Unsustainable forestry practices / Can the govt restore Madhupur Sal Forest?
The underlying factors of deforestation must come under objective scrutiny.
27 March 2025, 04:00 AM
Stop the exploitation of tea workers in Bangladesh and fix the industry
Equal opportunities are no longer enough to bring the tea workers in Bangladesh out of their current conditions.
7 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Kaiputra: The untold story of a discriminated and excluded community
The public, in general, also uses the same word but Kawara, in Bangla, is used in a derogatory way implying the community that lives with pigs.
1 June 2024, 04:07 AM
International Day of Forests / Rubber: A death sentence to natural forests
Rubber, be it in the CHT, Madhupur or in the tea gardens, may bring some economic benefits to the state and private entrepreneurs, but in general it has not been beneficial to the people who once used these lands.
20 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Tea workers’ wages finalised / Owners win, workers lose
It is a shame that the wage board completely failed in framing and presenting acceptable recommendations on the tea workers’ wage structure.
24 August 2023, 14:00 PM
International Day of Forests / How forestry projects destroy forests
Though eucalyptus was eradicated from the public forest land, social forestry continues at a very high cost to natural ecosystems.
21 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Why do women in tea gardens face higher reproductive health risks?
Women in the tea gardens suffer from a host of reproductive and health issues, which remain unaddressed.
7 March 2023, 18:22 PM
No justice in paying tea workers’ arrears
The owners’ fickleness about signing of the agreement has come as a big shock to tea garden workers.
29 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Can the govt restore Madhupur Sal Forest?
The underlying factors of deforestation must come under objective scrutiny.
27 March 2025, 04:00 AM
Stop the exploitation of tea workers in Bangladesh and fix the industry
Equal opportunities are no longer enough to bring the tea workers in Bangladesh out of their current conditions.
7 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Kaiputra: The untold story of a discriminated and excluded community
The public, in general, also uses the same word but Kawara, in Bangla, is used in a derogatory way implying the community that lives with pigs.
1 June 2024, 04:07 AM
Rubber: A death sentence to natural forests
Rubber, be it in the CHT, Madhupur or in the tea gardens, may bring some economic benefits to the state and private entrepreneurs, but in general it has not been beneficial to the people who once used these lands.
20 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Owners win, workers lose
It is a shame that the wage board completely failed in framing and presenting acceptable recommendations on the tea workers’ wage structure.
24 August 2023, 14:00 PM
How forestry projects destroy forests
Though eucalyptus was eradicated from the public forest land, social forestry continues at a very high cost to natural ecosystems.
21 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Why do women in tea gardens face higher reproductive health risks?
Women in the tea gardens suffer from a host of reproductive and health issues, which remain unaddressed.
7 March 2023, 18:22 PM
No justice in paying tea workers’ arrears
The owners’ fickleness about signing of the agreement has come as a big shock to tea garden workers.
29 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Expand social protection in the new year
The government has a huge task ahead in terms of making its social security programmes effective.
1 January 2023, 17:00 PM
Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?
Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.
3 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Fairer wages, or more broken promises for tea workers?
In the best interests of the tea sector, tea garden owners and government functionaries should promote true trade unionism.
22 August 2022, 15:22 PM
Why are the tea workers on strike?
It is the responsibility of the government to ensure justice and protection for tea workers
14 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Ending deforestation by 2030: An empty promise?
Bangladesh is amazingly green. Yet, historically, our natural forests have always been limited. In 2000, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimated our total forest area to be 2.6 million hectares.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Why do we need an artificial lake in Modhupur forest?
A beautiful baid may soon turn into a little artificial lake in Modhupur forest area. Baid is low land to grow rice and other crops in, between chala (high) land with sal stands.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
The strong women of tea gardens
It was midday on October 6, 2018. A woman was sitting under a mahogany tree at Sreemangal Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar. Another woman was holding a newborn wrapped in a blanket.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Will the tea workers get the wages they deserve?
An unthinkable and deplorable situation has risen out of the rigid position taken by the Minimum Wage Board (MWB) that was formed to fix the minimum wage for the hapless tea workers of Bangladesh.
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Tea workers routinely ignored during the Covid-19 pandemic
Paban Paul, 38, a tea worker of Rampur Tea Garden in Bahubal upazila (Habiganj district), died of Covid-19 on July 6. Rampur Tea Garden is a furi (division) of Rashidpur Tea Estate, owned by Finlay Tea Co. Ltd.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
An autopsy of the tea workers’ bizarre wage structure
The Minimum Wage Board (MWB), formed in October 2019, declared a draft wage structure for tea garden workers through a gazette notice published on June 13, 2021.
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Modhupur forest: The sylvan aroma is gone
Once a pure jungle, Modhupur sal forest is now, for the most part, a motley assortment of vast banana, pineapple and spice orchards.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Time to pay just wages to tea workers
Ratan Shadhu (56), a tea worker from Doloi Tea Garden in Moulvibazar district, earns a daily cash wage of Tk 102 (USD 1.2).
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM