The new national pay scale by the present government is undoubtedly a good initiative which has satisfied a majority of the country's government employees.

A delegation of the agitating public university teachers will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow to discuss the ongoing stalemate at the universities.

Agitating teachers under the banner of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) consider tougher programmes over the new pay scale dispute.

It was supposed to get praise but all it generated was bitterness. The eighth National Pay Scale should have come as good news for the public servants as it will give them more money in the pocket and a number of other perks.

Government officials block a road in Dhaka’s Farmgate for nearly an hour protesting what they said discrimination in the eighth national pay scale.

When an author of Oscar Wilde's stature could say, "A cheque is the only argument I recognise," he merely switched from his loyalty to philosophy over to the practicality of being money-wise. What would other mortals then do except follow in his footsteps!

Public university teachers throughout Bangladesh go on work abstention demanding a separate pay scale.