Cabinet Approves New Pay Scale for Government Workers in Bangladesh

The cabinet yesterday approved a new pay scale with a 53.33 percent salary hike for the civil servants and defense officials in the highest grade and 60 percent in the lowest. Government employees will get salaries and arrears under the new pay scale starting from June 1 when they draw their salaries for May. Amir Khasru has more details in his report from Dhaka.