New body to review wage scale for journos: Hasan

A new cabinet committee will be formed to review the recommendations of the ninth wage board on raising the salaries of newspaper and news agency journalists and workers, says Information Minister Hasan Mahmud, reports bdnews24.com.

The minister came up with the remarks while speaking at 'Meet the Reporters' at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the city on Sunday.

Mahmud said,"I thought of calling a cabinet committee meeting today (Sunday) after speaking to members of the previous cabinet committee. But it wasn't possible to do so because the old committee can no longer deal with these matters as a new government has been formed."

"A new committee will be formed under the instructions of the prime minister which will then review the recommendations. We will then meet with media leaders and stakeholders, after which we will work on implementing the new wage scale as quickly as possible," he added.

On December 09 of last year, a cabinet committee headed by the cultural affairs minister was formed to review the recommendations of the ninth wage board.

The committee included the minister of industries, the minister of home affairs, the labour minister and the information minister. The information ministry provided secretarial assistance to the committee.