Zareen Tea Garden and Neptune Tea Garden, the gardens owned by Ispahani Group, have won the National Tea Awards for their significant contributions to the tea industry in Bangladesh.

Mirza Ahmed Ispahani, a director of Ispahani Group, received an award and a certificate from Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on behalf of Zareen Tea Garden in the "Best Tea Garden based on Worker Welfare" category at a programme in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar on Sunday, said a press release.

Golam Mustafa, chief operating officer of Ispahani Tea Estate, and Upalaxmi Tripura, a tea worker of Neptune Tea Garden, received the other award in the "Best Tea Leaf Picker" category.

The Bangladesh Tea Board, in association with the commerce ministry, has introduced the award to recognise the significant contribution of the tea industry.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first Bengali to become the chairman of the Tea Board on June 4, 1957. In order to mark the day, the Bangladesh Tea Board has been celebrating June 4 as the National Tea Day since 2021, according to a press release of Ispahani Group.

Md Abdus Shahid, member of parliament from Moulvibazar constituency 4, Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary of the commerce ministry, Major General Md Ashraful Islam, chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board, Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Shah Moinuddin Hasan, chairman of the Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh, and Kamran T Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Tea Association, were present at the award ceremony.