PM directs strict mkt monitoring

Cabinet fixes salaries, facilities for CEC, ECs

FE Team | Published: May 21, 2024 00:23:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the State Minister for Commerce to start monitoring the market strictly, reports UNB.
She made this directive during an unscheduled discussion at the cabinet meeting chaired by her at PM's office in the city.
Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain briefed reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat after the meeting.
"Some products have witnessed a trend of price hike even though there is no supply problem in the market. So, the prime minister directed the State Minister for Commerce to start monitoring the market strictly," he said.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the "Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Remuneration and Privileges) Act, 2024", fixing their salaries.
According to the proposed law, the salary will be Tk 105,000 for the CEC and Tk 95,000 for an election commissioner. In addition to the salary, they will get other allowances, including a 50 percent special allowance.
Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain briefed reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat after the meeting.
"It basically determined the privileges and salaries of the CEC and other election commissioners. The previous law has been followed in designing the proposed law," he said.
Noting that the existing law is from 1983, he said that since there is a directive from the higher court to change the laws enacted during the military regimes, the draft law was designed.