Md Abbas

Frustration and disappointment have been growing among the indigenous people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts as the CHT Peace Accord has still not been fully implemented even after 28 years.

Deported Bangladeshi migrants recount hunger, abuse and shattered hopes

Waves of panic reveal a deeper crisis

The tenure of National Consensus Commission expired yesterday, with NCP and four leftist parties yet to sign the July charter of reforms.

The National Consensus Commission is expected to propose that the next elected parliament be given 270 days to serve both as a legislative body and a Constitution Reform Assembly.

The National Consensus Commission is working on a special order that would authorise a referendum on implementing the just-signed July National Charter.

Along with winning the seventh Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election, the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel Shompritir Shikkharthi Jote also bagged most votes in the hall union polls.

The Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) and hall council elections were held mostly peacefully yesterday.

'I don’t feel we are truly participating in the voting,' says one of them

Voting underway in long-awaited Cucsu elections after 35 years

The Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) and hall union elections are set to take place today after a gap of 35 years, becoming the third public university to hold such polls after the political changeover in August last year.

The National Consensus Commission will submit its recommendations on implementing the July Charter after its signing on October 17, as it has yet to finalise the implementation process, commission sources said.

The moment I stepped into the Forbidden City, the noise of the modern world seemed to fade away.

Although political parties have agreed on holding a referendum to implement the July National Charter, they have yet to reach consensus on its timing.

The National Consensus Commission is planning on two proposals to implement the July National Charter.

If the referendum is held on election day, voters will cast a separate ballot to answer "Yes" or "No" on whether they support the charter.

The National Consensus Commission aims to finalise the July Charter, with signatures from all political parties, by October 15 when its extended term ends.

An IMF mission is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on October 29 for a two-week review of progress made until June.

Rights activists say due to non-implementation, coexistence between CHT people and Bangalee settlers is becoming increasingly difficult

Amid killings and burning homes, indigenous voices still wait for justice