Khagrachhari Hill District Council () is the local government council responsible for the administration of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh. The chairman of the council is Kongjari Chowdhury.

History

On 6 March 1989, the Khagrachhari Local Government council was established to look after the welfare of the tribal and ethnic minorities in the District. In the

Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts (), often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT, refers to the three hilly districts within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma) in the east: Kh ...

(Rangamati District,

Bandarban District Bandarban District (), officially Bandarban Hill District, 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 ...

Khagrachhari District Khagrachhari District (), officially Khagrachhari Hill District, is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Etymology The zila headquarters is located on the bank of ...

), there were tensions between the government of Bangladesh and Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, which represented 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 Khagrachhari Hill District Council. Since the peace treaty was signed, the council built 40 schools and renovated 100 schools.

References

1989 establishments in Bangladesh Khagrachhari District Local government in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub