pay hike
Plight and struggle of tea workers continue forever
Basanti Bauri, 40, of Moulvibazar works for a renowned tea estate as a “plucker”. Her day starts at 5:00am sharp. After paying homage to the family deity, she prepares food for her three children and husband.
Tk 170 wage decision draws mixed reactions from tea workers
Tea workers have expressed mixed reactions to the daily wage set at Tk 170, following a meeting between tea garden owners and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban.
Plight and struggle of tea workers continue forever
Basanti Bauri, 40, of Moulvibazar works for a renowned tea estate as a “plucker”. Her day starts at 5:00am sharp. After paying homage to the family deity, she prepares food for her three children and husband.
Protesting tea workers halt Paharika Express demanding wage raise
Demonstrating tea workers today halted Paharika Express, which runs on Chattogram-Sylhet route, demanding a daily wage of Tk 300.
Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory
The authorities of Pran Agro Limited in Natore suspend its production following a demonstration by its workers, demanding a pay hike.
Pay hike for judges
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to increase salaries of judges in line with the Eight National Pay Scale.
Return extra fees
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday asked the educational institutions to return within seven working days the additional money they had collected as tuition fees and registration fees for the SSC examinations.
Water transport staff threaten non-stop strike
Water transport workers yesterday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday to press home their 15-point demand including wage hike.
10 cops disciplined
Salary increments and promotions of 10 members of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP), accused of creating a joint bribe fund to quicken their promotion, have been halted.
New national pay scale
Public servants are about to see their salaries doubled across the board. We are all for an increase in the pay of public servants given the increase in cost of living we have witnessed over the past few years.