Moulvibazar: Bangladesh's second tea auction centre is going to be launched at Sreemangal in Moulvibazar.

Currently the port city Chittagong hosts the only tea auction centre.

Moulvibazar district administration and Tea Planters & Traders Association of Bangladesh will arrange the launching programme.

The participants at open discussion held at a resort at Sreemangal on Friday night agreed to launch the second tea auction center here in December.

At the programme chaired by acting deputy commissioner Ashrafur Rahman, Commerce ministry additional secretary Md Abdur Rauf handed over the approval letter to Moulvibazar district administration and Tea Planters & Traders Association of Bangladesh.

Md Abdur Rauf told reporters that as per Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina's pledge, the tea auction centre will be opened soon at the second highest tea production hub of the country.

All set for launching the second tea auction centre at Sreemangal, in addition to Chittagong.