Tea worker Narod Pashi is having a difficult time providing for his four-member family since his company stopped paying wages to thousands of tea workers like him about seven weeks ago. “We are having ...

Rising temperatures have contributed to the reemergence of the devastating looper caterpillars in many tea gardens.

Tea workers in Bangladesh have continued to strike for higher wages as the price of daily essentials skyrocketed. Since Aug. 9, thousands of workers at 167 tea estates across Bangladesh have been ...

The minimum daily wage of tea pickers in Bangladesh has been increased from BDT 120 (USD 1.26) to BDT 170 (USD 1.80) after tea workers went on strike for about three weeks. They are among the lowest ...

Tea is Bangladesh’s second-largest cash crop after jute, producing more than 60,000 tons (60 million crore kilograms) annually. To rid tea gardens of weeds, producers are using the harmful chemical ...

On May 20, 1921, around 30,000 tea labourers left their workplace in Sylhet region and started walking towards Chandpur Meghna Ghat. When they reached there, the then Assamese police opened fire on ...