Bangladesh Tea Research Institute
# Bangladesh Tea Research Institute

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Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ চা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট) (BTRI) is an autonomous organisation under the Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB).

## Background

The Pakistan Tea Board, in 1957 established a tea research station in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh the station was upgraded to a research institute by the government of Bangladesh in 1973.

