{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox organization | name = Bangladesh Tea Board | image = Bangladesh Tea Board 2016.jpg | image_border = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | abbreviation = | formation = 1977 | extinction = | type = | status = | purpose = | headquarters = Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh | location = | coordinates = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --> | region_served = Bangladesh | num_members = | language = Bengali | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Major General Md Mesbah Uddin Ahmed | main_organ = | parent_organization = Ministry of Commerce | affiliations = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{URL|www.teaboard.gov.bd}} | remarks = }}
The '''Bangladesh Tea Board''' or '''BTB''',<ref>{{cite news |title=Low price of tea leaves frustrates farmers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/low-price-of-tea-leaves-frustrates-farmers-33489 |work=The Daily Star |accessdate=18 November 2016 |date=16 July 2014}}</ref> an autonomous body responsible for creating laws regarding tea production, controlling and encouraging the production of tea and is located in Chittagong, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-06 |title=Tea auction begins in Chattogram on 25 April |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/industry/tea-auction-begins-chattogram-25-april-398586 |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Plucking tea leaves brings fortune for 7,500 distressed women |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/agriculture/2014/mar/30/plucking-tea-leaves-brings-fortune-7500-distressed-women |work=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119054904/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/agriculture/2014/mar/30/plucking-tea-leaves-brings-fortune-7500-distressed-women |archive-date=19 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ggn">{{cite web |last1=Rahman |first1=Md. Hasinur |title=Bangladesh Tea Board |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Tea_Board |website=Banglapedia |accessdate=18 November 2016}}</ref> It is under the Ministry of Commerce.<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Tea Day today |url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/national/news/87253 |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=Risingbd.com |language=en}}</ref>
==History== Pakistan Tea Board was established in 1951 through the passage of Pakistan Tea Act.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Tea Board |url=http://www.teaboard.gov.bd/site/page/284a8c8e-3601-4430-9d51-8d91e2f82ef5/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teaboard.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fpage%2F284a8c8e-3601-4430-9d51-8d91e2f82ef5%2F- |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=www.teaboard.gov.bd |language=en}}</ref> The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was chairman of the board in 1957.<ref>{{cite news |title=16,000 tea workers face uncertainty |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/16000-tea-workers-face-uncertainty-189820 |work=The Daily Star |accessdate=18 November 2016 |date=20 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hasina stresses need to focus on tea workers' welfare |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/bk1nr37okx |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref> The act was replaced with Tea Ordinance in 1959.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref name=":0" />
The board was established through the Tea Ordinance in 1977.<ref name="ggn" /> The board moved its headquarters from Dhaka to Chittagong in 1984.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Major General Shafeenul is new Director General of BGB |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/major-general-shafeenul-is-new-director-general-of-bgb |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref>
Three employees of the board received the National Integrity Award in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-22 |title=4 Tea Board employees get integrity award |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/4-tea-board-employees-get-integrity-award-481882 |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> It sought to increase tea cess from 1 percent to two percent.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tea Board seeks to raise tea cess to 2.0pc |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/tea-board-seeks-to-raise-tea-cess-to-20pc-1658634653 |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref> The board helped tea production in Bangladesh reach a 168 year high.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh tea production heats up to a historic high in 2021 |url=https://bdnews24.com/economy/bangladesh-tea-production-heats-up-to-a-historic-high-in-2021 |access-date=2022-10-05 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Organisations based in Chittagong Category:1977 establishments in Bangladesh Category:Tea industry in Bangladesh Category:Economy of Chittagong Category:Government boards of Bangladesh
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