Monday, August 11, 2008

CHT commission ends Bandarban visit

A team of International Commission for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs left Bandarban hill district after completing their four-day long visit on Sunday night.

Led by British MP Eric Reginald Lubbock, the team included USA citizen Thomas Christian Eskildsen, Dutch citizen MS Adrienne Maria Jacoba Arens and their Bangladeshi partners Dr Meghna Guha Thakurata, Dr Jafar Iqbal, Dr Shawpan Adnan and barrister Sara Hossain.

Two other groups of the commission also visited Rangamati and Khagrachari Hill District simultaneously.

The commission members met with the circle chiefs (Raja), army officials, chairman of the Hill District Councils, district administration, civil society members and indigenous and Bangalee people separately.

Sorces- http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=50050