Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain and Adviser on Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Supradip Chakma exchanged views in Rangamati today. Photo: BSS.

RANGAMATI, July 18, 2025 (BSS) - With the aim of utilizing the potential of Kaptai Lake to improve the fate of the people of the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain and CHT Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma exchanged views with officials concerned in the district this afternoon.

The two advisers visited Kaptai Lake by riding a speedboat from Bargee Lake Valley in Rangamati via Shuvolong Waterfall, Shuvolong Bazar to Stadium Ghat in Rangamati town, said a press release.

At that time, the spouses of the advisers, Rangamati District Council Chairman agriculturalist Kajal Talukder, CHT Ministry's Joint Secretary Konkan Chakma, Rangamati Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, and other officials were present.

Touhid Hossain said the beauty of Rangamati lies in its hills and Kaptai Lake, mentioning that the lake can play a vital role in the socio-economic development of the people in the hilly region. He emphasized that Kaptai Lake should be developed for fish farming to ensure that those living along its banks are not deprived of its benefits.

Supradip Chakma said, "We should utilize the immense potential of Kaptai Lake as the lake is a valuable resource, like gold, which will help change the fate of the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts."

He also said, "The government is working to protect the rights of all communities and build a non-communal Bangladesh. The country is moving forward with the determination to build a self-respecting Bangladesh by uniting the hilly and Bengali people in the bond of harmony."

Supradip Chakma said that the current government has opened all doors for development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The hill people are lagging behind in the development of the agricultural sector, which needs to be changed, he said.

"We don't want to be left behind anymore; we want to be connected to the mainstream of the country," he said.