Govt to take legal steps: info minister
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the government would take all legal steps for implementation of the gazette notification on the ninth wage board award.
He made the assurance while talking to journalists after addressing an event of Asian University for Women (AUW) on its Mehidibag campus.
“I cannot elaborate on this, and can only hope for the best as the matter is sub-judice,” the minister said.
He added that all preparations for the gazette notification on the ninth wage board award have been finalised, and the cabinet committee has also approved it, now awaiting the nod of the cabinet.
“The court has stayed for two months the publication of the gazette notification following a writ petition filed by Newspapers Owners Association of Bangladesh,” the minister said.
He hoped that the court would consider fair rights of journalists and employees of newspapers.
Earlier, in his speech at the closing ceremony of the AUW event, the minister said the university is not only providing quality education to women and but also contributing to women empowerment.
He said the government has always extended help to the development of women education, and the dream of AUW for shifting its own campus will come true soon.
The minister asked students to reach their desired destinations successfully showing their zeal for fighting.
Lawmakwer Washeka Aysha Khan; Ismail Chowdhury, a representative of Chevron Bangladesh; Prof AKM Moniruzzaman Mollah; Prof Dr Celia Shahbaz and Dr Dave Donald, registrar of AUW, spoke on the occasion.
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