tea garden

Sudden showers breathe new life into tea heartland

Sreemangal recorded the highest rainfall in Sylhet division over the past three days
14 April 2025, 17:01 PM

From Chatlapur Tea Garden to Gothenburg: A journalistic odyssey

All that I tried so far was to represent the tea garden people and write about their plight, alongside reporting about the regional affairs.
31 October 2023, 07:51 AM

Why are tea garden workers trapped in a cycle of poverty?

Historically, the tea industry in Bangladesh has been standing on the backbreaking labour of tea garden workers
30 November 2022, 11:30 AM

Tea workers return to work after 15 days

After a 15-day work abstention, tea workers resumed work for a daily wage of Tk 170 yesterday morning.
28 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Tea workers defiant

Workers of different tea estates in Sylhet, Habiganj, and Moulvibazar continued work abstention yesterday demanding Tk 300 daily wage.
23 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Tea Garden Workers: Losing links to the roots

After decades of discrimination, the communities of tea plantation workers in Sylhet region are on the verge of losing their native languages and traditions.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Erratic rainfall a curse for tea gardens

Consider a cup of tea: too much water and it's barely delectable; not enough and no amount of sugar can mask the bitterness. Sylhet's
22 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Nature Quest: Charming beauty of tea flowers

Five years ago I came across the tea fruit for the first time. The roundish fruits look a bit like olives. The coolies in the tea garden helped me spot the fruits hiding behind the leaves. A little careful look around the garden revealed that they were almost everywhere.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Tea garden workers chase pro-SEZ men

Agitating tea garden workers yesterday chased away Chunarughat upazila chairman's men who had gathered on the proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) site in Chandpur of Habiganj to showcase their strength in favour of the government plan.
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Habiganj tea workers on strike demanding cancellation of SEZ

Around 15,000 workers from four tea gardens in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj continued an indefinite strike for the second consecutive day today demanding cancellation of the special economic zone (SEZ).
15 December 2015, 08:17 AM