Bangladesh's tea production surged to a record high of 102.92 million kilogrammes (kgs) in the just-concluded year of 2023, according to the state-run Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB).
Tea production in Bangladesh may have reached a historic high in 2023 as growers secured bumper yields in the first 11 months of the year, according to industry people.
Anxiety has gripped tea producers in Bangladesh as both sales and prices at the weekly international tea auction in Chattogram city are experiencing a drastic fall this season.
Tea workers' wage: It is a shame that the wage board completely failed in framing and presenting acceptable recommendations on the tea workers’ wage structure.
Around 360 tea workers and their families of Imam and Bawani tea gardens in Habiganj’s Nabiganj upazila have observed a strike for a month to press home their seven-point demand that include receiving due wages and better living conditions.