Districts (Extension to the Chittagong Hill tracts) Bill 2023 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday aiming to maintain peace and equal development in three districts of the Hill Tracts.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Muzammel Huq moved the bill which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Piloting the bill, the minister said the proposed bill will replace the Districts (Extension to the Chittagong Hill-Tracts) Ordinance, 1984.
Under the proposed act, the Chittagong Hill Tracts will be identified as three independent districts like Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban hill districts.
Opposition lawmakers Kazi Feroz Rashid, Fakhrul Imam, Pir Fazlur Rahman, Shamim Haider Patwary, Hafiz Uddin Ahamed and Rawshan Ara Mannan also participated in the process of passing the bill.
