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On 24 February 2015, Jatiya Adivasi Parishad and Kapaeeng Foundation jointly organized a press conference protesting ongoing violence, evictions, murder and rape, and demanded to ensure security of indigenous peoples of northern region of Bangladesh at Reporters Unity in Dhaka.
Rabindranath…
Liton Das, Rajshahi
Bangladesh
November 17, 2015
Thousands of indigenous people took part in a two-day march in northern Bangladesh to press the government to establish an independent commission to end the problem of land disputes, which often impact minority communities.
The 60-kilometer march…
By: Staff Correspondent
Date: January 10, 2016
Source: The Daily Star
Observes an ongoing study by a unit of Brac University
Like Hindus many poor Muslims get robbed of their property by influential people across the country, finds an ongoing study.
Sharing the initial findings at a…
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With limited land, access to it has been a prevailing issue which leads to human rights violations to farmers, and to the disadvantaged women and indigenous peoples.
These Land Watch Asia (LWA)’s Lok Niti journals compile scoping studies from seven…
By: UCAN, Daily Star
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Vaticana Radio
There is no justice for indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh who suffer physical and sexual violence, says a new report. More than 400 indigenous women and girls were victims of violence in the South Asian nation during 2007—…
Date: March 10th 2016
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Speakers at a token hunger strike yesterday demanded a separate land commission for indigenous people living in plain lands.
The hunger strike was organised by Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Citizens’ Committee and CHT Headman…
By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Daily Star
Demands human chain in Parbatipur town
The ethnic minority people formed a human chain near Shaheed Minar in Parbatipur upazila town under the district yesterday, urging the government to take initiative to stop torture and…
By: Rafiqul Islam
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 12 (IPS) - Facing the bleak prospect of millions of its citizens being displaced in coming years due to sea level rise caused by climate change, Bangladesh is building up existing coastal embankments in…
By: Star Country Desk
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: The Daily Star
Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples yesterday with a call for recognising them as indigenous people in the constitution.
Speakers at the programmes in different…
By: Shihab Sarkar
Date: August 11th 2016
Source: The Financial Express
Except the purely European countries, almost all parts of the world have their own population of indigenous communities. This being the truth, there has also been a process of slow disappearance of these native peoples over the…
By: Pinaki Roy and Rezaul Hoque
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Star
It was long after sundown. Amid a shroud of darkness, a Santal family lit a fire to cook their first meal of the day.
Gulping down only rice, served on banana leaves, they knew this was the reality chasing them all…
By: Nure Alam Durjoy
Date: December 02, 2016
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Nineteen years after the peace agreement was signed, a clear roadmap for implementing the CHT Accord is still being discussed.
Developing a clear roadmap for the land dispute resolution act was the biggest concern to emerge…