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The government of Bangladesh cancelled the lease of Duncan Brothers on 512 acres land which housed workers of Chandpur tea estate, established in 1890. [17] The government planned to build a Special Economic Zone on the site which led to protests by workers living there in 2015 and 2019.
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Tea garden in Sreemangal. Bangladesh is an important tea-producing country. It is the 9th largest tea producer in the world, [1] [2] producing a total of 97.08 million kgs in 2019 [3]. Its tea industry dates back to British rule, when the East India Company initiated the tea trade in the hills of the Sylhet region. [4]
The tea estates were taken over by the government after the end of Bangladesh Liberation War and placed under the Bangladesh Tea Industry Management Committee of the Bangladesh Tea Board. [6] Afazuddin Fakir was appointed the first chairman of the company. [7] The National Tea Company Limited was listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1979. [3]
"First of all, the tea produced in the gardens is sent to a total of 14 bonded warehouses which are mostly located in Chittagong. Later, the tea brokers receive samples and taste the tea. Tea tasting is the process in which a trained taster determines the quality of a particular tea. Then, the tea brokers prepare catalogs and fix the tentative ...
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The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was chairman of the board in 1957. [7] [8] The act was replaced with 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 in1986. [6]
Malnichhera Tea Garden is not only the largest and first established tea garden in Bangladesh, but also in the subcontinent. It was established by Lord Hurdson in 1849 on 1500 acres of land. [2] The tea garden is located a short distance from Sylhet International Airport. Harong Hurong, an ancient cave, is situated in the remote area of ...