BFUJ demands 60pc interim allowance
Thursday, 11 August 2022
The apex body of the journalists BFUJ- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists on Wednesday demanded 60 per cent interim allowance against the basic salary of journalists and employees due to the recent price hike of essential commodities.
". . . considering the current market situation, we demand 60 percent interim allowance against the basic salary of journalists and employees immediately from media owners," BFUJ President Omar Faruque and Secretary General Dip Azad said in a statement on Wednesday.
In the statement, they said that the unstable situation in markets due to price hike of the essential commodities recently has rigorously affected the civic life while journalists and media workers are not out of this situation.