RED staff angry over its division into two parts

The agitating employees have confined REB chairman into his office for three hours and staged angry demonstrations on the compound all day long.

They said, 'The caretaker government in its bid to fulfil the election pledge of previous four-party alliance government recently established Dinajpur Education Board (DEB) and asked REB to shift its Tk 4.5 crore and 162 staffs on Tuesday'.

According new order, REB will control 645 colleges in Rajshahi, Natore, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj, Bogra, Joypurhat, Pabna and Sirajganj districts.

And the DEB will administer 500 colleges in Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Kurigram districts.

REB Karmachari Union General Secretary Shamsur Rahman said, REB is an autonomous body and existing rules do not permit any transfer of its fund and staffs.

The agitating staffs said in rallies held in REB compound, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is contending from Dinajpur sadar constituency and this is why the caretaker government is set to fulfil BNP's forgotten election pledge.

They demanded immediate withdrawal of the 'biased decision'. Otherwise, they threatened to go for indefinite strike after the Eid holidays.