BFUJ for 60% interim allowance

The apex body of the journalists — Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists today 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 per cent 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 statement today. 

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.