Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board

Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম উন্নয়ন বোর্ড
Agency overview
Formed1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionChittagong Hill Tracts
HeadquartersCHTDB Building, Rangamati-4500, Bangladesh
Annual budgetAllocated by Government
Agency executives
Parent departmentBangladesh Government of Bangladesh
Parent agencyMinistry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Websitewww.chtdb.gov.bd

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board is a government agency established in 1978 by the then President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman in response to the rise of the Shanti Bahini insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Eastern Bangladesh. As of 2021, Supradip Chakma is the chairman of this development board.[1]

History

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Headed by an army general, the board was formed to provide special attention and administer the issues of the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict. The board was formed in 1976 through the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board Ordinance.[2]

The first chairman from civil administration is Bir Bahadur Ushwi Sing, an MP of the Bangladesh Parliament who was elected from Bandarban constituency and the current State Minister, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs. He was appointed in 1996. Later in 2002, Wadud Bhuiyan, the former member of the parliament from Khagrachari constituency, was appointed as chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board. In 2009, Bir Bahadur was appointed again as the chairman of this agency.[3] Afterwards, Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura was the chairman of the board in 2013 and served till 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Nikhil Kumar Chakma elected as chairman of CHT Development Board". Dhaka Tribune. 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "JS makes new law for CHT development". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. ^ HighBeam
  4. ^ "Tripura made CHT Dev Board chief again". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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