Tk 170 fixed as daily wage for tea workers

Tea garden workers stage protest in demanding of increasing their wage to Tk 300 per day. The picture was taken from Tarapur tea garden in Sylhet on 21 August.Anis Mahmud

Tk 170 has been fixed as the daily wage for the tea workers at the meeting between the prime minster and the tea garden owners.

It has been decided to increase other allowances accordingly as well.

Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the prime minister disclosed the decision to the media following the meeting in the afternoon on Saturday.