The parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs on Tuesday suggested the police administration to take strict measures to prevent entry of illegal arms into the country ahead of the next general election.
It also stressed the need for maintaining law and order in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area through coordination with the local public representatives, superintendents of police and deputy commissioners of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts.
The parliamentary watchdog came up with the suggestion in its 15th meeting with its chairman Md Dabirul Islam in the chair at the parliament.
The committee also held an elaborate discussion on the law and order situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area and post-flood rehabilitation activities.
It also stressed the need for establishing brick kilns after consultation with the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for continuation of the overall development activities in the CHT area.
The committee also suggested taking steps to recognize rubber produced in Bangladesh as agricultural products.
Committee members Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing, Dipankar Talukdar, ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, Basanti Chakma, Noman Al Mahmud, additional secretary of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, additional secretary of Ministry of Public Administration, Zila Parishad chairman, deputy commissioners, superintendents of police of three CHT districts were present.