universal pension scheme

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Bangladesh

Govt aims to sweeten Universal Pension with gratuity, health insurance

Universal Pension failed to gain traction with just 372,378 registrations across all four schemes in 14 months

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Bangladesh

Universal Pension Scheme to continue unchanged: Finance ministry

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Bangladesh

Interim govt to maintain Universal Pension Scheme until new system introduced

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Bangladesh

'Prottoy' to be effective from 1 July 2025: Govt announces amid teachers’ protest

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

'Prottoy' to be effective from July 2025, not this year: Quader

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Banking

7 more banks sign MoU with NPA to implement national pension scheme

Protesting university teachers at a press conference at DU campus on 3 July. Photo: TBS
Education

'Contacted govt, will sit tomorrow to discuss pension scheme': Teachers Samity Federation

Dhaka University officials and emploees hold a demonstration in front of the administrative building to protest their inclusion in the Prottoy pension scheme for the secong day on Tuesday, 2 July. Photo: TBS
Education

Protest over Prottoy scheme enters second day

Classes and exams at Dhaka University have been called off until further notice as a result of the teachers’ protest. The photo is taken in front of the Arts Building on 1 July. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

Is the Universal Pension Scheme discriminatory to public university teachers? 

On the left, the entrance to Dhaka University's Faculty of Social Sciences was blocked. On the left, the teachers' room in the geography department remained locked. Both of the photos were taken on Monday, 1 July 2024 morning. Photos: Famiha Suhrawardy Kanka
Education

No classes, no exams: Public uni teachers start their indefinite strike for withdrawal of new pension scheme

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Education

Public uni teachers suspend classes, exams, demanding Prottoy scheme withdrawal

File photo of Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
Education

New pension scheme row: Education ministry can't change govt policy, Nowfel says

Curzon Hall, one of the symbolic landmarks of DU. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Education

DU postpones exams at Arts Building, Curzon Hall from 1 July as teachers announce strike