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  • May 23rd, 2009 AGARTALA - A tribal woman makes serious effort to revive the dying tribal art of loin loom weaving of 'Chakma' tribe in Tripura.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Estelle Visagie was also in the Hill tracts in Rangamati where she found three lady Buddhist monks and was given a Chakma name.

    Global Voices in English » Bangladesh: Through The Eyes Of Expatriates 2009

  • Tribes like the Santal, Garo, Hajong, Chakma, Manipuri, Tripuri, Marma etc. have interacted with ethnic Bengali culture and lifestyle over the years.

    Bangladeshi Folk spreading Worldwide 2008

  • To make room for 400,000 Muslim settlers in Bangladesh, for example, the government has driven the Chakma people from their ancestral homes in the Chittagong Hills, says Survival International, a human-rights group in London.

    Selling Ice To Eskimos? 2008

  • Chakma and Tibetan refugees and lamas from Bhutan have settled the area surrounding Namdapha National Park in northern India.

    Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests 2007

  • Dr. Amit Chakma, the President of the newly-named Western University, is photographed on campus in London, Ont.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KALEIGH ROGERS 2012

  • "This is our way of declaring our intention that we are way past a regional school or a national school and we want to be international," Dr. Chakma explained on Thursday.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KALEIGH ROGERS 2012

  • Mr. Chakma is the driving force behind the rebranding of the university.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KALEIGH ROGERS 2012

  • A nearly two-decade insurgency by the Chakma ethnic group in the hilly, forested region bordering India and Myanmar ended in 1997 with a peace deal between an insurgents and the government.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • A nearly two-decade insurgency by the Chakma ethnic group in the hilly, forested region bordering India and Myanmar ended in 1997 with a peace deal between an insurgents and the government.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

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