Dhaka: Officers and workers from numerous ministries and divisions working on the Bangladesh Secretariat confined Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed inside his workplace on Wednesday as they’ve lengthy been demanding numerous allowances, native media reported.
Based on officers who have been current there, a bunch of workers gathered in entrance of the adviser’s workplace on the fourth flooring of the constructing, main the Bangladesh every day Dhaka Tribune reported.
Staff, led by Badiul Kabir, a factional president of the Bangladesh Secretariat Officers and Staff Mixed Council, confined Salehuddin Ahmed inside his workplace at Bangladesh’s Ministry of Finance.
Talking to Dhaka Tribune, Kabir acknowledged that Secretariat workers have been demanding numerous allowances for a very long time, including that they won’t go away till the federal government releases an official gazette saying the advantages.
On December 3, Bangladesh secretariat workers mentioned that they may launch a more durable motion from January 10 if the federal government doesn’t concern a gazette notification on the pay fee by December. The staff issued the warning in a memorandum despatched to the monetary adviser by the organisation’s secretary basic, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Bangladesh’s media outlet bdNews24 reported.
As per the memorandum, the federal government workers had excessive expectations in regards to the Nationwide Pay Fee-2025, fashioned by the present interim authorities. Nonetheless, the organisation acknowledged that an environment of uncertainty has emerged on the closing stage and termed it unfavourable for fulfilling their reliable calls for.
The council has referred to as for restructuring the prevailing 20-grade pay scale into 10 phases with 1:4 ratios. As per the memorandum, the lower-grade workers have been going through difficulties because of the rising costs of commodities and the rising value of residing. Delays in imposing the pay fee report have additional elevated the frustration amongst authorities officers.
The three key calls for raised by the organisations are implementation of the ninth pay scale, introduction of secretariat allowance and introduction of secretariat ration allowance.

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