Tea workers’ daily wage set at Tk170

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the tea garden owners to increase the daily wage of workers to Tk170 from the existing rate of Tk120. The hike of Tk50 in the daily income of the tree plantation workers was decided following a meeting between tea garden owners and the prime minister

TIB for logical wage hike of tea workers

 Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the authorities concerned to raise the wage of the tea workers logically through discussion instead of threating them to stop the ongoing peaceful movement across the country.  Tea workers' daily wage of only Tk 120 after working for eight hours and sometimes even more, with

Tea workers go on strike demanding better pay

Bangladesh Tea Workers' Union has decided to launch a strike from Saturday, demanding an increase in their daily wages to Tk 300 from the existing Tk 120 per day. Tea workers from 167 tea gardens of the country will take part in the strike. Earlier on Friday, tea workers from various