The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Journalists and employees of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) on Thursday gave the BSS management an ultimatum until September 1 for payment of salary as per the seventh Wage Board Award.

They also warned the BSS management at a meeting in the agency news room that if the salary is not paid by September 1, they would take a tougher action programme to realise their demand.

Speakers expressed their anguish as they were not paid salaries for two months as per the seventh Wage Board Award and arrears of the sixth Wage Board Award. They criticized the management for its failure to resolve the problems related to salaries and other benefits.

The meeting was adjourned till September 1.

Presided over by senior special correspondent of BSS Ihsanul Karim Helal, the meeting was addressed, among others, by BSS unit chief Kazim Reza, deputy unit chief Enamul Haq Babul and Ziaur Rahman Madhu, Employees Union President and General Secretary Afazuddin Mondol and Ruhul Amin, General Secretary of Jatiya Press Club Kamal Uddin Sabuj, General Secretary of DUJ Omar Faruque, former General Secretary of Jatiya Press Club Swapan Kumar Saha, former General Secretary of DUJ Azizul Islam Bhuiyan, ex-senior Vice-President of Jatiya Press Club Nurul Huda, former Secretary General of BFUJ MA Aziz, former Vice-President of DUJ Abu Saleh and BSS News Editor Rasheda Amin.