tea garden
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
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.
Tea workers defiant
Workers of different tea estates in Sylhet, Habiganj, and Moulvibazar continued work abstention yesterday demanding Tk 300 daily wage.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples / 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.
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
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
Tea workers defiant
Workers of different tea estates in Sylhet, Habiganj, and Moulvibazar continued work abstention yesterday demanding Tk 300 daily wage.
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.
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
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.
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.
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).
