The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The first ever two-day conference on 'Indigenous People: Environment of Bangladesh' will be held at the Engineers Institution Bangladesh (EIB) from December 17.

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network will jointly organise the conference.

Over 150 tribal leaders will participate in the conference where 50 research papers will be presented in four sessions.

Prof Abdullah Abu Sayed, Convenor of the conference preparatory committee said this yesterday at a press conference at the Biswa Shahitta Kendra.

Adviser for Forest and Environment Ministry Dr Chowdhury Sazzad Karim will inaugurate the conference on December 17 at 9:30 am, while Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperative Adviser Anwarul Iqbal will be chief guest at the closing ceremony.

For the four sessions of the conference the organisers divided the country into four regions for the aboriginal people. Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts fall in the southeastern region, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Tangail belong to the Northeastern region, Rajshahi, and the northern districts of the country and Barisal and the southern districts of the country belong to the other regions.

Politicians, former advisers of caretaker governments, civil society representatives, experts and different organisations, among others, will take part in the conference.

An exhibition of different products made and used by the tribal people will be held the EIB compound during the conference.