Violence erupted in Bangladesh’s southeastern district of Khagrachari on the evening of September 19, as tensions between Bengali settlers and members of the Indigenous community in the ...

Unchecked logging and quarrying of rocks from streambeds in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts led to springs drying up and populations of putitor mahseer fish, an endangered species, disappearing.

“The Bangladesh Army illegally built a mosque on forest land, but it is now threatening the indigenous peoples with death for trying to establish a private college on their own lands,” GAIPCHT ...

Fauzia Moslem argues if special measures are removed before equality is established, won’t this further destabilise our ...

Indigenous peoples including Catholics in Bangladesh held rallies across the country to demand constitutional recognition of their minority status and promotion of human rights and rights for land, ...

Indigenous leaders claim the total number of ethnic minority people in Bangladesh is around 3 million. Major ethnic groups include the Chakma, Garo, Santal, Oraon, Tripura and Marma. Christians make ...

Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) alone is conserving more than 600 local rice varieties and engaging with farmers across the country.

Once the heartbeat of Bangladesh’s cultural heritage, instruments like the ektara, sarinda, and dotara are being drowned out ...

The Tipra Motha Party (TMP) delegation, led by Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, met BJP national president J P Nadda to ...

The Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh, which shares borders with India and Myanmar, spans just over 13,000 sq km (5,000 sq miles), and is home to about half a million Paharis from nearly ...