Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board was a government agency established in 1978 by the then-President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman in response to the rise of the Shanti Bahini insurgency. Headed by an army general, the board was formed to provide special attention and administer the issues of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The first chairman from civil administration is Bir Bahadur Ushwi Sing, a MP of 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. Currently Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura, a former Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, is holding this post.