Rights activists, academics, researchers and ethnic minority group leaders on Sunday demanded government initiatives to protect the language and culture of ethnic minorities. Practice of ethnic minorities’ culture and languages was on the decline gradually leading them to the verge of extinction, they told a seminar in the
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Five hill people killed in ‘gunfight’ with Army
At least five ethnic minority people were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with army personnel at a remote village of Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati hill district on Saturday morning. The deceased – Rupayan Chakma, 24, Jackson Chakma, 26, Kathumoni Chakma, 26, Kanti Marma, 28, and Babul Chakma, 20, – were in combat uniform, the
Khagrachari violence kills 4
At least four were killed and six villages of ethnic minority people were burnt on Sunday in violence centring on land disputes in Khagrachari. Sources in the area said that the violence had spread to Ramgarh and Manikchari in the district. The administration banned gathering, rallies and carrying firearms by ordering Section 144 of the