Announcement likely this month: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the announcement of the 9th Wage Board Award for journalists and employees of newspapers and news agencies could possibly happen within this month.
Quader, also chief of the cabinet committee on the issue, said this at a press conference on contemporary issues at his secretariat office.
“It would be announced soon... within a few days. There is no rationality in leaving this [issue] hanging,” he said.
The committee on June 16 held a meeting with all relevant stakeholders, including representatives of the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab), journalist leaders, and employees of newspapers and news agencies over the issue. After the meeting, Quader said that the 9th Wage Board Award will be announced soon, after a meeting of the cabinet committee and once Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gives her consent.
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