Bangladesh Tea Board

BTB was originally constituted under the Tea Ordinance 1977 and moved its headquarters from Dhaka to Chittagong in 1984; the current governing statute is the Tea Act, 2016 (Act No. 38 of 2016). Bangladesh has 166-167 commercial tea estates employing approximately 140,000 registered workers; Sreemangal (Moulvibazar district, Sylhet division) hosts the majority of estates and the Sreemangal sub-auction centre. Chairman succession: Maj Gen Sheikh Md Sarwar Hossain (appointed October 2024, departed September 2025) succeeded by Maj Gen Md Mesbah Uddin Ahmed (29 September 2025, incumbent). Production record: 102.92 million kg in 2023 (all-time high); 2024 output 93.04 million kg; 2025 output 94.91 million kg (target 103 million kg missed). Exports jumped 58% in 2024 to approximately 2.20 million kg (highest since 2017), average export price Tk 187.58/kg. Tea garden workers minimum daily wage: Tk 170 (Category A), Tk 169 (Category B), Tk 168 (Category C), gazette published 10 August 2023, with 5% annual escalation clause and biennial review; workers and labour rights groups continue to demand increase to Tk 500/day living wage. Chittagong Tea Auction administered weekly (Tuesdays) by the Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh (TTAB). staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null because no disaggregated primary-source figure for BTB's own establishment or budget was confirmed; verified=2+ primary sources cross-checked on chairman, legal basis, production figures, auction price revision, and export data. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.