Efforts to set a new pay scale for journalists were stalled as newspaper owners are yet to nominate its representative for the wage board, says senior Awami League leader Obaidul Quader.
Published : 09 Aug 2017, 07:23 PM
His remarks come, a day after Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the new pay scale was not 'necessary at all'. Some journalists charged that Muhith was misled by the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh or NOAB.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Quader said, "I do not know what the finance minister has said. But he has not ruled out the prospects of further discussions."