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The UIU National Job Festival 2022, a two-day event organised by United International University (UIU), concluded yesterday. The closing ceremony of the fair was held at the UIU auditorium.
Tea sales in Bangladesh are inching towards the pre-pandemic level as people shake off Covid-19 jitters to take a sip at their beloved drink outside of their homes where most consumption takes place.
Consumption, however, fell last year to its lowest level since 2007 due to the pandemic-induced lockdown. Annual consumption reached 95.2 million kilograms in 2019, up from 36.95 million kgs in 2001, data from state-run Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) showed. This brought per capita tea consumption to more than 588 grams, or 294 cups a year. In total, people sip about 5,000 crore cups of tea, according to industry people. The consumption, however, dropped to 84 million kgs last year due to the pandemic-induced lockdown, which forced hundreds of thousands of hotels, restaurants, tea stalls and of...