to continue: Moni Swapan (Independent)

031014 Editorial: Indigenous Community-Land Redemption Programme (Independent)

031008 Mahalchhari incident - UNDP mission assessing extent of damage (Independent)

031008 4 businessmen abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

031004 JSS-UPDF face-off sparks fresh unrest (The Independent)

031004 Bombs, arms recovered from 2 CHT districts (Daily Star)

030930 Moni Swapan threatens to quit (The Independent)

030930 UPDF enforces road blockade at Mahalchhari (The Independent)

030929 UNDP development activities in CHT (The Independent)

030929 Khagrachhari road blockade ends-UPDF action programme today (The Independent)

030928 Work on Eco Park going on in full swing (The Independent)

030928 Road blockade at Khagrachhari (Independent)

030927 We Want Peace (Daily Star)

030927 First day of 72-hr passes off peacefully in Khagrachhari (Independent)

030926 PCJSS blasts CHT secy's remarks (Daily Star)

030926 72-hr blockade begins in Khagrachhari (The Independent)

030925 Hill people’s tale of woe (Six part series, Independent)

030925 PCJSS slams comments on Shantu (Daily Star)

030924 Fresh trouble in Khagrachhari -Attack on village blamed on JSS (Independent)

030922 Mass rally demands army presence in CHT (The Independent)

030920 Army, miscreants trade fire in CHT - BDR busts criminals’ den at Bandarban (Independent)

030920 Arms cache seized from deep CHT forests (Daily Star)

030918 Eerie calm in Mahachhari (The Independent)

030918 Removal of Santu Larma from CHT council demanded (The Independent)

030917 Santu Larma threatens to cancel settlers' certificates (The Independent)

030916 Larma blames BNP MP for Mahalchhari incidents (Daily Star)

030916 35 killed by wild elephants in 4 years in Bandarban (Independent)

030916 Implement 5-pt demand: PCP (Daily Star)

030916 Hill students’ fresh demand for quality education (Independent)

030914 Santu Larma visits Mahalchari (The Independent)

030909 Mahalchari visit of the permanent parliamentary committee on CHT (Prothom Alo)

030909 Editorial - The Restless Hills (The Bangladesh Observer)

030909 Editorial - Khagrachhari incident shameful (Daily Star)

030907 Editorial - Disquest In The Hills (Bangladesh Observer)

030906 Tribal people protest Madhupur park project (The Independent)

030906 'Scrap Modhupur park project, punish Mahalchhari attackers' (Daily Star)

030905 Restriction on movement of foreigners in CHT lifted (The Independent)

030904 Curb on free movement CHT minister says he was not informed of circular (Daily Star)

030904 Move on to tap phone calls, bust e-mails (Daily Star)

030903 Army to control foreigners' entry into CHT (Daily Star)

030903 UPDF’s 72-hr road blockade in Khagrachhari ends (Daily Star)

030902 Ration stopped for indigenous CHT refugees (Daily Star)

030902 The villagers will not return to their burnt villages unless the military is withdrawn (Prothom Alo)

030901 Hill tracts turn volatile- Army fights terrorists, hills people protest attack on villages (Daily Star)

030901 JS body to probe slide in order in CHT (Daily Star)

030901 72-hr road barricade begins in Khagrachari (Independent)

030901 Abducted tribal wood trader’s body recovered by armymen (The Independent)

030831 PCJSS alleges gangrape of 9 ethnic women in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

030831 Worried CHT rajas seek multi-ethnic police force (Daily Star)

030830 Fresh clashes in Khagrachhari - 20 injured, houses torched (Independent)

030829 47 held for suspected link with clash at Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

030827 One dies, over 100 houses torched over kidnap (Daily Star)

030827 Abduction sparks off violent clash in Khagrachhari (The Independent)

030826 PCJSS leader shot dead by rivals (Independent)

030825 16 abducted in Rangamati - Three released later (Daily Star)

030825 Shantu accuses govt of stalling execution of CHT accord (Daily Star)

030825 Indigenous children have little access to primary education (Daily Star)

030820 Tea cultivation project at CHT approved (The Independent)

030809 Forge unity to protect interests of minority: Larma (The New Nation)

030802 Pro-peace accord activists killed our 87 men: UPDF , PCJSS rejects allegation (Daily Star)

030802 Rakhines: Persecution and poverty force them to flee home (Daily Star)

030802 Panic as quakes rock CHT again (The Independent)

030802 Fresh aftershock jolts Rangamati (Daily Star)

030727 Malaria kills 672 in 6 months in 3 hill districts (The Independent)

030727 Clashes between the UPDF and JSS leave three dead and two injured: (Prothom Alo)

030725 Larma demands immediate drop of Madhupur project (Daily Star)

030724 Land grabbing allegations require official probe (Daily Star)

030722 School teacher kidnapped in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

030721 Tribesmen, Bangalees unite to resist toll collection in Rangamati (Daily Star)

030721 Land to be leased in CHT for tea gardening (The Independent)

030716 Bumper yield of jackfruit in Khagrachhari (The Independent)

030716 Agencies probe origin of arms in Bandarban (Daily Star)

030712 Editorial - Turmoil in CHT (The Independent)

030710 80 anti-India militant camps active in Bangladesh (Daily Star)

030701 50,000 marooned in Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar (The Independent)

030701 UPDF activist killed, bazaar looted in Naniarchar (Daily Star)

030624 Army slaps down cell phone project in hills (Daily Star)

030622 Agitation against UNDP decision in Matiranga (The Independent)

030621 CHT tense over UNDP dev plan Half-day hartal called at Matiranga today (The Independent)

030618 Jhum farming loses out to immigrants (Daily Star)

030616 Editorial: CHT affairs (The Independent)

030616 New initiative in the Hill Tracts (Daily Star)

030616 UPDF office torched due to internal feud, says PCJSS (Daily Star)

030614 Abduction of Kalpana Chakma - Make probe report public: HWF (Daily Star)

030614 Death from diarrhoea in Rangamati (Daily Star)

030614 Jhum cultivators get little support (The Independent)

030611 Delegates visit two areas to examine Rangamati water (Daily Star)

030609 Miscreants set fire to PCJSS office (The Independent)

030604 Indigenous people protest Madhupur park project (Daily Star)

030604 Frustration in the Hills: Implement the CHT Peace Accord (Prothom Alo)

030505 No camp of Indian terrorists exist in Bangladesh (The Independent)

030439 Diarrhoea claims 52 lives in Bandarban (The Independent)

030428 Tribal girl raped at Rangamati

030425 Poverty paper must address aborigine needs (Daily Star)

020305 Hill destruction rampant in CHT (The Independent)

030228 Euro Parliament team worried over human rights violations (Daily Star)

030223 Ekushey observed in Rangamati (Daily Star)

030220 Hill students submit memo to PMO (The Independent)

030220 Two arrested tribal youths brought to Dhaka for questioning (Independent)

030219 Terrorists attack minorities, loot shops in Chandpur (The Independent)

030218 Over 5,000 slum people evicted (Daily Star)

030217 'Rajpunnah' festival begins (Daily Star)

030217 Trouble brewing in tea industry (Independent)

030217 Falling production may lead to tea import (Daily Star)

030216 Delhi demands action on 'immigrants, insurgency' (Daily Star)

030212 B’desh Communist leader echoes India’s concern over ISI, al Qaeda (The Sentinel)

030211 Govt plans tea gardens on 47,000 hectares in CHT (Daily Star)

030211 Wild elephants kill 40 in 3 years in Bandarban (The Independent)

030211 UPDF wants CHT peace accord scrapped (The Independent)

030207 PCJSS men abduct 11 (Daily Star)

030207 Women repression prevention act to be amended to stop abuse (Daily Star)

030206 Jumma refugees demand rehabilitation (Daily Star)

030206 Mong community wants successor of Raja Mompru as their chief (The Independent)

030204 16 push-in attempts in a week (Daily Star)

030130 Editorial Disquieting news from CHT-Rapid implementation of peace accord imperative (Daily Star)

030124 Editorial: CHT turmoil (The Independent)

030123 Armed cadres in CHT fight open battle (The Independent)

030123 Union Parishad elections: Army to be deployed in Rangamati (Daily Star)

030121 Girl is raped and killed in Khagrachari (Prothom Alo)

030120 Army officer shot in Rangamati (Daily Star)

030117 Bangladesh on US terror-risk list (Daily Star)

030108 India plans migrant crackdown (BBC)

030108 PCJSS-UPDF gunfight: One killed (Daily Star)

030106 Steps taken to eradicate malaria in CHT (Daily Star)

021230 Buddhist Monk calls for JSS-UPDF Dialog (Daily Sangbad, summarized)

021230 Former Chakma chief may return to Bangladesh (The Hindu)

021229 Bid to bring back Tridib Roy to counter PCJSS? (Daily Star)

021202 Five years of CHT peace accord-PCJSS threatens to go back to armed struggle(Daily Star)

021202 Peace Accord: The day of completion of five years of frustration in the Hills (Prothom Alo)

021130 Malaria killed 1,778 in 11 years in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

021129 Food shortage occurring in inaccessible tribal regions (Prothom Alo)

021125 New tea gardens in CHT on the cards (Daily Star)

021123 Euro-parliament sees 'serious HR violation' (Daily Star)

021117 Army beats up a Buddhist monk in Khagrachari (Hill Watch Human Rights Forum)

021109 PCJSS confce adopts 33-pt demand-Santu Larma reelected president (Independent)

021109 CHT accord-Larma vows to continue agitation (Daily Star)

021108 Persecution of Adivasi Tanchangyas of Ukhia (Independent)

021108 DANIDA to resume dev work in CHT in January (Daily Star)

021108 Schoolteacher abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

021108 Khagrachhari Government College faces manifold problems (Daily Star)

021107 Two hundred year old Rakhaine pagoda destroyed, another threatened by land grabbing (Prothom Alo)

021107 CHT peace accord-Its implementation needs bolstering (Daily Star)

021107 2 UPDF activists abducted allegedly by PCJSS men (Daily Star)

021106 Santu Larma demands 'full implementation' of peace accord (Independent)

021106 Signing of CHT accord was a great mistake Larma tells JSS congress (Daily Star)

021104 India identifies 99 NE ultra camps in Bangla (Assam Tribune)

021104 Concern over deaths under army custody (Daily Star)

021030 ADB to give 61m dollars to dev CHT (Daily Star)

021029 DCs empowered to issue certificates of CHT residency (Daily Star)

021021 Deadly Cargo Bangladesh a safe haven for Islamic jihadis (Alex Perry)

021020 CHT peace should be within reach (Daily Star)

021019 PCJSS-UPDF rivalry leaves 231killed, 400 injured since '97 accord (Daily Star)

020920 US Envoy says situation conducive to development in CHT (Daily Star, Independent)

020816 Joint assessment mission report on CHT (Daily Star)

020815 Donors for resumption of CHT uplift activities (The Independent)

020814 Extortionists rule CHT (Daily Star)

020813 Denmark to resume devwork in CHT by Sept (Daily Star)

020812 Editorial: Indigenous peoples (The Independent)

020812 Concern for Adibashis (Daily Star)

020811 Indigenous people's rights-These are our sacred trust (Daily Star)

020810 Implement CHT peace accord, recognise land rights: Santu (The Independent)

020809 Adibashis need patronage (Daily Star)

020805 6 tribesmen killed in Bandarban-Sequel to toll collection rivalry (The Independent)

020804 Contractor abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

020801 PCJSS activist abducted in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

020723 Khasis, Garos being terrorised: Santu (The Independent)

020723 Allotment of khas land suspended in hill dists (Daily Star)

020719 UPDF activists abduct 2 jeep drivers in Rangamati (Daily Star)

020718 Law and order in Khagrachhari reviewed (The Independent)

020718 India claims 'terrorist base' in Bangladesh (Daily Star)

0220718 Trying times for Rakhain community (The Independent)

020714 12 UPDF men abducted in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

020710 Two villagers shot dead by UPDF activists in Rangamati (Daily Star)

020709 Quick-impact funds for CHT proposed (The Independent)

020709 Malaria claims 242 lives in 6 months in 3 hill dists (Daily Star)

020625 Night guard killed, forest official abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

020624 Release of 2 PCP eaders demanded (Daily Star)

020621 Malaria claims 45 in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

020621 Govt-UNDP talks soon to resume aid in CHT (Daily Star)

020618 3 PCJSS men abducted in Rangamati (Daily Star)

0206617 Kaptai lake needs dredging (Daily Star)

020614 Donors for resumption of dev aid for CHT (Daily Star)

020603 Govt-UNDP mission holds talks with Shantu Larma (Daily Star)

020530 Initiatives for ending the bloody conflict between the UPDF
and the JSS (Prothom Alo)

020530 Donors' team goes to CHT June 1 (Daily Star)

020515 UNDP's CHT mission awaits govt nod (Daily Star)

020514 Another Buddhist monastery attacked in Ctg (Daily Star)

020513 Monk murder in Raozan- 3 weeks over, police 'still trying' to nab Aziz (Daily Star)

020503 Donors to visit CHT to assess security situation (Daily Star)

020501 FM rejects US Congressman's allegation of torture on minorities (Independent)

020501 A Seminar in US on Minority Rights Situation in Bangladesh (Japan CHT Committee)

020429 Response to "Cocoon of Terror" on Al Qaeda links in Bangladesh (Daily Star)

020429 Monk murder Police preparing to hand over case to CID (Daily Star)

020429 Police-mob clash leaves 20 hurt at Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

020423 Armed gang slays Buddhist monk inside Raozan temple (Daily Star)

020420 2 shot dead as PCJSS, UPDF activists clash in Rangamati (Daily Star)

020417 Massive depletion of forest resources in CHT (Daily Star)

020406 One shot dead as PCJSS, UPDF activists clash (Daily Star)

020404 Japan Embassy Dhaka investiges minority exodus (Statesman)

020323 17 metric tons of rice gutted in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

020316 Seminar on Chittagong Hill Tracts' customary law held (Japan CHT Committee)

020311 No judgment for the indigenous people murder cases in Madupur Garh, Bangladesh: the Garo community feels threatened and insecure (Prothom Alo)

020310 US asstt secy due tomorrow

020310 Meeting at Rangamati and Dhaka on functioning of RC
and the CHT Land Commission (Japan CHT Committee)

020226 Dissatisfaction in 3 hill districts (ACDIS)

020205 Bhuban killing - Hartal observed in Rangamati (Daily Star)

011213 CHT land commission to start functioning soon (Daily Star)

011207 Four killed in gunfight in Khagrachhari (Independent)

011202 Fate of CHT accord hangs in balance (Daily Star)

011129 Five more PCJSS men kidnapped in Khagrachhari (Independent)

011125 18 hurt as settlers, tribal people clash in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

011010 Results of Parliamentary Election in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Japan CHT Committee)

011004 Respect people's verdict, say Japanese polls observers (Daily Star)

011001 First day of hartal passes off peacefully in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

010927 PCJSS calls hartal in CHT Sept 30 & Oct 1 to resist polls (Daily Star)

010925 Polls motivation campaign in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

010920 PCJSS to resist Oct 1 polls in 3 hill districts (UNB)

010918 Attack on Prashit Khisa's motorcade: One killed (Daily Star)

010918 Assailants open fire on UPDF supporters: Youth killed (UNB)

010914 Tribal leader shot dead at Dighinala (Independent)

010912 Panic of violence grips hill people (Daily Star)

010908 Debate in the worker's meeting of JSS regarding election
participation or, boycotting (Prothom Alo)

010905 Two tribal youths arrested withAK-47 rifle (Daily Star)

010904 The law enforcing authority and the election in CHT, Bangladesh (various Bangla dailies)

010829 Views exchange meeting in Khagrachhari (Daily Star)

010828 CHT experiences the longest strike of the year (Prothom Alo, etc.)