Kujendra Lal Tripura | |
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কুজেন্দ্র লাল ত্রিপুরা | |
Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | |
In office 11 January 2024 –6 August 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing |
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Khagrachari constituency | |
In office 29 January 2014 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jotindra Lal Tripura |
Personal details | |
Born | Khagrachhari,East Pakistan,Pakistan | 4 November 1963
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Mallika Tipura |
Kujendra Lal Tripura (born 4 November 1963) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khagrachhari District constituency. [1] He is the chairman of the Taskforce on Tribal Refugees. [2] He was served as Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs .
Tripura was born 4 November 1963 in Khagrachari District. He has a B.A. degree. [3] He is from Tipra/Tripuri community which is known Tripura in Bangladesh.
Tripura was elected to parliament from Khagrachhari District in 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. [3] On 8 February 2018 he was made the chairman of the Taskforce on Rehabilitation of Returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. [4] The post chairman which is the held power of The State Minister on that affair. Before that he served as "chairman" of Khagrachhari Hill District Council from 2010 to 2013. [5]
Tripura inaugurated the rally of The traditional Sangrain Festival of the Marma community in Khagrachari in 2017. [6] Boisu Programme-2022 by Tipra Community inaugurated by Kujendra Lal Tripura in Khagrachari. [7] Tripura donated 10lac taka to 58 Temples for Durga Puja. [8] He inaugurated Three Day Raj Punah by Mong Circle in Khagrachari. [9] Five SAFF champion indigenous girls receive grand reception in Khagrachari by Kujendra Lal Tripura. [10]
Tripura was appointed as Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs on 11 January 2024.
The Chittagong (Chadigang) Hill Tracts,often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT,are a group of districts within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh,bordering India and Myanmar (Burma) in the east. Covering 13,295 square kilometres (5,133 sq mi),they formed a single district until 1984,when they were divided into three districts:Khagrachhari,Rangamati,and Bandarban.
Rangamati Hill District is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division,and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area,Rangamati is the largest district of the country.
Bandarban is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh,and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts,the others being Rangamati District and Khagrachhari District. Bandarban district (4,479 km2) is not only the most remote district of the country,but also the least populous. There is an army contingent at Bandarban Cantonment.
Khagrachari is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.
The Tripuri are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Tripura. They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for over 600 years starting from 1400 A.D. until the kingdom joined the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. The Tipra Dynasty was established in 590 AD.
Dighinala is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Khagrachari Sadar is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Manikchari is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Matiranga is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Panchhari is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh.
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 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of eastern Bangladesh. Currently Supradip Chakma,is the Chairman of this development board.
The Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts refers to a political and armed conflict that occurred in Bangladesh in two phases:
Wadud Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi politician. Bhuiyan was elected twice as the member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Khagrachari constituency respectively in the 6th and 8th National Parliamentary Elections. In addition,he served as Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board from 2002 to 2006. He currently holds the posts of assistant employment secretary of Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and president of the opposition party's Khagrachari local unit as well.
Matai Hakor(Bengali:মাতাইহাকর) which is widely known as Alutila Cave,also called Alutila Mysterious Cave is a cave located in Matiranga Upazila in hill district of Khagrachari,Bangladesh.
Kalparanjan Chakma was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs. He helped negotiate the release of two Danes and a Briton kidnapped by Shanti Bahini members in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Khagrachhari Hill District Council is the local government council responsible for the administration of Khagrachhari District,Bangladesh. The chairman of the council is Kongjari Chowdhury.
Task Force on Rehabilitation of India-returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons is a Bangladesh government task force established to rehabilitate refugees from the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict following the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord.
Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura is one of the prominent government official who holds different position during his government service holder. He was the Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board. He served as Secretary of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs from 2011 to 2018.. He served As an Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh) from 2010 to 2011. Before that,he was holding the position of Additional Inspector General. of Bangladesh Police which is the Second in Command on Bangladesh Police.
Mong Prue Sain was the king of the Mong Circle,one of three circles;the others being the Chakma Circle and the Bohmong Circle. He was a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League,the one-party government of Bangladesh created by the Awami League,and governor of Khagrachari District.
Matai Pukhuri is a small lake located in the Khagrachhari District in Bangladesh. It is sacred to the Tipra Indigenous community. It is located in Nunchari Mouza in Mahalchari Upazila of the Khagrachhari District.