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2 August 2006, 18:00 PM
NATIONAL
By Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
2 August 2006, 18:00 PM
Employees and officials of Sylhet Education Board kept its chairman confined for about five hours yesterday at his office yesterday to press their demand for a uniform pay scale with employees of other education boards.

They withdrew the programme at about 3 pm when the chairman, Prof Abdul Baqui Chowdhury assured them of discussing the matter by Sunday.

The employees observed a 3-day work abstention that ended yesterday.

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The employees alleged they had been deprived of getting pay scale like others since the inception of the board in 2000. Although the demand was raised several times nothing happened.

The employees earlier agitated in 2004 when Prof Abdul Baqui Chowdhury was the board chairman. But, he could not settle the mater and went on retirement.

Prof Chowdhury told the Daily star yesterday that things have been settled as per rules and instructions given by the ministry.

A five-member finance committee of Sylhet Education Board has finalised things with effect from July 1 as per a court order, but the employees are demanding benefits with antedated effect, which I can not approve, he said.

"I have informed the ministry of the matter", he added.

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