Chattogram hill tracts

Chattogram hill tracts

Residents living on the hills of Chattogram leave their homes in fear of landslides due to heavy rains. The picture was taken from the city’s east Ferozeshah area on Sunday. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin.

Thousands risk landslides on Ctg hills as authorities ignore recommendations

After the 2007 landslides that killed 127 people, two probe committees made 72 recommendations but none of them has been implemented in the last 15 years

A second bear cub in captivity. Photo was taken this week from Menkiyangpara, Bandarban. Its mother was presumably poached. Its further fate is still unknown. Photo_ Khalid Mahmud

Saving a black bear cub in the Hill Tracts

Photo: Tousif Mannan

All the colours unite as Boisabi festival begins in Rangamati

Photo: Collected

Extortion by armed groups rife in hills

A large part of a creek coming down from the hill has been filled with sand and soil. The blockade is caused by the construction of two dams using geobags in the middle of the creek behind Arshi Nagar Future Park-2. The photo was taken recently from Salimpur area of Sitakunda, Chattogram. Photo: Abu Azad

Spectra razing hills, filling lakes in Chattogram

Hoolocks play a crucial role in seed dispersal and forest regeneration. Their population has greatly declined in the past 40 years due to indiscriminate deforestation, food shortage, and poaching. Photo: Sabit Hasan

Hoolock population shrinks 84% in four decades

Some 36 illegal brick kilns in Khagrachhari burn 216,000 tonnes of forest wood throughout the year, according to an estimate. The forests of Khagrachhari are becoming barren due to the lack of supervision. Photo: TBS

Reserve forest unprotected in Khagrachhari

A known trekking destination, CHT has just been rediscovered as a kayaking heaven by the country’s outdoor lovers. Photo: Fazlay Rabby/The Great Sangu Expedition

Are there tigers in Chattogram Hill Tracts? IUCN finds out

Locals do shopping at Naniarchar Bazar in Rangamati. The market was boycotted by locals for two years, allegedly under pressure from a regional party. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Naniarchar Bazar resumes after two years

Representational Photo; Photo: Collected

Nothing stops housing projects from cutting down Ctg hills

Representational Image. Photo: TBS

Number of extremely poor families rising among hill, plain tribes: MJF

Around 130 staffers have been trained so far to help the communities access safe drinking water, sanitary and hygiene facilities. Photo: Courtesy

Red Cross carries out dedicated IPC programme in CHT

A known trekking destination, CHT has just been rediscovered as a kayaking heaven by the country’s outdoor lovers. Photo: Fazlay Rabby/The Great Sangu Expedition

Reviving adventure tourism in the CHT