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The Bangladesh Tea Board or BTB,[1] an autonomous body responsible for creating laws regarding tea production, controlling and encouraging the production of tea and is located in Nasirabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2][3][4] It is under the Ministry of Commerce.[5]

History

Pakistan Tea Board was established in 1951 through the passage of Pakistan Tea Act.[6] The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was chairman of the board in 1957.[7][8] The act was replaced with Tea Ordinance in 1959.[6]

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.[6]

The board was established through the Tea Ordinance in 1977.[4] The board moved its headquarters from Dhaka to Chittagong in 1984.[6]

In March 2018, Chairman Md Shafeenul Islam of the tea board was made head of Border Guards Bangladesh and was replaced with Major General Md Jahangir Al Mustahidur Rahman.[9]

Three employees of the board received the National Integrity Award in 2022.[10] It sought to increase tea cess from 1 percent to two percent.[11] The board helped tea production in Bangladesh reach a 168 year high.[12]

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