Non-govt teachers demand Eid allowance

Non-government teachers and employees have demanded festival allowances, salaries of Aug and Sept before the Eid-Ul-Fitr.

The demand was made on Saturday in a statement signed by principal Mohammad Selim Bhuiyan, who is the chairman of Shikhyak Karmachari Oikya Jote, platform of teachers and employees.

Teachers have never received festival allowances before any Eid and as such they were deprived from the joy of Eid, the statement said.

Eid-Ul-Fitr will be held on Sept 10 or 11, but Sept 9 has been fixed for giving them the current month's salary, it also said.

-bdnews