Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the information ministry to take steps for forming the 8th wage board for journalists soon after discussions with all stakeholders.
She gave the directives when a delegation of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) led by its President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Secretary General Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan met her at the Prime Minister's Office.
During the meeting, the prime minister announced Tk 30 lakh of her government's grant to form a welfare fund for the journalists and assured them of preparing separate policies for print and electronic media under the Ministry of Information.
Regarding the long-standing demand of the journalists to reinstate the Newspaper Employees Services Conditions Act, 1974, she asked the ministry concerned to look into the matter.
During the meeting, the prime minister lauded the courageous role of journalists in the country's various democratic movements, especially after the political changeover of 1/11.
Earlier, the BFUJ president and secretary general handed over a memorandum with various demands of the journalist community. The demands include forming 8th wage board and solving residential problems of the journalists.
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad, BFUJ President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Secretary General Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan and leaders of BFUJ affiliated unions also spoke on the occasion.
Source : The Daily Star
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