Bangladesh Tea Board

Bangladesh Tea Board
Formation1977
HeadquartersChittagong, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Chairman
Major General Md Mesbah Uddin Ahmed
Parent organization
Ministry of Commerce
Websitehttps://teaboard.gov.bd/

The Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB)[1] is an autonomous body responsible for creating laws regarding tea production, controlling and encouraging the production of tea, and is located in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2][3][4] It is under the Ministry of Commerce.[5]

History

The Pakistan Tea Board was established in 1951 through the passage of the Pakistan Tea Act.[6] The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was chairman of the board in 1957.[7][8] The act was replaced with the Tea Ordinance in 1959.[6]

After the independence of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Tea Ordinance in 1977 created a three-member board and expanded to eleven with the Tea (Amendment) Ordinance in 1986.[6]

The board was established through the Tea Ordinance in 1977.[4] The board moved its headquarters from Dhaka to Chittagong in 1984.[6]

In March 2018, Chairman Md Shafeenul Islam of the tea board was made head of Border Guard Bangladesh and was replaced with Major General Md Jahangir Al Mustahidur Rahman.[9]

Three employees of the board received the National Integrity Award in 2022.[10] It sought to increase the tea cess from 1 percent to 2 percent.[11] The board helped tea production in Bangladesh reach a 168-year high.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Low price of tea leaves frustrates farmers". The Daily Star. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tea auction begins in Chattogram on 25 April". The Business Standard. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Plucking tea leaves brings fortune for 7,500 distressed women". Dhaka Tribune. BSS. 30 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Rahman, Md. Hasinur. "Bangladesh Tea Board". Banglapedia. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "National Tea Day today". Risingbd.com. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Bangladesh Tea Board". teaboard.gov.bd. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "16,000 tea workers face uncertainty". The Daily Star. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Hasina stresses need to focus on tea workers' welfare". bdnews24.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Major General Shafeenul is new Director General of BGB". bdnews24.com. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "4 Tea Board employees get integrity award". The Business Standard. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tea Board seeks to raise tea cess to 2.0pc". The Financial Express. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bangladesh tea production heats up to a historic high in 2021". bdnews24.com. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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