Sunday, February 21, 2010

Cultural organisation formed in Khagrachari

chtnews.com
News No. 30/2010, February 20, 2010

A new cultural organisation styled “Protirodh Sangskritik Squad” (Resistance Cultural Squad) has been formed in Khagrachari.

The name of the organisation was announced yesterday, 19 February, at the end of a conference of cultural activists from different parts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

About 100 cultural activists and delegates took part in the day-long conference held at Perachara High School.

A nine-member committee for the PSS was formed with Ananda Prakash Chakma and Udoy Jibon Chakma as convenor and member secretary respectively.

The PSS will seek to organise and lead a cultural movement against national repression in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.