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Tea is a commodity with a colonial legacy. The British companies initiated its production in what is now Bangladesh. Once it was predominantly an export commodity. But today most of the tea produced in 163 gardens in Bangladesh is consumed locally.What is least talked about in discussion on tea, its production and increasing consumption is the indentured labor force that keeps the industry alive. More than 150 years back the British companies brought those people ...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in the southeast of Bangladesh is unique and attractive to outsiders. It forms a bridge between South Asia and Southeast Asia. From the plains one is amazed to see the picturesque mountain landscapes. The hill indigenous people who are divided into 12 groups exhibit distinct and different cultures. These amazing, amusing, honest and always smiling people seem to be part of nature.But this mountainous region and its original ...