Aranyarani Lama is full of natural beauty and huge natural resources surrounded by eye-catching green soft forest. There are many small and big hills playing with spiral waves and rivers flowing through the hills. The llama is rich in a combination of beautiful scenery and diverse cultural heritage, just like a painting on an artist's canvas. Everywhere there is a wonderful picture of the green-green mountain range. The bond of harmony between Bengalis and tribes is one of the features of this upazila. Due to its geographical location surrounded by hills and rivers, it can be said to be more diverse than other districts and upazilas of the country. Alikadam and Naikhyangchhari upazilas to the south of the upazila, Ramu and Chakaria of Cox's Bazar to the west and Lohagara upazila of Chittagong, Sualak union of Bandarban to the north, Thanchi and Ramnama upazilas of Bandarban to the east. With an area of ​​61.84 sq km, the river area is 8.173 sq km, the reserved forest area is 332.726 sq km and the cultivable land is 260.645 sq km. At present most of them are cultivated and settled. The upazila is situated at 21.38 to 21.59 north latitude and 92.04 to 92.23 east longitude and 29.8 m above sea level. The height of the hills here is 200 to 300 meters. The once inaccessible hill lama is now a bustling developing tourist town. The magnificent natural beauty, the winding Matamuhuri River, the high peaks of the sad and forward hills, the former Bilchhari Mahamuni Buddhist Monastery and the Quantum Foundation, known as the pilgrimage place for Buddhists, make it easy for tourists to travel from home and abroad. Moreover, the ethnic people living in this upazila have different languages ​​and cultures. Many of their customs, agriculture, social life and glorious cultural heritage have made the culture of Bangladesh glorious and diverse.

According to the 2011 census, the total population of the upazila is 1 lakh 13 thousand 413 people. Among them 57,904 are males and 54,509 are females. And 22 thousand 447 families. The total number of voters here is 56,482. The number of male voters is 29,960 and the number of female voters is 26,472. Of these, 14,465 are Marmas, 5,192 are from Tripura, 6,060 are from Murmum, 7 are from Chakma, 129 are from Tangchangya and 221 are from Kheyang. However, most of the Tripura community have converted to Christianity. The exact number is not known. The population density is 249 people per square mile. 73.27 percent of the families of the upazila are dependent on agricultural work. 5.84 percent people are engaged in animal husbandry and fishing. 15.54 percent agricultural labor. In other works, day laborer is 6.27 percent. Businessmen 8.23 ​​percent and employees 8.23 ​​percent. In addition, notable people depend on local forests. Most of the people here make a living by collecting trees, bamboo and mountain pebbles and sand from the hills. The demand for food in the upazila is 15171.00 MT. Production is 14105.00 MT. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Samsun Nahar said the upazila has immense potential for tourism, agriculture, fisheries, horticulture, gas, coal, stone, sand, fruit, forestry and rubber industries. If the mentioned possibilities can be utilized, it will play an important role in the economic development of the country including employment of thousands of people. However, floods caused by landslides, loss of life due to wild elephant attacks and humanitarian catastrophe due to landslides have become the curse of the people of this upazila. He sought the help of the concerned ministry to solve these problems.

Lama Thana was formed on 6 September 1920. On 9 October 1960, Alikadam, Nainyangchhari, Baishari and Ghazalia police stations were upgraded to Lama subdivision. Since then, the acquaintance, fame and development of the upazila has been increasing day by day. It is very unfortunate that during the Ershad government in 1983, Lama was declared a district in an official notification declaring all sub-divisions of the country abolished under decentralization of administration, but it lasted only 3 days due to a conspiracy of one quarter. Later Lama went down one step at the district and upazila level. On the other hand, Baishari and Ghazalia police stations were abolished and the police outpost was ransacked. In addition to anger and frustration in the minds of the people, the people are deprived of their development. Now all the people of the upazila want to get Lama as a district.

At present there are 16 mouzas, 6 unions and 440 neighborhoods and 440 traders in this upazila. Besides, there is Upazila Parishad and 1 municipality. Activities of Lama Municipality consisting of 9 wards. The current municipal mayor said. Amir Hossain. It has 9 more male and 3 female councilors. Upazila Parishad consists of 1 chairman, 2 vice chairmen and 6 union parishad chairmen. The current upazila chairman is BNP-backed Thoainu Aung Chowdhury. The vice chairman said. Abu Taher Mia and Sharaban Tahura. At present, the No. 1 Ghazalia UP chairman is Awami League-backed Bathoeching Marma. No. 2 Lama Sadar UP Chairman is Awami League-backed Mintu Kumar Sen. BNP-backed Jaker Hossain Majumder is the 3rd Fansiakhali UP chairman. BNP-backed Nazmul Islam Chowdhury is the 4th Aziznagar UP chairman. BNP-backed Faridul Alam is the 5th UP chairman. The 7th Ramnapasipara UP chairman is Awami League-backed Sachingpramna Marma and the 7th Faitang UP chairman is BNP-backed Shamsul Alam.

According to various sources, Dhan Manikya, the king of Tripura, conquered Chittagong in 1514 AD and extended his dominance to the neighboring Chakaria. An area of ​​Chakriya was named Manikpur after King Dhan Manikya. Various tribal communities including Bengalis of Chakaria and Satkania areas residing in Manikpur entered Lama through the Matamuhuri river basin and settled there. According to another source, the Indo-Mongol human race entered the highlands from our neighboring state of Arakan in Myanmar and the Indian state of Tripura and settled there permanently. These are now known as Chakma, Marma etc. Although they arrived in the highlands, no exact information has been found as to when or how these ethnic groups came to be lamas. It is thought, however, that Arakan in Myanmar shares a border with Alikadam, which borders Lama. He came to Alikadam in search of fertile hilly land suitable for jum cultivation. At a later stage, as the population continued to grow, Bengalis from Chakaria in Cox's Bazar, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas in Chittagong settled here to do various kinds of business. With the gradual increase in population, the area came under the administrative process when police stations were established with Ghazalia, Lama and Alikadam in the early nineteenth century. After being expelled by the Indian government in the sixties, some Bengali families came to the Sadar area of ​​the upazila including Fansiakhali, Aziznagar and Faitang and started settling there. Later, due to the Kaptai Dam, some people were evicted and relocated to Lamamukh area. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1972-73, some landless people from different districts including Comilla, Noakhali, Chittagong came here to procure forest products and became fascinated with the area and started permanent settlements. During the rule of the late President Major Ziaur Rahman in 1989-80, about 5,000 homeless and poor floating families from different districts of the country were rehabilitated in the first phase. On this occasion, about 2,000 more families were rehabilitated on their own initiative with the help of their relatives. The population here is increasing day by day. At the same time, due to the increase in various development activities including Lama's education and culture, communication, the identity of Lama spread all over the country. At present it has become a potential upazila.

When the people of the country went to war in 1971 to escape the exploitation of Pakistani rule; At that time the people of Lama also took part in the war of independence under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and in response to the call of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman. At that time the present abandoned Lama Thana of Champatli was a camp of the Pakistani invaders. The people of Lama blew it up and liberated Lama but the Pakistanis took away the martyr Abdul Hamid. Led by Major Zaman, they took the heroic freedom fighter Abdul Hamid to the Cox's Bazar camp and tortured him. He was then taken to Hnila of Ukhia police station and brutally tortured to death. At this time, before his death, Shaheed Abdul Hamid requested the invading forces to bury him at the Shah Omrabad shrine in Chakaria.

It was on the Matamuhuri River that the first contact with the lamas began in other parts of the country. Later in 1977, the late Ziaur Rahman formed the 17th ECB of the Bangladesh Army and started the construction of Lama Alikadam and Fansiakhali roads. The first captain was a member of the current BNP standing committee and former army chief Lt. General Mahabubur Rahman. The construction of the road was completed in 1986. Later, former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad inaugurated the road through a public meeting at Alikadam. It may be mentioned here that on August 9, 1989, the martyred President Ziaur Rahman arrived in Lama and after a public meeting, TT and Dissident Lama spent the night at the District Rest House. He also announced various development activities including speedy construction of Lama-Alikadam road, electrification, hospital, subdivision of Compasnox, government of high school. Since then, the standard of living of the locals has been gradually increasing along with the overall development activities. Later, during the Ershad government, construction of Aziznagar-Ghazalia, Ghazalia-Lama and Faitang-Lama roads was started for the development of communication system but it has not been completed yet. Besides, the Lama-Suwalak road was constructed through LGED during the BNP government in 1991. Which still remains incomplete. At present there are 362 km roads in the upazila. Of these, carpeting is 51 km, HBB is 6 km and raw is 243 km.

Lama has 3 post offices, 1 police station, 1 telegram office, 1 cottage industry, 5 police outposts, 1 BGB camp, 1 fire service, 1 Ansar battalion camp, 1 degree college, 1 Fazil (degree) madrasa, 2 food warehouses, 1 divisional forest officer. Office, 1 Roads and Highways Department Office, 5 branches of different banks, 1 protected forest, 1 river, 6 canals, 6 hat bazaars, 1 50-bed government health complex, 1 office of Assistant Superintendent of Police, 2 factories, 1 veterinary hospital, 1 Senior Judicial Magistrate Court, Area Offices of 4 Tobacco Companies, 3 Mobile Network Companies, 1 Upazila Engineering Office, 1 Primary Education Office, 1 Resource Center, 1 Public Health Engineering Department, 1 District Information Office, 1 Land Office, 6 Family Call Health Centers, 10 Clinics, 210 Government, Private and Community Primary Schools, 6 Junior Schools, 3 High Schools and 36 Dakhils, Ebtedayi and Nurani Madrasas, 162 Mosques, 41 Tikiang, 6 Temples, 36 Churches, 1 Upazila Education Office, 1 Upazila BRDB Office, 1 Youth Development Office, 1 Upazila Social Service Office, 1 City Social Service, 1 Upazila Family Planning Office, 1 Fisheries Office, 1 Women's Affairs Office, 1 Agriculture Office, 1 Ansar and VDP Office, 1 Upazila Cooperative Office, 1 Statistics Office, 1 Secondary Education Office, 1 Election Office, 4 Shelter Projects, 1 Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation Office, 1 Power Development Board, 1 Petrol Pump, 555 Power Pumps, 1,073 Homes, 259 Villages, There are 440 NGO schools, 3 kindergartens, 2 cinema halls, 183 co-operative societies, 2 Grameen Banks, 6 insurance companies, 1 press club and 1 reporters club.

Among the NGOs here are the activities of local NZ Ekta Mahila Samiti, Grouse, BRAC, Caritas, IDF, Asha, Space, Taimu, Bapsa and Padÿÿp. In addition, the activities of UNDP, CATDF and Concern Universal are underway.

There are 25,839 children aged 8-10 years in this upazila. Of these, 25,459 are admitted children. The number of unaccompanied children is 8-10 360. 138 people aged 8-10 years are eligible for admission. The rest are ineligible. In other words, they are all physically and mentally handicapped. School enrollment rate is 99%. Fall 25.50%. Winter rate in the upazila is 30%.

Lama has 15 hundred rubber orchards on each 25 acres and horticulture orchards of 850 different fruits. These rubber plantations produce huge quantities of rubber every year. Which is contributing a lot to the national revenue. It is possible to build a rubber industry here. In addition, the mountains here have a huge amount of high quality mineral stone and sand resources. With which it is possible to build a ceramic industry including a cement factory. There are gas mines at Mijjhiri in Yangcha area of ​​Phansiakhali and coal mines at Ramnapasipara. From which it is possible to extract coal and gas. There are innumerable hills and ridges here. In these areas, there is a possibility of extensive fish farming by creating artificial reservoirs in two hills and streams. By which it is possible to solve the meat crisis in the country. Moreover, there are fallen hilly lands here. There is a huge potential for conservation of natural biodiversity in these fallen hilly lands. Thousands of acres of land in the hills are naturally covered with bamboo, cane and birch. With these forest resources it is possible to develop paper and furniture industry locally. The hilly soil and climate are very conducive to the cultivation of sugarcane, maize, cassava, palm oil, coffee, orange and tea. Although there was a possibility of setting up an industrial factory in Lama through these productions, it did not develop commercially due to lack of government patronage. If seasonal fruits, ginger, turmeric, rubber, bamboo and wood-based industries were established in the area, the products could be used as raw materials; Similarly, thousands of working people in the area would be able to play an important role in the country's economy by creating employment opportunities. Tobacco is a lucrative crop in the country. A large quantity of tobacco is cultivated in the upazila during Rabi season. 90% of the farmers cultivate tobacco. With the tobacco produced here, it is possible to develop a tobacco industry in the area. On the other hand, there is a huge potential for tourism in the landscape surrounded by the mountains and rivers of Lama. The tourism industry can be developed here by capitalizing on the natural scenery and the way of life of the tribal people. Through this the identity of the hill town lama can spread from the country to abroad. At present, the Mirinja tourist area of ​​Lama, the former Bilchhari Mahamuni Buddhist monastery, the Quantum Shishu Kanan in the Sarai area and the beauty of the Matamuhuri River flowing through the hills fascinate visitors. If these tourist areas are modernized with the help of the government, it will surely lead to the development of the tourism industry in the region.

The lush green hills of Lama are being subjected to the cruelty of a class of greedy people day after day. Indiscriminate deforestation from these hills, unplanned extraction of stones from the hills that have been formed by stone enclosures for centuries, and zoom cultivation have had a devastating effect on natural disasters. The local Matamuhuri River has lost its uniqueness over the past decade. As a result, a small amount of rain caused the two clans to rise and flood the lamas and surrounding areas. As a result, crores of rupees were spent by various government and non-government organizations. Due to the same natural calamity, innumerable hills are collapsing every year and huge loss of life and property is taking place. In addition, the wild elephant has become a public killer in Lama. Elephant attacks kill countless people, including women and children, every year. Hundreds of people were injured. ÿ It is a widely cultivated crop. It is not possible to cultivate hundreds of acres of land for fear of elephants. Although a sanctuary has been set up in the area to protect the lives and property of the elephants, it has been under pressure for many years. The implementation of the proposed project to change the course of the Matamuhuri River to free the Lama from floods has become very urgent.

Lama was the first upazila chairman of the late Alhaj Md. Ali Mia. During his tenure, the Lama gained nationwide recognition for his extensive development activities. In a word, he is the founder of this upazila and the benefactor of development. The first UP chairman was the late Mrathoai Aung Chowdhury. He was the unopposed chairman of Ghazalia Union for 40 long years. His contribution to the development and recognition of the upazila is also unforgettable. Besides, Hajji Badramnadauja Chowdhury, Abdul Malek Chowdhury, Nur Mohammad Chowdhury, Azizur Rahman, former district council member and Fansiakhali UP chairman Amir Hossain Majumder, former chairman of Ramnapasipara union Chahlakhin Marma, former Lama UP chairman and current Lama municipal mayor Amir Hossain, former Lama union The first chairman Thoaihlakhai Marma and former Lama UP chairman and former upazila chairman Mohammad Ismail have contributed immensely to the development of the upazila.

According to various sources, after independence in 1974, the tribes living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts formed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Jana Sanghati Samiti to demand shayt rule. Their armed organization 'Shamitma Bahini' started the movement in the greater Chittagong Hill Tracts. Highlands become unsettled. Torture and killing began to expel the Bengalis. The barbaric activities and killings of the 'Peace Force' were first acknowledged by six people, including Minti Barua, the master of the Bara Para Government Primary School in Bara Bamu Mouza, 300. A few days later, the then Ghazalia police sub-inspector Abdul Baten and two other policemen were in the same area. Still in Ghazalia a hill named Abdul Baten bears the memory. As the atrocities escalated day by day with the massacre of the Shamitma Bahini in 1974-75, the Bangladesh Army formed a "Murmum Bahini" for the benefit of the local Bengalis. The Lama first formed a tribal ‘Muramnang Bahini’ under the leadership of Langri Muramnang to counter the oppression of the ‘Shamitma Bahini’. Also notable among the killings by the ‘Shamitma Bahini’ is the shooting death of 6 people in Merakhola in one night and the shooting at the same time seriously injuring 17 people. The members of the then ‘Shamitma Bahini’ brutally killed 2 people including Chhota Bamu Nithoai Headman, 4 soldiers in Yangcha, 3 people in Shilertua, 2 people in Ramnapasipara and more than 200 people in different places including Lamamukh. Not only the peacekeepers, but the people here at that time had to fight malaria. Countless people died of the disease.

Countless people died in the attack.

One third of the people of Bandarban district live in this upazila. For this reason, Lama Upazila plays an important role in the political arena of the district. This upazila was once known as the stronghold of the BNP. This calculation changed in the last parliamentary election. The Awami League raided the BNP's stronghold in the last parliamentary elections. As a result of the district BNP's rhetoric, the upazila BNP split into two and a large part of the party became detached from the main party. Due to this, the political BNP thinks that the Upazila BNP has lost its past glory. But with the victory of the BNP-backed panel in the fourth upazila election for the posts of chairman, vice chairman and female vice chairman, the BNP came back to the stronghold. It goes without saying that the BNP has little to do with Jamaat, one of the allies of the four-party alliance. They have never been seen participating together in national or local programs. In terms of war crimes trials; Jamaat-e-Islami has become inactive without any kind of program on the basis of tail. Besides, even if one or two Jatiya Party supporters are seen in the upazila, there is no organizational activity. All in all, the Awami League is in a stronger position in the upazila than at any time in the past. The BNP is led by the current mayor Amir Hossain, newly elected chairman Thoainu Aung Chowdhury and M Ramnahul Amin. Pousava BNP is led by Abdur Rob, Golam Chharwar and M. Didarmanal Islam. The ruling party Awami League is led by former upazila chairman Mohammad Ismail, UP chairman Bathoaiching Marma and Zahirmnal Islam. At the municipal level, Mohammad Rafiq, Tajul Islam and Bashir Alam Alam. Jamaat is led by Professor Abdul Monayem, Farmanak Ahmed and M Farhad Hossain.

Nationwide when the law and order situation deteriorates drastically; At that time the law and order situation of this upazila was very good as compared to other places of the country. At present, Lama Upazila is completely free from the terrorist activities of different separatist groups in different places in the three hill districts. It goes without saying that there are no major law and order degrading activities except for a few minor isolated incidents.