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Bangladeshi government agency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board is a government agency established in 1978 by the then President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman in response to the rise of the Shanti Bahini insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Eastern Bangladesh. As of 2021, Supradip Chakma is the chairman of this development board.[1]
| পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম উন্নয়ন বোর্ড | |
Logo of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1976 |
| Superseding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
| Headquarters | CHTDB Building, Rangamati-4500, Bangladesh |
| Annual budget | Allocated by Government |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent department |  Government of Bangladesh |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
| Website | www |
Headed by an army general, the board was formed to provide special attention and administer the issues of the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict. The board was formed in 1976 through the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board Ordinance.[2]
The first chairman from civil administration is Bir Bahadur Ushwi Sing, an MP of the Bangladesh Parliament who was elected from Bandarban constituency and the current State Minister, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs. He was appointed in 1996. Later in 2002, Wadud Bhuiyan, the former member of the parliament from Khagrachari constituency, was appointed as chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board. In 2009, Bir Bahadur was appointed again as the chairman of this agency.[3] Afterwards, Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura was the chairman of the board in 2013 and served till 2021.[4]
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