CHARLAND IN BANGLADESH: Political Economy of Ignored Resource

Char people have got into a trap of distress, destitution and deprivation. About 90 percent of the char people are river eroded with almost all of them being landless or functional landless and 97 percent living without rehabilitation. Conflict, violence and bloodshed seem to be a never-ending dilemma in the life in char. Agrarian reform is a must to ensure human development in Bangladesh. In realizing this, char people’s right to land and right to rehabilitation should be realized. High political commitment coupled with respect to chat people’s voice and organized movement for land and water-bodies are necessary.