More teachers fell sick as their hunger strike continued for the fourth day amid calls for the government to provide regular monthly pay to their institutions, reports bdnews24.com.
Golam Mahmudunnabi Dollar, president of Non-MPO Educational Institution Teacher-Staff Federation, and Binoy Bhushan Roy, general secretary of the federation, are among those who fell sick on Wednesday, the federation's Office Secretary Dabirul Islam said. Several hundred teachers from across the country have gathered in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka since Dec 26 to demand that state-sanctioned institutions be brought under the monthly pay order or MPO.
They started a hunger strike on Sunday. More than 50 teachers have fallen sick since.
Some of the fasting teachers fall ill on the fourth day of their hunger strike at the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday. — FE photo