Tea

Two tea planters in Panchagarh uproot their tea plants protesting soaring production costs and plummeting sales prices. They claim to receive only Tk8-Tk10 per kg of tea leaves when production cost is between Tk20-Tk25. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Khorshed Alam
Bangladesh

Hope for tea cultivation in plain land dimming

The mobile court, led by BTB Deputy Secretary and Executive Magistrate Mohammad Ruhul Amin, raided the warehouses located at the Faujdarhat area of Sitakunda upazila on Sunday (17 September). Photo: TBS
Crime

Mobile court shuts down three warehouses for stockpiling tea 'illegally'

A mobile court of the Bangladesh Tea Board has raided a factory 'Karnaphuli Cha Ghar' at Sadarghat area in the port city and seized 30 bags of unlabeled tea and 52 packaging rolls on 14 September. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Illegal tea found in unlicensed brand packets; 30 sacks seized

A mobile court of the Bangladesh Tea Board ordered the closure of Premio Agro and Consumer after finding evidence of operating a tea business with unauthorised brands and packages during a raid in the Akbarshah area of Chattogram city on Thursday (7 September). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Mobile court asks to close companies for selling unauthorised tea brands

The Tea Board conducts mobile court at a tea company in Chattogram on 28 August 2023. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Illegal trading: 10,000kg tea seized, Ctg company fined Tk2 lakh

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Country's 3rd tea auction centre to open in Panchagarh in September

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World's largest tea markets

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

'Tea workers still not visible in national policies'

Workers are collecting green leaves of tea from a plain land garden in Panchagarh. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Farmers suffer despite success in plain land tea cultivation

An evening with Panthapath's 'dapper' tea seller Hannan
Panorama

An evening with Panthapath's 'dapper' tea seller Hannan

Tea prices up by Tk30 a kg in peak season
Markets

Tea prices up by Tk30 a kg in peak season

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Tea workers continue strike for Tk300-a-day wages

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected
Panorama

Shocked by tea workers' wages? Everyone else is not doing any better