'Positive steps' on new wage board next week
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government would take "positive steps" on forming the 9th wage board for journalists next week.
“The steps will be taken at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he told a discussion at Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
The club organised the discussion to celebrate Unesco's recognition of the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage.
Quader said, “Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech is not of any political party... It is the national property of the Bangalee.”
Yesterday's discussion was chaired by the press club's president Shafiqur Rahman.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers and Bangladesh Newspapers Employees Federation yesterday staged a demonstration in front of Jatiya Press Club to meet their 10-point demand including formation of the 9th wage board.
Over 100 newspaper employees marched towards Prime Minister's Office (PMO), but police intercepted them at Shahbagh intersection around 12:30pm.
Later, five representatives went to the PMO and submitted a memorandum containing their demands.
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