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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]
In 1990 the tea harvest rose to 6,900 tons, of which 4,700 were exported for earnings of US$3.6 million. The government hoped to produce 10,000 tons in 1991 to meet rising market demand. [1] Two companies, Tamteco and the Uganda Tea Corporation, a joint venture between the government and the Mehta Group, managed most tea production. In 1989 ...
The government has begun to promote small-scale tea growers, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The price of Bangladesh tea is determined at the public auction in Chittagong. In March 2015, the international price of Bangladesh tea was US$2.40. [19] Currently, the Moulvibazar District has the most tea plantations in the whole of the ...
Kijura Tea Co., Ltd., sometimes referred to as Kijura Tea Estate, is an Uganda-based producer of tea, [1] which was set up in 1939 by Hugh Naylor, a colonial agriculturalist. [ 2 ] As per the transaction announced on 26 April 2010, the company operates as a subsidiary of Birla Holdings Ltd.
The tea estates were taken over by the government after the end of Bangladesh Liberation War and placed under the Bangladesh Tea Industry Management Committee of the Bangladesh Tea Board. [6] Afazuddin Fakir was appointed the first chairman of the company. [7] The National Tea Company Limited was listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1979. [3]
Duncan Brothers (Bangladesh) Limited traces its origins to brothers Walter Duncan and William Duncan from Glasgow who established a tea company in 1859 in Kolkata. [2] It owns the following tea and rubber estates, Alinagar Tea Estate, Amo Tea Estate, Chaklapunji Tea Estate, Chandpur Tea Estate, Chatlapur Tea Estate, Etah Tea Estate, Hingazia Tea Estate, Karimpore Tea Estate, [5] Longla Tea ...
To ensure future food security, Bangladesh has been looking for lease of lands in other countries to grow food which would be exported to Bangladesh and Uganda has been one of the most desirable destinations. [5] Several Bangladeshi companies have leased out unused cultivable lands in Uganda for commercial farming in this purpose. [6] [7] [8]
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