Public univ shutdown continues
Many students of different public universities and service seekers are facing difficulties regarding studying abroad or joining jobs amid the ongoing work abstention programme of the...
Many students of different public universities and service seekers are facing difficulties regarding studying abroad or joining jobs amid the ongoing work abstention programme of the...
Teachers of public universities across Bangladesh continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the eighth consecutive day on Monday, pressing for the cancellation of the...
The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to...
After the weekend of Friday and Saturday, the teachers of the public universities are going to resume their indefinite work abstention programme across Bangladesh today pressing for their demand for the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
A SURGE of protests by teachers and students at public universities across Bangladesh underscores a deepening crisis in the country’s higher education system. The causes of this unrest are multifaceted, involving contentious policies such as the newly introduced pension scheme named Prattay under the Universal Pension Scheme and the reinstatement of...
Foreign minister and the ruling Awami League joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had infiltrated student and teacher movements over quota system and pension, as the party ‘lacks the capability to initiate independent actions.’....
The teachers continued their work abstention programme for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in public universities across Bangladesh demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
The indefinite strike by teachers and employees of public universities continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding their exclusion from the Prattay pension scheme...
The National Pension Authority on Tuesday clarified few issues of its newly introduced Prattay instrument in the wake of countrywide indefinite work abstention by...
Academic activities in public universities in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Monday as teachers started work abstention for an indefinite period, demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made...
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities did not resolve the crisis centred on the dissatisfaction of employees of state-owned autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies regarding the mandatory new pension instrument under the Universal Pension Scheme in three months. Since the gazette notification published...
Teachers of all public universities are scheduled to observe a full-day work abstention today demanding cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Teachers of the country’s different public universities on Wednesday observed the half-day work abstention for the second consecutive day under a three-day protest demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Teachers of the country’s different public universities on Tuesday resumed the half-day work abstention under a three-day protest demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
In just 10 months of its launching, the number of registration to the universal pension scheme crossed a new milestone of three lakh for the first time as it reached 3,03,176 on June 10, 2024.....
All newly appointed public officials will be brought under the Universal Pension Scheme from July 1, 2025.Â
Teachers of different public universities across Bangladesh on Tuesday observed half-day work abstention demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Teachers of different public universities on Sunday called for the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
The government is unlikely to separate the allocations for pension from the social safety net programme in the new national budget which, according to economists, is done intentionally to show the overall programme fat...
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Teachers’ Association called for the cancellation of the universal pension notification, claiming that it is discriminatory....
Pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party teachers of Jahangirnagar University on Tuesday slammed the government decision about compulsory enrolment of university teachers in the universal pension scheme in Bangladesh by terming it as a new tool of looting the financial sector of the country...
The Dhaka University Employees’ Unity Council at a human chain demanded the cancellation of a recent pension circular issued by the Ministry of Finance, terming it discriminatory...
The government has decided to arrange universal pension promotion fair across Bangladesh to attract people to this scheme....
The number of enrolments in the universal pension scheme in Bangladesh is growing slowly with around 54,000 people having joined the scheme in eight months....