The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) situates in the southeastern part of Bangladesh and borders India and Myanmar, covers a physical area of 5093 sq. miles and c onstitutes almost 10 percent of the total land area of Bangladesh. The region is mired by a longstanding conflict which has caused massive losses in terms of human sufferings and the economic cost. An agreement, commonly known as ‘Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord’ was signed on the 2nd of December 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) with a view to ending this long-standing problem. But, the much talked accord has not fully been able to transform its stated goal into reality.
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