Chattogram hill tracts

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Chattogram mapping hills to prevent landslides

A 12-member research team from Dhaka University is already conducting field surveys and collecting data for the layout

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. File photo
Bangladesh

A group is trying to destabilise CHT region: Home minister

The ethnic people of the Chattogram Hill Tracts use banana leaves to wrap vegetables as their traditional alternative to polythene, a process they say is not only eco-friendly but also healthy. PHOTO: TBS
Bangladesh

An eco-friendly way to keep vegetables fresh

The Saff Women's Championship 2022 champions, from the hill tracts. Photo: BFF
Sports

Champs from the hills: Ethnic minorities continue to enrich Bangladesh sports despite numerous odds

Residents living on the hills of Chattogram leave their homes in fear of landslides due to heavy rains. The picture was taken from the city’s east Ferozeshah area on Sunday. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin.
Bangladesh

Thousands risk landslides on Ctg hills as authorities ignore recommendations

A second bear cub in captivity. Photo was taken this week from Menkiyangpara, Bandarban. Its mother was presumably poached. Its further fate is still unknown. Photo_ Khalid Mahmud
Earth

Saving a black bear cub in the Hill Tracts

Photo: Tousif Mannan
Bangladesh

All the colours unite as Boisabi festival begins in Rangamati

Photo: Collected
Law & order

Extortion by armed groups rife in hills

A large part of a creek coming down from the hill has been filled with sand and soil. The blockade is caused by the construction of two dams using geobags in the middle of the creek behind Arshi Nagar Future Park-2. The photo was taken recently from Salimpur area of Sitakunda, Chattogram. Photo: Abu Azad
Environment

Spectra razing hills, filling lakes in Chattogram

Hoolocks play a crucial role in seed dispersal and forest regeneration. Their population has greatly declined in the past 40 years due to indiscriminate deforestation, food shortage, and poaching. Photo: Sabit Hasan
Bangladesh

Hoolock population shrinks 84% in four decades

Some 36 illegal brick kilns in Khagrachhari burn 216,000 tonnes of forest wood throughout the year, according to an estimate. The forests of Khagrachhari are becoming barren due to the lack of supervision. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Reserve forest unprotected in Khagrachhari

A known trekking destination, CHT has just been rediscovered as a kayaking heaven by the country’s outdoor lovers. Photo: Fazlay Rabby/The Great Sangu Expedition
Bangladesh

Are there tigers in Chattogram Hill Tracts? IUCN finds out

Locals do shopping at Naniarchar Bazar in Rangamati. The market was boycotted by locals for two years, allegedly under pressure from a regional party. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Trade

Naniarchar Bazar resumes after two years