The High Court has directed the Passport and Immigration Department to resolve the application for a passport from Michael Chakma, leader of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), within seven ...

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and Bimal Chakma and Sushil Chakma are residents of Khagracheri in Bangladesh. In a separate incident, a BSF patrolling team detained five people, including two Bangladeshi nationals, while they ...

Ms Roy, an ethnic Chakma, who is part of settlement agency AMES Australia’s Humanitarian Settlement program (HSP) team in South Australia, says she is in two minds about her historic achievement.

A commission set up to investigate the issue of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh announced last week that at ... A day later, political activist Michael Chakma — missing since 2019 — was released ...

The first film in Mro language, "Klobong Mla" (Bangla title "Girikusum"), marks a significant milestone for Bangladesh's indigenous communities. While films have previously been made in Chakma and ...