Chattogram bureau :
Bangladesh Tea Board Chairman Major General Ashraful Islam said that due to the implementation of various initiatives and plans of the Bangladesh Tea Board and the sincere efforts of the partners in the tea industry, tea production and auction activities in the country are normal even in the pandemic situation.
As a result, in the current New Normal situation, the demand and supply process of tea is in balance and the sale and price of tea at auction are increasing along with the increase in production He made the remarks while exchanging views with representatives of tea garden owners, traders and brokers at a meeting of the Tea Sales Co-ordination Committee on Tea Auction and Marketing in the country on Tuesday at Tea Board auditorium in Chattogram. Emphasizing on the introduction of online tea auction system to make the tea auction and tea marketing activities of the country more dynamic, the Tea Board Chairman said that online tea auction has already been launched experimentally. We want the full online tea auction to start soon.
Necessary technical assistance, training and infrastructure development will be provided for this purpose. High officials of the Tea Board were present in the meet, a sources of Board said.
