Bangladesh’s Hill Country Needs Dialogue, Not More Bureaucracy

A treaty on paper with no implementation has failed to resolve disputes

By: Nava Thakuria

Kaptai National Park located at the Rangamati District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. Wikimedia photo

For nearly three decades, the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the hilly southeastern region of Bangladesh, have carried a contradiction at the heart of Bangladesh’s peace process: an agreement formally ended a long a…