Bandarban Hill District Council
{{Short description|Council in Bandarban Hill, Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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|name = Bandarban Hill District Council
|native_name = বান্দরবান পার্বত্য জেলা পরিষদ
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|caption = Logo of Bandarban Hill District Council
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|formation = {{start date and years ago|6 March 1989}}
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|headquarters = BHDC Building, Bandarban Sadar, Bangladesh
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|area_served = Bandarban District
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|language = Bengali
|leader_title = Chairman
|leader_name = Kyaw Shwe Hla
|leader_title2 = Chief Executive Officer
|leader_name2 = Muhammad Masum Billah
|main_organ = {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Government of Bangladesh
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Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
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|budget = Allocated by Government
|website = [https://bhdc.gov.bd/ www.bhdc.gov.bd]
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Bandarban Hill District Council is the regional government body responsible for the administration of Bandarban Hill District in Bangladesh.{{cite news|title=Dist councils of Bandarban, Rangamati reconstituted|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-89707|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=25 May 2009|language=en}} Kyaw Shwe Hla is the chairman of the council.{{cite news|title=UNDP envoy for full execution of CHT peace deal|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/undp-envoy-full-execution-cht-peace-deal-137398|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=4 September 2015|language=en}}{{cite news|title=Govt to be sincere about land issues|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/govt-be-sincere-about-land-issues-1346227|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=17 January 2017|language=en}}
History
The Bandarban Local Government Council was established on 6 March 1989 to look after the welfare of the tribal minorities in the Bandarban Hill District. The Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict was a low intensity conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Rangamati District, Bandarban District, and Khagrachhari District) between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, which represented the tribal communities. On 2 December 1997, the government of Bangladesh and the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti signed a peace treaty ending the conflict. After the treaty was signed, steps were taken by the government to strengthen the council as required by the treaty. The council was renamed to Bandarban Hill District Council.{{cite web|title=khdcbd|url=https://www.khdcbd.org/|website=khdcbd.org|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202801/https://www.khdcbd.org/|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last1=Mohsin|first1=Amena|title=The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace|date=2003|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=9781588261380|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-v3hipIl_kC&dq=Khagrachari+Hill+District+Council&pg=PA130|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Laws, Rules & Regulations|url=http://bhdcbd.org/en/laws-rules-regulations.php?cat=BHDC%20Act,%201989|website=bhdcbd.org|access-date=27 January 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021255/http://bhdcbd.org/en/laws-rules-regulations.php?cat=BHDC%20Act,%201989|archive-date=28 January 2018|url-status=dead}} The council announced plans to install small electric power plants in Bandarban District.{{cite news|title=Small-scale hydro power plant to be installed in Bandarban|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-110051|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=16 October 2009|language=en}} The council built the Bangabandhu Memorial Library in Bandarban Sadar Upazila.{{cite news|title=Bangabandhu Memorial Library or business centre?|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangabandhu-memorial-library-or-business-centre-1453168|access-date=27 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=24 August 2017|language=en}}
References
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{{Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs}}
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Category:Government agencies of Bangladesh
Category:1989 establishments in Bangladesh
Category:Local government in Bangladesh
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