Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
| পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম উন্নয়ন বোর্ড | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1976 |
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| Jurisdiction | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
| Headquarters | CHTDB Building, Rangamati-4500, Bangladesh |
| Annual budget | Allocated by Government |
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| Parent department |  Government of Bangladesh |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
| Website | chtdb.gov.bd |
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board is a government agency established in the 1970s by the then president of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman, in response to the Shanti Bahini—led insurgency, the armed wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.[1]
History
[edit]Headed by an army general, the board was formed to provide special attention and administer and solve issues related to 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 who was elected from Bandarban constituency and a State Minister 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
[edit]- ^ "Nikhil Kumar Chakma elected as chairman of CHT Development Board". Dhaka Tribune. 7 July 2021.
- ^ "JS makes new law for CHT development". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Tripura made CHT Dev Board chief again". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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