Business Desk :
Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) has started online tea auction in Chattogram and about 12,000 kg of tea were sold at the auction.
Following the experimental online auction on Monday, the online tea auction activities will continue from the beginning of the 2021-22 tea auction year, said a press release.
Based on the success of the experimental activities, the Tea Board expects to bring 100 percent of the auction activities online within the next year.
Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) Member (Finance and Commerce) Nazneen Kauser Chowdhury inaugurated the experimental activities of online tea auction while Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh (TTAB) Chairman Shah Moinuddin Hasan, Tea Board Marketing Officer Ahsan Habib, broker representatives and tea traders, among others, were present.
