The doctors and staff of Holy Family Hospital in Dhaka confine its director to his office for implementation of the new pay scale.

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

Finance Minister AMA Muhith hints that the provision of selection grade and time scale will stay in the new pay scale for the government staffs.

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 servants are about to see their salaries doubled across the board. We are all for an increase in the pay of public servants given the increase in cost of living we have witnessed over the past few years.

Teachers of different public universities will observe three-hour work abstention and sit-in demonstration programmes at respective universities tomorrow, protesting the proposed 8th national pay scale and demanding a separate one for them.

The government will execute the new pay scale for public servants soon, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Public university teachers place a memorandum to the education ministry demanding separate pay scale for them.

WHO does not like a pay increase? The new pay scale - the proposed increase in the salary of government employees - is likely to be implemented in the upcoming fiscal year beginning from next July.