The Paradox Of Land Disputes In Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts – Analysis – Eurasia Review

At the root of the tension in the Chattogram hill districts is the long-standing land disputes between the tribal and non-tribal people. The nature of land cultivation, ownership and possession is quite different in the hill districts from the rest of Bangladesh.

There the tribal peoples are made up of more than 12 ethnic groups which have lived in the hilly interior uplands for several hundred years as ‘near-sovereignties’. The claims and counter claims over land are indeed…