Month: February 2025

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• National

Syed Jamil Ahmed resigns as Shilpakala Academy chief over restrictions on ‘Indigenous’

February 28, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

CHT DESK: In a significant moment, Syed Jamil Ahmed, the Director General of Bangladesh...

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• National

Reviving Indigenous Voices: A Pivotal Consultation for Language Preservation in Bangladesh

February 27, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Molly Barua A pivotal gathering of intellectuals, policymakers, and cultural stalwarts unfolded at the...

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• National

Cox’s Bazar Tragedy: Climate Refugees Face Military Aggression as Air Force Shoots Unarmed Civilians, Killing One

February 25, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua When the bullet struck Shihab Kabir Nahid (30), he wasn’t throwing...

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• National

Protests erupt in Dhaka demanding release of indigenous leader Ringrong Mro and case withdrawal

February 23, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

CHT Desk: In a fiery demonstration against state-backed land grabs, indigenous student and youth...

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• National

Indigenous land protection leader forcibly taken in plain clothes as land grabs intensify in CHT

February 23, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua In a brazen act of repression, Ringrong Mro, a prominent leader...

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• National

Bangladesh’s Yunus Government Cracks Down on Press: Journalists Face Violence, Legal Persecution, and State Censorship

February 18, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Six months after a mass uprising ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh...

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• Opinion

Step down, Mr. Professor: Bangladesh cannot withstand your reign of destruction

February 10, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Bangladesh is not merely in turmoil—it is being systematically dismantled under...

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• National

Buddha Statue Vandalized in Historic Buddhist Monastery in Bangladesh

February 8, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

CHT DESK: In a brazen act of desecration, unidentified assailants have shattered a Buddha...

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• Opinion

Bangladesh’s Identity at Risk: The State-Sanctioned Demonic Erasure of the Father of the Nation

February 7, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua History does not forgive, nor does it forget. The demolition of...

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• National

Bangladesh in turmoil: Radical mobs unleash wave of arson, actress Meher Afroz Shaon’s ancestral home torched

February 6, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua In a shocking act of fanatic violence, a mob torched the...