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 ...

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 protesters said that wages were increased every two years during the new agreement between Bangladesh Tea Workers Union and Bangladesh Tea Association of Tea-garden Owners Association. However, ...

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 ...

Amid the lush tea gardens of Bangladesh lies a bitter truth — thousands of children are forced out of school as they face poverty, gender inequality and systemic neglect. While rare success stories ...

OK, so we’re not quite like the British when it comes to tea consumption. In fact, we’re not even in the top 10 in the world. But that doesn’t mean us Americans aren’t trying to embrace the beverage ...

In the British India, Assam, East India Company started production in 1828 and tea in Chittagong in 1840. The first workers were imported from where the Chinese workers were experienced for the ...

The flatlands tea industry in northern Bangladesh is facing a crisis, with recent figures showing a drastic decline in production and cultivation area. Reports from the region, notably from Panchagarh ...

The Bangladesh tea garden offers literacy courses for the women who harvest -- or pluck -- the tea. Some learn to write their names for the first time.

In the heart of a bustling tea auction house in Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh, where the air is thick with the scent of fresh brews and aromatic leaves, Maisha Rahman takes a sip of tea, ...