Journos to block roads today for 9th wage board
Journalists will stage demonstrations by blocking roads across the country today, demanding immediate announcement of the 9th wage board for them.
As part of the demonstrations, a rally will be staged in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club at 11:00am, said a press release of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) signed by its Secretary General Omar Faruk.
The release said despite the president's moral support and the prime minister's directives, the information ministry is dillydallying over formation of the new wage board.
Even Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu at a meeting assured the leaders of BFUJ and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) of announcing the 9th wage board by December 31 last.
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