Northern Bangladesh’s flatlands tea industry faces crisis - The New Nation

Northern Bangladesh’s flatlands tea industry faces crisis - The New Nation

Staff reporter : The flatlands tea industry in northern Bangladesh is confronting a severe crisis, with recent data highlighting a sharp decline in both production and cultivated area, particularly from Panchagarh, indicate that struggling farmers are being forced to uproot tea bushes, threatening national output and livelihoods. According to the Bangladesh Tea Board, tea cultivation across 11,750 acres in the five northern districts — Panchagar…