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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Development Partner Watch: the donors, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Government Watch
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The Board is focused on modernizing the industry by balancing minimum auction price floors with the need for specialty tea diversification and export expansion.
The Ministry of Commerce formed a 10-member task team to develop a strategic roadmap for the tea industry.
The Bangladesh Tea Board organized the 6th National Tea Day in Sreemangal, including the National Tea Award 2026.
The Tea Board digitized licensing activities and launched two mobile applications for the industry.
The Bangladesh Tea Board issued new official orders and export permissions.
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.