BANGLADESH NEWS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the eighth wage board for the newspaper industry will be announced very soon.
Hasina said this when the newly-elected executive committee of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) met her at her office.
The premier said all the process of constituting the board has already been completed, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad, who was present at the meeting, told the reporters.
But the government could not announce it [eighth wage board] as the newspaper owners did not send the name of their representative, Azad said.
In this connection, Hasina said if the owners do not do that the government will select the name of their representative for the board.
During the meeting, the premier gave a patient hearing to various demands of the journalists and assured them of solving their problems.
Azad also informed the prime minister that the Insolvent Journalists Assistance Allowance/ Grants Policy 2012 has been framed with an initial allocation of Tk 50 lakh for the current fiscal.
Under the policy, three committees--National, Dhaka City and District--have been formed.
The information secretary and the press secretary to the premier would act as chairman and vice-chairman of the national committee.
DUJ President Omar Faruk and its General Secretary Shaban Mahmud led the delegation.
Press Secretary to the premier Abul Kalam Azad, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFJU) President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, its Secretary General Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan, among others, were present.
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