Panelists at an event yesterday said that tea garden workers are facing discrimination in many aspects, including salaries ...
Nearly 17,000 workers at state-owned tea estates have not been paid for three months, affecting at least 30,000 of their ...
Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, in collaboration with Halda Valley Tea Garden, celebrated local tea by creating the perfect ‘Cha Er Adda’ ...
Tea workers in Sylhet brought out a torch procession in Lakkatura in Sylhet to press home their five-point demand, including clearance of their dues for three months. The workers, under the banner of ...
“The Bangladesh government and the employers have hugely neglected the tea garden worker community,” said Koiri. While the daily wage remains low and the food ration of rice and flour is minimal, he ...
Around 12,000 tea workers from 12 tea gardens are facing severe hardship due to unpaid wages, which have now been stuck for ...
‘In the Kurma tea garden, residents were suffering a lot due to price hikes of essential commodities. Tk 170 wage per day is not in line with the current market.’ Organising secretary of Bangladesh ...
"Bangladesh’s unpaid tea workers face starvation ... Haque lamented that the ongoing workers’ strike had hampered production at a critical time and feared it could severely impact operations at the ...