title: Bangladesh Tea Research Institute
text: # Bangladesh Tea Research Institute
  
  24°17′37.94″N 91°44′52.64″E﻿ / ﻿24.2938722°N 91.7479556°E﻿ / 24.2938722; 91.7479556
  
  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.
  
  