Adviser on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Supradip Chakma on Saturday said people of the plains and the hills have been living together in the country for generations, and will continue to do so.  “This country embodies values of equality, friendship, harmony, and camaraderie. We must nurture and adhere to these principles,” Supradip said, while visiting the puja mandap at Jagannath University, erstwhile Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University where the adviser pursued higher education.He urged all citizens to foster unity and protect rights on behalf of everyone, stating: “The hills belong to all of us. We will safeguard and nurture them while ensuring everyone’s rights are upheld.” Joint statement calls for urgent action over ‘repeated violence in CHT’ Reflecting on his time at Dhaka University, he recalled, “During my studies, I spent over five years in this Jagannath Hall. It is my cherished place. I believe my journey to this point has been possible because I had the opportunity to stay here.” Prior to visiting the Jagannath Hall, he toured the puja mandaps at Siddheswari Kali Mandir and Ramna Kali Mandir. Don’t take law into own hand: CHT Adviser Supradip

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday said their party will forge a strong 'anti-government unity' to intensify the movement for the restoration of democracy in the country. "We believe we all together can bring back  democracy.  Inshallah, democracy will be restored in Bangladesh," he said. Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said those who want democracy will join the ongoing movement by BNP for establishing people's voting rights. "We'll unite with all those who aren’t  beneficiaries of the government and don't  think about personal gains and with those organisations, and parties who love Bangladesh. We'll fight with all of them together for the restoration of democracy," he said. The pro-BNP student leaders of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) and All- Party Students Unity (APSU) of the '90s organised the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, marking the 'Autocracy Resistance Day'. READ: Joy shares video report on ‘BNP’s money laundering’  On February 14, 1983,  at least 10 people, mostly students, were killed during an anti-autocracy protest in the capital, demanding the cancellation of Mazid Khan Education Commission report, barely a year after military dictator HM Ershad came to power. Nazrul, a BNP standing committee member, said their party wants a Bangladesh where  development activities will be carried out for the betterment and benefits of people, not for the benefits of some individuals and a certain quarter. "We want a Bangladesh where people have the right to speak and get justice and cast votes freely." They said people of all walks of life must carry out a strong fight like the anti-autocracy movement in the '90s to restore democracy and people's lost rights, and build Bangladesh in line with the spirit of the 1971 Liberation War. Recalling the student's role in the anti-Ershad moment, he paid homage to the memories of those who sacrificed their lives on this day in 1983. READ: 49 BNP activists land in jail for vandalising police vehicle in Tangail Nazrul said thier party chairperson Khaleda Zia, led different movements for the restoring democracy and people's rights. "But she's now confined to a jail. She's also very ill. So, it's our responsibility now to restore democracy and people's voting and other rights, and materealise the dreams of our party founder Ziaur Rahman." He also called upon the students to be more active in the ongoing movement for restoration of democracy.