Monitoring team to visit newspaper offices

A tripartite monitoring team for implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award starts visiting newspaper offices from next week to exchange views with managers and employees.
It was decided yesterday at a meeting with the DG of the Department of Film and Publications (DFP) and the president of the monitoring team, Qamrunnahar, in the chair, said a statement by the Press Information Department.
The meeting also decided that the team members, during their visit, would look into appointment letters, salary statements and other related documents of the journalists, officials and employees.
“Journalists, workers and employees, who are deprived of wage board benefits, can lodge complaints in writing directly to the president of the monitoring team. In this regard, the team will conduct monitoring work keeping names and identities of the complainants secret,” the statement said.
The monitoring team has requested all to cooperate with it in implementing the 7th Wage Board Award.
Alamgir Mohiuddin of BSP, Matiur Rahman Chowdhury of NOAB, Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul and Ruhul Amin Gazi of Sangbadik-Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad, DFP Director M Akhtaruzzaman and member secretary of the monitoring team and Deputy Director of DFP Zakir Hossain attended the meeting.