Bangladesh Bank has recently finalized their independent pay scale for its employee. According to the new pay scale the Executive Director's scale is thirty four thousand and five hunderd taka (Tk.34,500) and on that s/he will draw a salary of fifty two thousand four hundred and fifty taka (Tk.52,450) whcih was fifty thousand nine hundred and fifty taka (Tk.50,950) before. It has been finalized yesterday afternoon in a Cabinet Secretarie's office in a meeting of the Secretaries of Bangladesh Bank's Independent Pay Scale Finalizing committee. It has been informed that the new pay scale will come in effect after the approval of the Minister Cabinet.

Cabinet Secretary M. Abdul Aziz chaired the meeting where Finance Secretary Dr. Mohammad Tareq, Banking Secertary Shafiqur Rahman Patwary and DG of Bangladesh Bank Murshid Kuli Khan were present. Assistant Director's Pay scale of Bangladesh Bank has beed settled to eleven thousand and five hundered (Tk.11,500) and scale of General Manager and other officers' increased upto thousand taka.

Source: Amar Desh/15 Dec 2010