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NATION BUSINESS REPORT

Official and employees of seven organisations of the central bank have decided to give an 'open letter' to the Bangladesh Bank governor demanding separate pay scale.

They will send the letter to the Governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, this week, said the central bank sources.

'The central bank had requested the finance ministry for approving the proposal of separate pay scale for its staff but the finance ministry did not send the proposal to the cabinet for approval on various pleas,' a executive committee member of the Bangladesh Bank Welfare Association told The New Nation, expressing anonymity.

The member also said the central bank staff are getting lower salaries compared with the neighbouring countries - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Seven associations of the Bangladesh Bank include the Bangladesh Bank Officers Welfare Association, Bangladesh Bank Officer Association, Bangladesh Bank Employee Association and Bangladesh Bank Karmachari Sangha.

Earlier, the finance ministry had asked the Bangladesh

Bank to seek recommendation of the National Pay Commission on its proposed separate pay scale.

Two months ago, the finance ministry turned down the BB proposal arguing that a separate pay scale for the central bank employees could create disparity between the government and central bank employees.